Delegating Nurse - Part Time

Responsibilities

• Advocate for all aspects of resident care, including case management and coordination of care.
• Ensure both the quality of care and the appropriateness of care are acceptable.
• Be a liaison with outside agencies, such as hospice, home health, physical therapy, med options, physicians, pharmacy, families, etc.
• Complete self-medication assessment every three (3) months.
• Complete the comprehensive nursing assessment for residents on admission, re-admission, and every 45 days.
• Update the Resident Assessment Tool (RAT) annually and with any significant change in condition as needed.
• Provide staff training and education regarding changes in resident service planning.
• Manage the clinical oversight of resident care in the Assisted Living.
• Review and sign all incident/accident reports within regulatory time frame.
• Coordinate and implement all appropriate interventions.
• Supervise the nursing staff, including coaching, evaluating, retaining, educating, orienting, providing support, scheduling, counseling, and payroll as needed.
• Encourage staff to participate in employee satisfaction surveys and improve satisfaction scores each time they are completed.
• Participate in marketing/admission meetings.
• Prepare and attend audits for quarterly Quality Assurance Meetings.
• Meet with the Assisted Living Manager, Director of Health and Wellness, and the pharmacist for pharmacy reviews.
• Assist in providing staff training per COMAR regulation 10.07.14.19 as needed.
• Review and update the Nursing policies as needed in conjunction with the Assisted Living Manager and Director of Health & Wellness.
• Maintain compliance with all MD COMAR regulations governing assisted living.
• Comply with Medicaid Waiver (remove) requirements for reportable events and incident reporting.
• Perform bi-weekly on-call coverage and provide floor coverage as needed.
• Teach medication administration in the Assisted Living and medication tech refresher class.
• Staff ADL competency assessments.
• Medication Pass reviews.

Qualifications

• Part-Time: 20 hours per week.
• Must be a Registered Nurse and Delegating RN with current licensure.
• Current CPR and First Aid certification.
• Previous experience in a similar setting preferred.
• Must possess excellent management and communication skills.
• Must be proficient in English.
• Must be able to anticipate problems and use sound judgement and tact in handling confidential matters.