Nurse Leadership Role (LPN)

Greenwood Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing; Lewistown (Mifflin County); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Greenwood Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing seeks a compassionate LPN Nurse Leader to work with the DON. This role coordinates nursing department functions in a rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility with a focus on resident care quality and infection prevention.

The Nurse Leader will lead surveillance, policy implementation, budget support, and serve as a key educator and change agent to improve infection prevention across the organization.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Nursing or higher from an accredited school of nursing.
• Must have a PA LPN license
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Long Term Care

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all nursing personnel in our facility comply with established standards, practices, and regulatory requirements for the highest quality of resident care
• Support the development and implementation of nursing department budgets in coordination with the facility administration.
• Implementing compliance and quality improvement policies, programs and procedures
• Is responsible for surveillance, rounding, analyzing, interpreting and the reporting of healthcare-associated infections
• Supports the development of evidence-based organizational infection prevention policies/standards that meet state, federal, regulatory and accrediting agencies standard
• Leads in infection prevention and serves as a resource, educator, researcher and proponent of change in order to influence infection prevention improvement to provide quality health care within the organization

Skills

Leadership

Infection control

Budgeting

Education

Associate degree in Nursing

Job description

New Rates!!

Afternoons and Nights open!

Greenwood Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is now seeking a compassionate and professional LPN NURSE LEADER to work in coordination with the DON to support the nursing department functions of our rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility. As a leader, you can take advantage of a unique opportunity to help us reach our goal of becoming a premier facility

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE NURSE LEADER:

• Ensure that all nursing personnel in our facility comply with established standards, practices, and regulatory requirements for the highest quality of resident care

• Support the development and implementation of nursing department budgets in coordination with the facility administration.

• Implementing compliance and quality improvement policies, programs and procedures

• Is responsible for surveillance, rounding, analyzing, interpreting and the reporting of healthcare-associated infections

• Supports the development of evidence-based organizational infection prevention policies/standards that meet state, federal, regulatory and accrediting agencies standard

• Leads in infection prevention and serves as a resource, educator, researcher and proponent of change in order to influence infection prevention improvement to provide quality health care within the organization

REQUIREMENTS OF NURSE LEADER:

• Associate degree in Nursing or higher from an accredited school of nursing.

• Must have a valid PA LPN license

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Long Term Care experience may be considered