- Location
- Beachwood, OH
- Type
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Closing date
- 2 weeks ago
- Source
- ApplyToJob
Description
BASIC PURPOSE:
A currently licensed registered nurse who has the responsibility for the administration of patient care services, coordination of patient care in a multidisciplinary setting and participation in general policy making, program development and educational in-service programs.
Performance Expectations:
A currently licensed registered nurse who has the responsibility for the administration of patient care services, coordination of patient care in a multidisciplinary setting and participation in general policy making, program development and educational in-service programs.
Performance Expectations:
- Functions as staff RN according to schedule and patient load demands.
- Maintains a number of primary patients for patient teaching, short-term care plans and long term programs.
- Evaluates nursing care plans for completeness and accuracy.
- Responsible for the patient schedule.
- Interviews new/prospective patients.
- Monitors all direct care staff to assure adherence to patient care policy and procedures.
- Maintains communication with direct care staff and the Medical Director for the purpose of identifying patient care and operational issues in a timely fashion.
- Assures at least a semi-annual short term care plan review for each patient.
- Obtains and reviews initial information for new patient admission or transients, assembles the medical record and schedules patients.
- Maintains currently information of Hepatitis B status for all staff and patients.
- Prepares the direct care staff schedule and assures adequate staffing at all times.
- Responsible for inventory and ordering of all medications.
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of nursing practice.
- Maintains record of emergency care review and regularly evaluates emergency, CPR and disaster plans.
- Reviews all patient care policies and procedures at least annually and makes recommendations for revision.
- Directs and participates in the facility and corporate QA programs.
- Responsible for the direct supervision and evaluation of all direct care staff.
- Responsible for all direct care staff scheduling.
- Personnel policy implantation.
- Responsible for orientation and in-service education of staff.
- Assists in the development, implementation and reviewing of continuing education offerings.
- Maintains CPR license.
- Maintains current employee files
- Develops and implements yearly goals.
- Anticipates and plans for growth and changes
- Makes recommendations regarding policy development
- Coordinates a communication and interpersonal relationships among staff
- Serves as a communication source between the facility, hospitals , referring physicians and staff
- Coordinates multidisciplinary staff meetings
- Participates in the planning, implementation and reinforcement of the medical supervision program to support optimal communication conditions to the medical staff
Skills
CPRPatient Care
