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Staff Management
• Provides team management assistance in supervising assigned staff to ensure required timely, safe, consistent, appropriate, adequate, accurate care, services and treatment in accordance with Agency policies, procedures, and standards and with applicable licensure regulations and guidelines. Assists staff with various approaches to resident needs.
• Maintains and improves the quality and integrity of the Agency standards through team discussion and work activities. Participates in Agency work groups or task teams relating to/or impacting on the program or its services.
• Utilizes knowledge of nursing care practice to educate staff, families and residents.
Records and Reports
• Promptly and accurately records and documents care delivery, observations, medications and treatments.
• Initiates individual plan of care where applicable and revises according to resident’s needs/strengths.
• Regularly communicates with and keeps the Nursing Manager and Nursing Team informed regarding resident status, changes in status and other matters concerning the resident environment and provision of services.
• Obtains orders from physicians, review orders in accordance with professional nursing care practice.
Health Environment Management
• Maintains drugs, treatments, supplies, nursing records area and other designated care areas according to regulations.
Corporate Compliance
• Complies with safety policies and procedures.
• Adheres to laws regarding the protection, use, disclosure, and release of client and CJE business information.
• Attends required in services.
• Reports violations of law, regulations, policies, or procedures.
• Reports client abuse or neglect.
• Records documentation timely, accurately, and completely.
• This position has responsibility for HIPAA compliance.
• Exposure to bloodborne pathogens is likely to occur in this position.
Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education and/or Experience
• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing.
• 2 years experience in geriatric nursing preferred.
Language Skills
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to effectively communicate between interdisciplinary teams.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
• Currently licensed to practice nursing in the State of Illinois.
• CPR Certified
Other Qualifications
• Some local travel required.
• Participates in conferences with other team members to promote communications and coordination of resident care.
• Performs other duties as requested by Director, Nurse Manager and designated process managers.
• Knowledge of and experience with Alzheimer’s care and Dementia training preferred.
• Sensitivity to the needs of the elderly.
• Willingness and ability to travel to and from client/family/caregiver community appointments as needed.
• Ability to analyze and interpret all relevant data and documents.
• Ability to define and solve problems, as required.
• Ability to follow directions.
• Ability to use and maintain records appropriately.
• Ability to compose and deliver effective presentations to prospective residents and to residents/clients, management, employees, and the public on topics and issues concerning the programs.
• Written, verbal and reading skills sufficient to effectively communicate with, understand and respond to resident population ensuring at all times that residents feel safe, secure and comfortable.
• Ability to communicate with staff, physicians, family members and other visitors to facility and to others in the medical community, i.e. good communications and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, interpret and implement care plans, physician’s orders, technical procedures, governmental regulations and other documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions and written facility policies and procedures.
• Ability to attend meetings and conference on Agency premises and elsewhere in and outside the Chicago area.
• Ability to use the Agency’s computer system and personal computers as is necessary to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position and to organize work load appropriate to the position.
Physical Demands The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Must have physical coordination, dexterity, agility and mobility and be able to safely and properly physically transport and/or assist residen
