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PACS Group; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k Matching

Job summary

PACS Group is seeking a Nursing Administrator to oversee day-to-day nursing operations at a California long-term care facility. The role includes coordinating policies and QA processes to ensure high-quality resident care on site in San Diego.

You will supervise nursing staff, participate in committee activities, and ensure regulatory compliance, with a focus on resident safety and continuity of care. Competitive pay and benefits offered.

Responsibilities

• Direct daily nursing activities in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines governing the long-term care facility.
• Develop, maintain, and update written policies and procedures for the nursing service department.
• Ensure reference material at nurses' stations is current and supportive of resident care.
• Keep Nursing Service Procedures Manual current and reflective of day-to-day procedures.
• Ensure nursing staff comply with Nursing Service Procedures Manual.
• Report to the Director of Nursing Services on operation of the nursing service department.
• Review policies, procedures, and job descriptions and suggest revisions.
• Coordinate nursing services with other resident services to ensure continuity of care.
• Ensure all nursing staff understand and follow their job descriptions.
• Participate in the facility's quality assurance program for nursing services.
• Assist with facility surveys by government agencies as requested.
• Update discharge plans and participate in discharge planning.
• Plan the nursing services portion of resident discharge plans with leadership.
• Meet with nursing staff and support personnel to plan services and activities.
• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required.
• Complete accident/incident reports as necessary.
• Explain department policies to staff, residents, visitors, and government agencies.
• Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms and reports as needed.
• Protect resident privacy and report any violations of data security.
• Monitor and report unauthorized access attempts to the facility's information system.

Job description

Pay Range

Pay Range: $48.00 an hour to $52.00 an hour (based on experience)

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k Matching

Administrative 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.

• Assist the Director of Nursing Services in directing the day-to-day functions of the nursing activities in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the long-term care facility.
• Participate in developing, maintaining, and updating written policies and procedures that govern the day-to-day functions of the nursing service department.
• Ensure that reference material (i.e., PDR'S, regulations, professional standards of practice, etc.) maintained at the nurses' stations is current. Recommend written material that will assist the nursing service department in meeting the day-to-day needs of the resident.
• 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 to the Director as necessary/required, concerning the operation of the nursing service department.
• Periodically review the department's policies, procedure manuals, job descriptions, etc. Make recommendations for revisions to the Director.
• Assist in developing methods for coordinating nursing services with other resident services to ensure the continuity of the residents' total regimen of care.
• 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 requested by the Administrator or Director of Nursing Services.
• Periodically review the resident's written discharge plan. Participate in the updating of the resident's written discharge plan as required.
• Assist the Director in planning the nursing services portion of the resident's discharge plan as necessary.
• Meet with the nursing staff, as well as support personnel, in planning the department's services, programs, and activities.
• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required.
• Complete accident/incident reports as necessary.
• Interpret the department's policies and procedures to personnel, residents, visitors, and government agencies as required.
• Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., asnecessary.
• 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.

Committee Functions

• Attend various committee meetings of the facility (i.e., Infection Control, Policy Advisory, Pharmaceutical, Quality Assessment, etc.) as required.
• Assist in preparing written and/or oral reports of the nursing service programs and activities to submit to such committee(s) as directed.
• Provide information to the Quality Assurance and Assessment Committee as requested.
• Participate in developing the agenda for the Care Plan Committee meetings as necessary.
• Participate in regularly scheduled reviews of the discharge plans and make such plans available to the Care Plan Committee as required or as may be necessary.
• Implement recommendations from established committees as instructed by the Director.

Personnel Functions

• Ensure that a sufficient number of licensed practical and/or registered nurses are available for your tour of duty to ensure that quality care is maintained.
• Ensure that a sufficient number of certified nursing assistants are available for your tour of duty to ensure that routine nursing care is provided to meet the daily nursing care needs of each resident.
• Develop work assignments, and/or assist in completing and performing such tasks.
• Delegate to each Charge Nurse the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary to perform his/her assigned duties.
• 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.
• Make daily r