Charge Nurse (LPN / RN)
Company: Windsor Hills Nursing Center
Location: Oklahoma City
Posted on: May 28, 2023
Job Description:
Breaking news, no masks are required in our facility now!
BRAND NEW WAGES ARE BEING OFFERED!
Come work for a company that cares and appreciates its staff and
helpus strive to be the difference makers and a guiding light in
our profession. Weare searching for attentive, kindhearted health
professionals regardless of theposition to help us care for our
phenomenal residents.Remarkable benefits our staff can expect:
Competitive Wages
Comprehensive benefits- Medical, Vision, Dental
Insure Oklahoma- Subsidies to eligible employees.
Maternity Leave- Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
401 K Plan
PTO
Holiday Pay
Life Insurance
Referral Bonus Program
Flexible Spending & Daycare Account
Employee Monthly Appreciation Activities
Perfect Attendance Bonus for Full-time Hourly Staff
ON DEMAND PAY- (PayActiv - access to weekly pay!)
Education Assistance- That's right, we will support you as you go
backto school. We believe in you!
Exclusive discounts:
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Abenity Travel Center
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Purpose of Your Job Position
The primary purpose of your job position is to provide direct
nursing care to the residents, and to supervise the day-to-day
nursing activities performed by nursing assistants. Such
supervision must be in accordance with current federal, state, and
local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our
facility, and as may be required by the Director of Nursing
Services or Nurse Supervisor to ensure that the highest degree of
quality care is maintained at all times.
Delegation of Authority
As Charge Nurse you are delegated the administrative authority,
responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your
assigned duties.
Education
Must possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree from an accredited
college or university, or be a graduate of an approved LPN/LVN
program.
Experience
None. On-the-job training provided.
Job Functions
Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of
this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these
are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission
of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the
position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential
function of the position.
- Direct the day-to-day functions of the nursing assistants in
accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines * that
govern the long-term care facility
- Ensure that all nursing personnel assigned to you comply with
the written policies and procedures established by this facility
- Periodically review the department's policies, procedure
manuals, job descriptions, etc. Make recommendations for revisions
- Meet with your assigned nursing staff, as well as support
personnel, in planning the shifts' services, programs, and
activities
- Ensure that the Nursing Service Procedures Manual is current
and reflects the day-to-day nursing procedures performed in this
facility
- Ensure that all nursing service personnel comply with the
procedures set forth in the Nursing Service Procedures Manual
- Make written and oral reports/recommendations concerning the
activities of your shift as required
- Cooperate with other resident services when coordinating
nursing services to ensure that the resident's total regimen of
care is maintained
- Ensure that all nursing service personnel are in compliance
with their respective job descriptions
- Participate in the development, maintenance, and implementation
of the facility's quality assurance program for the nursing service
department
- Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by
authorized government agencies as may be requested
- Periodically review the resident's written discharge plan.
Participate in the updating of the resident's written discharge
plan as required
- Assist in planning the nursing services portion of the
resident's discharge plan as necessary
- Interpret the department's policies and procedures to
personnel, residents, visitors, and government agencies as required
- Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required
- Complete accident/incident reports as necessary
- Write resident charge slips and forward to the Business Office
- Maintain the Daily Census Report and submit to the Business
Office as required
- Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms,
reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary
- Agree not to disclose assigned user ID code and password for
accessing resident/facility information and promptly report
suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the
Administrator
- Agree not to disclose resident's protected health information
and promptly report suspected or known violations of such
disclosure to the Administrator
- Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access
facility's information system
- Complete and file required recordkeeping forms/charts upon the
resident's admission, transfer, and/or discharge
- Encourage attending physicians to review treatment plans,
record and sign their orders, progress notes, etc., in accordance
with established policies
- Receive telephone orders from physicians and record on the
Physicians' Order Form
- Transcribe physician's orders to resident charts, cardex,
medication cards, treatment/care plans, as required
- Chart nurses' notes in an informative and descriptive manner
that reflects the care provided to the resident, as well as the
resident's response to the care
- Fill out and complete accident/incident reports. Submit to
Director as required
- Chart all reports of accidents/incidents involving residents.
