LPN Unit Manager

Major Responsibilities

• Managing the staffing needs and providing supervision for nursing staff providing direct resident care to ensure quality resident care on the assigned unit.
• Aids in staff development.
• Responsible for providing direct resident care in accordance with established plans.
• Supervises Clinical Nurses and Nurse Assistants.
• Conduct and document a complete data collection of each resident's medical status upon admission and throughout the resident's course of treatment.
• Aid in the development and implementation of an individualized treatment plan for each assigned resident.
• Aid in recruiting and hiring nursing staff.
• Maintain compliance with resident record documentation requirements, as directed.
• Cook up staffing schedules to ensure adequate coverage.
• Ensure compliance with resident rights policies and work with families and other staff, as needed, to resolve grievances.

Qualifications

• Must possess a current, unencumbered, active state license to practice as a LPN.
• Minimum (3) years nursing experience preferred in a setting serving the same age/type of resident population served by this facility.
• Minimum one (1) year experience in nursing administration.