Position Summary
The Charge RN is responsible to maintain the nursing philosophy, objectives, and standards of quality nursing care; and ensure compliance with standards, codes, rules and regulations, and the policies set-forth by Woodland Pond
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (*CF indicates Critical Function)
Administrative Functions:
- Notifies the Director of Nursing and Administrator on Call as required (*CF)
- Participates actively with IDT and follows-through on actions determined by the Team
- Is responsible for every resident in the Health Center (*CF)
- Serves as a resident advocate and ensures resident rights are maintained
- Supports the medical staff
- Works collaboratively with all departments at Woodland Pond
- Works with staff in the planning of the units services, programs, and activities
- Ensures consistency between all units in nursing care
- Ensures staff comply with polices and standards of care (*CF)
- Ensures completeness of Accident and Incident reports
- Serves as a leader and resource for nursing staff
- Participates in investigations as assigned (*CF)
- Ensures safe quality care is provided to the residents daily, and essential information is communicated to provide appropriate continuity of care from admission to discharge (*CF)
- Is a liaison with residents, families, and other departments to adequately plan for and provide resident care
- Guides LPNs and CNAs responsibilities (*CF)
- Ensures accurate, appropriate, and complete documentation by all nursing staff
Care Plan, Kardex, MDS, and Assessment
- Ensures accuracy of each
- Completes timely as assigned
- Effectively communicates the plan of care
- Ensures that resident care plan is followed (*CF)
Communication
- Ensures appropriate and ongoing communication to the resident, family, staff, MD, IDT, etc. (*CF)
- Uses communication to enhance quality of resident care and staff working environment
Personnel/Staff Development
- Assists with employee evaluations, employee praise, and discipline as necessary (*CF)
- Actively participates with staff education
- Promotes an environment of learning
- Ensures staff attends mandatory in-services and meets minimum continuing education requirements
- Conducts routine staff audits to ensure care is being delivered per care plan and medical staff orders (*CF)
- Ensures work consistency among staff
- Promotes a positive, friendly work environment
Equipment and Supplies
- Ensures appropriate are available and monitors that supplies are utilized appropriately to avoid waste
- Is cost-effective
Policy and Procedure Manuals
- Ensures staff awareness of manuals, including other departments (e.g. SDS, emergency protocols)
- Uses manual and assists other staff on using policies as necessary (*CF)
Quality Assurance
- Constantly strives to enhance the resident and staff experience
- Reports and completes necessary paperwork for each resident incident/accident/change in condition (*CF)
Safety/Infection Control
- Ensures staff compliance with standards and regulations
- Reports potential outbreaks and takes appropriate measures to control/eliminate infection control exposures
Staffing Coverage
- Required to ensure appropriate coverage for the nursing department 24/7, including weekends, holidays, and off-shifts (*CF)
- Works beyond normal working hours, or in other positions temporarily when necessary (e.g. administers medications) (*CF)
- Is subject to callback during emergency conditions
- Takes RN on-call as needed
Other Specific Requirements
- Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, and be enthusiastic
- Must work harmoniously with others
- Seeks out new methods and principles to incorporate into the nursing practice
- Creates and maintains an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment (*CF)
- Able to make independent decisions
- Able to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures necessary to provide quality care
- Promotes teamwork and collaboration among Woodland Pond staff members
Ongoing education
- Must continually strive to enhance knowledge, and ensure evidenced-based nursing is being practiced
- Encouraged to attend an out-of-facility continuing education seminars
- Completes all required training and in-services
- All other duties as assigned
