Director of Staffing LPN

Essential Duties

• Aid in maintaining a current listing of all resident care employee phone numbers.
• Update the business office with current department managers' phone numbers.
• Maintain daily tardy and absenteeism calendars.
• Report employees with excessive tardiness or absenteeism to the Director of Nursing Services (DNS).
• Schedule modified work duty employees according to their work restrictions and facility policy.
• Complete necessary nursing department employee records upon hiring, job reclassification, and discharge.
• Assist employees in completing forms such as leave and day off requests, time cards, etc.
• Coordinate and post monthly nursing schedules to ensure appropriate coverage of units.
• Prepare written and oral reports/recommendations to the DNS concerning staffing and scheduling issues.
• Ensure newly hired nursing staff has time cards and schedules prior to orientation.
• Consult with nursing department staff and supervisors to address staffing and scheduling needs.
• Attend various committee meetings of the facility as required.
• Collect and assemble/compile records for committee/DNS review and prepare reports of nursing department labor issues.
• Implement recommendations from established committees as instructed.
• Interview CNAs when requested.
• Facilitate quality orientation program by communicating new hire orientation schedule to unit manager and staff.
• Participate in in-service training programs as scheduled.
• Record and document attendance and tardiness for employee performance appraisals.
• Confirm license/certification and current standing with state-approved agencies for all new hires prior to orientation.
• Ensure confidentiality of all pertinent employee information.
• Assist with maintaining records of current certifications/licenses for nursing department employees.
• Report known or suspected incidents of fraud to the Administrator.
• Ensure that departmental computer workstations are logged off or the password-protected automatic screen-saver activates within established facility policy guidelines.
• Provide orientation to newly hired nursing personnel.
• Assist with record-keeping for facility in-service education and orientation classes for newly hired personnel.
• Report all unsafe/hazardous conditions, defective equipment, etc., to the supervisor immediately.
• Follow all established safety procedures and precautions when operating office equipment.
• Ensure nursing supervisory supplies are replenished in work areas as necessary.
• Report equipment/supply needs to the supervisor.
• Ensure that work/assignment areas are clean and equipment and supplies are properly stored before leaving such areas on breaks, end of day, etc.
• Report suspected or known incidences of fraud relative to false billings, cost reports, kickbacks, etc.

Qualifications

• High school education or equivalent.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Ability to read technical procedures.
• Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
• Ability to work harmoniously with others and handle difficult residents.
• Patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, and enthusiasm.
• Willingness to seek out new methods and principles and incorporate them into existing nursing practices.
• Ability to relate information concerning a resident's condition.
• Ability to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Ability to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner.
• Ability to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately.
• Ability to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet.
• Ability to function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.
• Ability to meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility, which include a medical and physical examination.
• Ability to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and, at times, hostile people within the facility.
• Ability to handle and expose to hazardous chemicals.