Weekend Nurse Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Position: Weekend Nurse Supervisor

Location: Three Links Care Center

Shift: Saturday and Sunday 12 hours shifts with some flexibility to work during the week.

The following benefits are available to benefit eligible employees:

• 100% paid premium for employee only health insurance
• $150/month employer contribution into a health saving account
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Flexible Paid Time Away-Exempt team members may take paid time off as needed, without a set accrual limit, in partnership with their manager and business needs.

Salary Range: $41.50 - $49.90

Individual Receiving Services Care Responsibilities:

• Does not disclose individual receiving services’ protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.
• Ensure that all care is provided in privacy, as appropriate, and to knock after entering a individual receiving services’ room or individual receiving services care area such as tub rooms.
• Report all grievances and complaints made by the individual receiving services, family, or visitors to the appropriate supervisor following the care center’s established procedures.
• Provide direct individual receiving services care and monitoring.
  • Identify self to the individual receiving services and family, obtain history and evaluate individual receiving services condition.
  • Assess physical and emotional condition of the individual receiving services and recognize need for immediate attention.
  • Report issues or concerns to the appropriate personnel and document findings.
• Follow and recommend updates to the plan of care for individual receiving services, including immediate and long-term goals.
  • Initiate plan of care at time of admission for each individual receiving services, review care plans and recommend revisions as needed.
  • Maintain knowledge of current nursing care plan for each individual receiving services and inform the nursing staff of objectives and/or goals, psycho/social needs, and physical needs.
  • Monitor nursing care to assure it is in compliance with the care plan.
  • Monitor individual receiving services for significant changes and report to DNS any observed changes in individual receiving services’ condition.
  • Document changes in individual receiving services medical condition, incidents, responses to treatment and individual receiving services and/or family concerns.
  • Assist in coordinating and planning the individual receiving services’ discharge plan.
• Perform basic nursing procedures safely and efficiently and maintain technical skills, in accordance with care center policies and procedures.
  • Possess knowledge about techniques and principals involved in procedures and appropriate use of equipment.
  • Plan ahead for procedures by knowing location of all equipment and supplies.
  • Monitor and document individual receiving services’ physical and emotional response during and after treatment as necessary.
• Ensure medications are safely administered as ordered by the physician.
  • Know the dosage and effects of medication prior to administration and is alert to potential side effects.
  • Check special precautions that are parameters for administering or holding a medication (e.g., taking apical pulse after giving Lanoxin noting respiratory rate after giving a narcotic) and notify physician when individual receiving services condition indicates.
  • Obtain medication from the pharmacy as needed. Order, check and store medication according to policy and procedure.
  • Know and practice the eight rights of passing medications (i.e. right individual receiving services, right reason, right medication, right dose, right time [includes right order], right route [includes right technique], right documentation, right response).
  • Clarify with physician regarding unusual dosages or routes of administration.
  • Correctly chart medication administered for that shift.
  • Observe and document individual receiving services’ response to medication (especially PRN medications, new or adjusted doses).
  • Report medication errors as soon as discovered and complete written report according to policy.
  • Follow established procedures for drug control (e.g., locking medication carts, reordering medications, returning unused drugs to pharmacy, signing out controlled drugs, locking medication room door when unattended, etc.).
  • Ensure that the counting and starting of narcotics meets State and Federal regulations and report discrepancies to the DON and Administrator.
• Maintain a complete clinical record of each individual receiving services’ stay.
  • Document changes in individual receiving services’ medical condition, incidents, and responses to treatment and individual receiving services and/or family concerns in accordance with care center policies and practice.
  • Complete pertinent daily charting. Chart concisely, descriptively, legibly and in logical sequence, individual receiving services’ progress, using proper terminology.
  • Ensure accurate completion of individual receiving services’ vital signs, neuro checks, weights and records.
  • Document treatments. Monitor and document individual receiving services’ physical and emotional response during and after procedures as necessary.
  • Transcribe new physician orders correctly. Ensure physician’s orders are carried out.
• Accurately monitor individual receiving services’ needs and initiate appropriate intervention.
  • Observe and monitor individual receiving services at regular intervals.
  • Notify physicians, DON, Administrator and other departments of individual receiving services’ conditions that should be brought to his/her attention.
  • Respond promptly to changes in individual receiving services’ condition and report to physician/family/DON or Nurse Manager.
• Take direct appropriate action in emergency situations.
  • Recognize potential emergencies and take the appropriate action (e.g. shock, respiratory distress, diabetic coma, etc.).
  • Notify DON and/or Administrator of any observed potential or actual emergency.
  • Ensure the coordination of care of any acutely ill individual receiving services (e.g. vital signs, feeding, oxygen therapy, charging, transfers to hospital, etc.).
• Communicate clearly and appropriately, both verbally and in writing.
  • Communicate with the physician or ensure that the physician is notified regarding individual receiving services progress, physical and emotional status, interventions, and family interactions. Communicate changes in individual receiving services condition to health care provider utilizing a systematic method describing situation, background, appearance and request for orders.
  • Ensure that family is notified of changes in individual receiving services’ condition and new orders.
  • Inform nursing assistants of individual receiving services’ care plan and special needs.
  • Review all incident reports and medication error forms, documenting follow up in progress notes, plan of care and coordinate action as indicated.
• Teach the individual receiving services and/or family about his/her illness. Educate staff on general knowledge of individual receiving services’ conditions and needs.
  • Document individual receiving services and family education.
  • Ensure that nursing staff personnel honor individual receiving services’ refusal and treatment requests. Ensure that such requests are in accordance with the care center’s policies and governing advance directives.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skill necessary to provide care, based on physical, psycho/social, educational, safety and related criteria for adult and geriatric individual receiving services.

Individual Responsibilities:

• Report all complaints and grievances, according to company policies and procedures, which are made by the individual receiving services, family, or visitors and make a written/oral report to supervisor indicating what action(s) were taken to resolve the complaint or grievance.
• Report any communicable or infectious disease that you contract to the appropriate supervisor.

St. Francis Health Services & Affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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