Unit Manager- Registered Nurse

Phcwoods; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Providence Healthcare is seeking a Registered Nurse Unit Manager to lead a nursing team in a skilled nursing environment. You will organize and supervise resident care, ensuring high-quality outcomes while coordinating with families, residents, and management.

The role emphasizes staff development, performance evaluations, and active participation in nursing management activities and committees to uphold facility standards.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with a degree from an accredited nursing program.
• Current and valid RN license in Indiana.
• Minimum 1 year administrative nursing experience.
• Minimum 2 years geriatric or long-term care experience.

Responsibilities

• Organize, supervise and evaluate resident care on the unit.
• Conduct staff performance evaluations and support development.
• Participate in nursing management activities and committees.
• Ensure care plans are current and reviewed; attend care plan meetings.

Education

RN graduate from accredited school of nursing

Job description

Description

Join our compassionate care team at Providence Healthcare! We are currently hiring a Registered Nurse Unit Manager who enjoys working with residents and managing/supporting a strong nursing team in a skilled nursing environment.

What You’ll Do:

A. Organize, Supervise and Evaluate Resident Care

1. Facilitate communication among and between family members, residents, staff members, and management
2. Notify appropriate contacts during change of condition of a resident
3. Assure facility medical records, policies and procedures are adhered to
4. Other duties as assigned.

B. Quality Improvement within the Unit

1. Identify learning needs of staff members and inform Director of Nursing and Staff Development Nurse
2. Monitor rate of accidents and infection rate and develop plans of correction
3. Complete monthly and weekly reports are needed

C. Conduct Performance Evaluations of Staff Members

1. Participate in probationary and annual performance evaluations

D. Participate in Nursing Management Activities and Committees

1. Monitor and assure care plans are current and accurate
2. Be prepared for and attend care plan meetings
3. Assure physician’s statements are reviewed, complete, signed/dated

E. Know and Support Facility Philosophy, Standards Policies and Procedures

1. Notify Director of Nursing when staffing in not sufficient
2. Assure completion of weekly, periodic and discharge summaries
3. Participate in state surveys as necessary

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

RN Unit Manager will be responsible for directing and supervising the nurses and other staff members on their unit.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What We’re Looking For:

1. Registered Nurse graduate from accredited school of nursing.
2. Current & valid RN license in the state of Indiana
3. 1 year administrative nursing experience.
4. 2 years geriatric or long-term care experience.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

1. Physical
2. Will need to be able to stand and sit for extended periods of time, bend, twist and reach to the floor.
3. Must have eye/hand coordination sufficient to set up and administer injections, prepare/administer medications and treatments and adjusting flow rates and use medical equipment.
4. Pushes/pulls medication/treatment carts weighing 100 pounds a distance of 600 feet.
5. Must be able to clearly speak at a volume adaptable to the hearing impaired.
6. Lifts and carries equipment weighing 25 pounds.

1. Sensory
2. Must be able to hear normal volume sounds and voice patterns with constant background noise.
3. Must be able to hear lung, bowel and blood pressure sounds with appropriate diagnostic instruments.
4. Must be able to receive and follow verbal and written instruction.
5. Must be able to assess changes in resident conditions.
6. Must be able to smell smoke, spoiled foods, incontinent residents, etc.
7. Must be able to respond to audible emergency signals, alarms, call lights and telephones.
8. Must be able to read regular/small size print in multiple colors.
9. Must possess skills for continuous handling, fingering and feeling required for palpation, operating and maintaining equipment and providing medical treatments, i.e. wound care, resident care and medication/treatment administration.

1. Cognitive
2. Must be able to remember multiple assignments over an extended period of time.
3. Be able to remember data derived from assessments and document, review, specific requests, ideas and concepts and relate them as necessary.
4. Must be able to concentrate on details during constant interruptions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Works primarily indoors in a climate controlled setting. There is the potential for exposure to blood, body tissues and fluids with occasional exposure to hazardous materials and infectious diseases. Exposure to chemicals is occasional. There is known stress associated with working with residents who are ill, confused, irritable, irrational.

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