Licensed Practical Nurse – Care Leader & Supervisor

Sandridge Post Acute; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandridge Post Acute in Mesa, AZ seeks an experienced nursing leader to provide direct nursing care to residents and supervise day-to-day nursing activities performed by CNAs, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local standards.

The role involves leading shifts, maintaining nursing documentation, participating in quality assurance, and collaborating with other departments to coordinate care and discharge planning.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Job description

Sandridge Post Acute in Mesa, AZ seeks an experienced nursing leader to provide direct nursing care to residents and supervise day-to-day nursing activities performed by CNAs, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local standards.

The role involves leading shifts, maintaining nursing documentation, participating in quality assurance, and collaborating with other departments to coordinate care and discharge planning.