Unit Manager - Lakeside

Pioneer-Health-Care-Management-; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Pioneer-Health-Care-Management- is seeking a Director of Nursing for Lakeside, Sterling Heights, MI. This full-time role requires clinical leadership across a designated unit, ensuring compliance with regulations and delivering high-quality resident care.

The position oversees nursing staff, participates in QA activities, and leads clinical and administrative duties in the absence of the DON/Administrator, with weekend coverage and on-call responsibilities as needed.

Qualifications

• Must hold a current State of Michigan RN License.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred; Master’s Degree desirable.
• One year of leadership/charge/supervisory experience in SNF/LTC required; three years preferred.
• Must read, write and understand the English language.
• Computer literacy including Word; electronic clinical documentation experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Make daily rounds on unit to ensure resident care needs and environmental standards are met.
• Supervise nursing assistants and staff nurses; maintain clinical and customer service standards.
• Participate in QA processes, audits, and facility Quality Assurance Meetings.
• Assist in clinical admission processes and interdisciplinary care planning.
• Monitor wound healing and communicate progress with physicians.
• Handle on-call responsibilities and weekend supervision.
• Ensure inventory of supplies and medications; maintain infection surveillance logs.

Skills

Leadership/charge/supervisory

Clinical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Master’s Degree in Nursing

Tools

Electronic clinical documentation

Word processing

Job description

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Director Of Nursing - Lakeside Full Time Sterling Heights, MI, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 4190

Title: Unit Manager

Reports to: Director of Nursing - Facility

Effective Date: 10/1/2020 Review Date: NA

Position Summary:

The Unit Manager is responsible for providing administrative support and clinical expertise for a designated unit, area, or time period in the skilled nursing facility with the goal of assuring compliance with federal, state and local standards, guidelines and regulations that are required and directed to ensure the highest quality of care for the residents/patients. The Unit Manager is delegated specific clinical and administrative duties, acts as a clinical expert on the off shift, and assumes first line responsibility for the nursing care and the services provided in the absence of the Director of Nursing and Administrator.

Core Responsibilities:

Responsible for and adheres to the standards of care for the area, manages the environment to maintain resident/patient safety, and supervises the resident/patient activity performance by nursing assistants and staff nurses.

Maintains staff accountability for clinical and customer service standards at all times. Addresses non-compliance with policy, procedure, and standards of practice and behavior with staff in a respectful and professional manner when non-compliance is observed.

Make daily rounds on unit to ensure resident care needs and environmental standards are met; this includes monitoring of dining room during meal times.

Participates in the development and implementation of new policies and procedures based on identified needs.

Oversee care to promote the highest level of physical, mental and psychosocial functioning possible.

Actively participates in the Quality Assurance Process, including completing routine quality audits, coaching staff, assisting with report preparation, and participating in the facility Quality Assurance Meeting when requested.

Participates in the clinical admission process.

Make frequent rounds to ensure nursing personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards.

Gives/receives the nursing report upon reporting in and ending shift duty hours.

Ensures assigned work area (I,e. nurse station, med cart, medication room, etc.) Residents/Patient care rooms and treatment area are maintained in a clean and sanitary manner.

Attends regular conducted staff meeting as scheduled by the Director of Nursing

Conducts continuing education in-service programs.

Participates in Performance Improvement Process

Participates in the Interdisciplinary Plan of Care and Care Conferences.

Monitors wound healing and assesses effectiveness of prescribed regimen. Communicates progress with physician.

Assist in monitoring, identifying, preventing, and control outbreaks of infection in the facility.

Weekend house supervisor in absence of Administrator and DON.

Handle on-call responsibilities as required.

Receives and handle employee complaints

Ensure the facility is well stocked with supplies, including medications and equipment.

Compile information for and populate infection surveillance logs, Labs, TB test to maintain compliance within the facility.

Provides direct patient care when not engaged in administrative duties as designated by facility schedule.

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must hold a current State of Michigan RN License

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred, Master’s Degree in Nursing highly desirable.

One year leadership/charge/supervisory experience in a SNF/LTC setting required; three years preferred

Must be able to read, write and understand the English language

Computer literacy skills including Word and basic mouse and keyboard operations. Electronic clinical documentation experience preferred.