Nurse Unit Manager

Christian Care Communities; Bowling Green (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Paid Vacation, Sick Days and Holidays

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Comprehensive Wellness Program with 2n

Paid Group Term Life Insurance

Voluntary Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

401(k) and 403(b)

Education Assistance

Job summary

Christian Care Communities, Inc. in Bowling Green, Kentucky, is seeking a Nurse Unit Manager to supervise nursing activities and provide direct patient care during assigned hours, while maintaining compliance with applicable laws and our organization’s standards.

Responsibilities include clinical management of residents, ensuring complete documentation, coordinating ADL rounds, reviewing monthly orders, and participating in Quality Improvement activities.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in nursing
• 2 years’ experience in long-term care; supervisory experience in acute care, sub-acute or long term care
• Licensed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky as an LPN or RN
• Preferred: Bachelors’ degree in nursing, and Certified Wound Care Nurse or ability to become certified within 6 months of employment

Responsibilities

• Monitors and ensures completeness of resident documentation including daily, monthly and quarterly assessments.
• Ensures follow up on clinical requests
• Conducts “clinical-at-risk” meetings with assigned unit
• Ensures comprehensive reviews of residents on assigned unit
• Completes pharmacy orders and dietary requests in a timely manner
• Monitors admissions and readiness for completion of data
• Makes Activities of Daily Living (ADL) rounds with assigned unit
• Assesses completion of monthly orders
• Coordinates bladder assessment and toileting programs on residents
• Participates in Quality Improvement (QI) Committee and activities as assigned

Job description

Nurse Unit Manager

The Nurse Unit Manager is primarily responsible for supervising nursing activities and provides direct nursing care during assigned duty hours while maintaining compliance with all applicable laws, regulatory and organizational standards.

The incumbent performs job responsibilities without posing a significant risk of substantial harm to the health or safety of him/her or others while maintaining compliance with all policies and procedures of Christian Care Communities and within the parameters of the Organization’s mission, vision, and values.

Clinical Management of Residents

1. Monitors and ensures completeness of resident documentation including daily, monthly and quarterly assessments.
2. Ensures follow up on clinical requests
3. Conducts “clinical-at-risk” meetings with assigned unit
4. Ensures comprehensive reviews of residents on assigned unit
5. Completes pharmacy orders and dietary requests in a timely manner
6. Monitors admissions and readiness for completion of data
7. Makes Activities of Daily Living (ADL) rounds with assigned unit
8. Assesses completion of monthly orders
9. Coordinates bladder assessment and toileting programs on residents
10. Participates in Quality Improvement (QI) Committee and activities as assigned

Required Education:

Associates degree in nursing from an accredited college or university

Preferred Education:

Bachelors’ degree in nursing from an accredited college or university

Required Experience:

2 years’ experience in long-term care; supervisory experience in acute care, sub-acute or long term care

Required:

Licensed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky as an LPN or RN

Preferred:

Certified Wound Care Nurse or ability to become certified within 6 months of employment

++Benefits:++

• Competitive Pay
• Paid Vacation, Sick Days and Holidays
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Comprehensive Wellness Program with Incentives
• Paid Group Term Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) and 403(b)
• Education Assistance

Christian Care Communities, Inc. is strongly committed to the principle of diversity and providing an equal employment opportunity in all terms and conditions of employment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, age (40 and over), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Founded in 1884, Christian Care Communities is Kentucky’s largest faith-inspired, not-for-profit provider of affordable senior retirement living and long-term care for Older Adults.

Village Manor is Bowling Green’s distinguished and award-winning senior living community offering a full continuum of care — independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing care at our Christian Health Center.