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Job Purpose:
Leads the day-to-day operations of high quality, person-centered care within the community, completing residential placement and ongoing nursing processes; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing social, emotional, physical, and psychological support to residents, friends, and families; assist with hiring, training, and supervising assigned care team members. The Nurse Manager communicates daily with the Executive Director, assumes authority to carry out the licensee or Executive Director’s responsibilities in their absence.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Sets the tone and standards for both person and relationship-centered care reflecting the core values of Vibrant life.
- Leads overall day-to-day medical operations of Vibrant life.
- Steps in as a Med Tech/ Resident Assistant when needed to adhere to licensing requirements and Vibrant Life Standards
- Identifies resident care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual persons in our care and other people in a position to understand care requirements.
- Establishes a compassionate and vibrant environment, providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to the person, their friends, and families (mind, body, spirit)
- Establishes proficiency in State regulations and other licensing requirements.
- Directs and supervises scheduling of direct care employees within established guidelines.
- Takes the lead in training care staff and partners with other management team members in ongoing staff recruitment, retention, and ongoing staff development efforts.
- Promotes person-centered care goals; teaching, the person (as able), staff, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
- Assures quality of care by adhering to established dementia care standards; measuring health outcomes against person-centered care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; best practice nursing standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
- Resolve the person’s problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from other management team members and/or health care support personnel.
- Protects people in our care and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations
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