Follow established procedures
- Record new/changed diet orders. Forward information to the Food
Services Department
- Report all discrepancies noted concerning physician's orders,
diet change, charting error, etc., to the Nurse Supervisor
- Fill out and complete transfer forms in accordance with
established procedures
- Ensure that appropriate documentation concerning unauthorized
discharges is entered in the resident's medical record in
accordance with established procedures
- Perform routine charting duties as required and in accordance
with established charting and documentation policies and procedures
- Sign and date all entries made in the resident's medical record
- Prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physician
- Verify the identity of the resident before administering the
medication/treatment
- Ensure that prescribed medication for one resident is not
administered to another
- Ensure that an adequate supply of floor stock medications,
supplies, and equipment is on hand to meet the nursing needs of the
residents. Report needs to the Nurse Supervisor
- Order prescribed medications, supplies, and equipment as
necessary, and in accordance with established policies
- Ensure that narcotic records are accurate for your shift
- Notify the Nurse Supervisor of all drug and narcotic
discrepancies noted on your shift
- Review medication cards for completeness of information,
accuracy in the transcription of the physician's order, and
adherence to stop order policies
- Notify the attending physician of automatic stop orders prior
to the last dosage being administered
- Dispose of drugs and narcotics as required, and in accordance
with established procedures
- Participate in employee performance evaluations, determining
your shift's staffing requirements, and making recommendations to
the Nurse Supervisor concerning employee dismissals, transfers, etc
- Inform the Nurse Supervisor of staffing needs when assigned
personnel fail to report to work
- Report absentee call-ins to the Nurse Supervisor
- Review and evaluate your department's work force and make
recommendations to the Nurse Supervisor
- Develop work assignments and/or assist in completing and
performing such assignments
- Provide leadership to nursing personnel assigned to your
unit/shift
- Make daily rounds of your unit/shift to ensure that nursing
service personnel are performing their work assignments in
accordance with acceptable nursing standards. Report problem areas
to the Nurse Supervisor
- Ensure that all nursing assistants are enrolled in or have
graduated from an approved nursing assistant training program
- Ensure that all nurse aide trainees are under the direct
supervision of a licensed nurse
- Meet with your shift's nursing personnel, on a regularly
scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem
areas, and/or to improve services
- Ensure that department personnel, residents, and visitors
follow the department's established policies and procedures at all
times
- Develop and maintain a good working rapport with
inter-departmental personnel, as well as other departments within
the facility to ensure that nursing services and activities can be
adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents
- Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest
and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the
unit and shift
- Review complaints and grievances made or filed by your assigned
personnel. Make appropriate reports to the Nurse Supervisor as
required or as may be necessary. Follow facility's established
procedures
- Ensure that departmental disciplinary action is administered
fairly and without regard to race, color, creed, national origin,
age, sex, religion, handicap, or marital status
- Receive/give the nursing report upon reporting in and ending
shift duty hours
- Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious
materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the
facility's policies and procedures governing accidents and
incidents
- Report known or suspected incidents of fraud to the
Administrator
- Ensure that departmental computer workstations left unattended
are properly logged off or the password protected automatic
screen-saver activates within established facility policy
guidelines Specific Requirements
- Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to
practice as an RN or LPN/LVN in this state
- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English
language
- Must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care
appropriate to the age-related needs of the residents served
- Must be a supportive team member, contribute to and be an
example of team work and team concept
- Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when
circumstances warrant such action
- Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel,
residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel,
and the general public
- Must be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and
procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that
pertain to nursing care facilities
- Must possess leadership and supervisory ability and the
willingness to work harmoniously with and supervise other personnel
- Must possess the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement,
and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies and
procedures, etc., that are necessary for providing quality care
- Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition and
enthusiasm, as well as the willingness to handle difficult
residents
- Must be willing to seek out new methods and principles and be
willing to incorporate them into existing nursing practices
- Must be able to relate information concerning a resident's
condition
- Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other
individuals in the workplace
Keywords: Windsor Hills Nursing Center, Oklahoma City , Charge Nurse (LPN / RN), Healthcare , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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