Unit Manager RN

Diversicare Healthcare Services, LLC; Southaven (MS); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Diversicare in Mississippi seeks a Registered Nurse to lead the nursing team in our post-acute care centers in Southaven. You will supervise care delivery, ensure timely medication passes, and uphold physician directives and care plans.

You will mentor direct care staff, coordinate services, and collaborate with the Director of Nursing Services to maintain high-quality resident care and safety across shifts.

Qualifications

• RN license current by the state board; MS preferred.
• Minimum 3 years nursing experience in long-term care.
• Experience in triaging tasks and supervising nursing staff.

Responsibilities

• Oversee safe nursing care and medication administration.
• Lead and coach nursing team to ensure quality care.
• Assess patient/resident needs and adjust care plans as directed.
• Document assessments, treatments and deviations per policy.
• Communicate findings to physician and Nursing Director.
• Ensure policy compliance and patient/resident safety.

Skills

Planning

Evaluation

Coordination

Task triage

Staff supervision

Education

Registered Nurse license (MS)

Job description

Overview

Discover What’s Possible! At Diversicare, we understand the contributions of every team member are the parts that make up the whole. We appreciate them for the work they do each day to showcase their talents and gifts.

Discover What’s Possible at Diversicare! Access your wages between paychecks with our OnShift Wallet program! Full Time Benefits Include

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Excellent 401k plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time
• Long and Short Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Referral Bonuses
• DiversICARE - employee hardship fund
• Pay advancement program - OnShift Wallet

Diversicare provides post-acute care services to patients and residents at 61 skilled nursing and long-term care centers in eight states, primarily in the Southeast, Midwest and Southwest United States . Together, with our team of dedicated healthcare professionals, we leverage our diverse strengths to provide each patient and resident with healthcare serves that best meet their needs.

It is Diversicare’s Mission to “Improve every life we touch by providing exceptional healthcare and exceeding expectations.”

We are guided to excellence by five Core Values: Integrity, Excellence, Compassion, Teamwork and Stewardship, as well as 12 Service Standards.

We build on trust, respect, customer focus, compassion, diplomacy, appreciation and strong communication skills to shape the culture in our workplace. Diversicare team members play a critical role in fostering an environment of Service Excellence. Our Service Standards are in place to offer support. They lead us to what matters most to our company: creating a warm, caring, safe and professional environment for our customers and each other.

Our culture of impassioned service delivery is the Diversicare Difference .

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Responsibilities

• Receives report on patient/resident status from previous shift, evaluates and ensures resources in place to meet needs
• Makes physical rounds assessing quality of care, intervening with provision of care and interacting with care givers and patients/residents
• Provides leadership and support with care in carrying out their responsibility in a professional manner to include but not limited to: timely medication passes, required care plans as directed by physician and/or Registered Nurse, documentation and treatments.
• Evaluates performance of direct care team members and informs Director of Nursing Services if there are any coaching or corrective action opportunities. Assists with investigation as needed or required.
• Evaluates and monitors to verify patient/residents’ needs are met and policies and procedures are followed.
• Evaluates critically ill residents; reports findings to physician and records observations; may provide direct care as needed. Notifies Director of Nursing Services and Administrator according to policy and practice.
• Responds and coordinates actions in emergency situations notifying the Director of Nursing Services and Administrator according to policy and procedure.
• Works with Director of Nursing Services to facilitate solutions to any systemic or procedural concerns.
• Ensures safe work practices are followed.
• Provides empathetic communication to families, patient/residents regarding change of condition and in response to care concerns.
• Ensures resident rights are respected.
• Works directly with care team members to assure care is provided.
• Other duties as assigned by Director of Nursing Services and/or Administrator.

Qualifications

• Current license by the State Board of Nursing as a Registered Nurse with experience in the long-term care industry preferred; at least three years nursing experience required.
• Ability to plan, evaluate and coordinate services.
• Experience in triaging tasks, supervision of nursing team members and coordination of services to provide the optimum resident and patient experience.

Diversicare is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. Diversicare does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity), national origin, age, or disability, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

(EOE)