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Come join this collaborative and innovated team. At Integritus Healthcare you will enjoy generous time off exceptional health insurance and the ability to grow in your career. Integritus Healthcare wants you to join the team!

At Mt Greylock we have been part of the community since 1987 providing area families with top-quality skilled nursing care for short-term rehabilitation and long-term care. We focus on maximizing patient recovery comfort and independence for the highest possible quality of compassionate attention and specialized care every step of the way.

Essential Job Functions :

• Direct nursing assistants in accordance with current rules regulations & guidelines governing long-term care.
• Ensure that all nursing personnel assigned to you comply with the written policies and meet with your assigned nursing staff as well as support personnel in planning the shifts services programs and activities.
• Ensure that all nursing service personnel comply with the procedures set forth in the Nursing Service Procedures Manual.
• Cooperate with other resident services to ensure that the residents total regimen of care is maintained.
• Ensure that all nursing service personnel are in compliance with their respective job descriptions.
• Assist in planning the nursing services portion of the residents discharge plan as necessary.
• Admit transfer and discharge residents as required.
• Complete accident / incident reports as necessary.
• Write resident charge slips and forward to the Business Office.
• Maintain the Daily Census Report and submit to the Business Office as required.
• Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms reports evaluations studies charting etc. as necessary.
• Transcribe physicians orders to resident charts cardex medication cards treatment / care plans as required.
• Chart all reports of accidents / incidents involving residents. Follow established procedures.
• Record new / changed diet orders. Forward information to the Dietary Department.
• Perform routine charting in accordance with charting and documentation policies and procedures.
• Prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physician.
• Ensure adequate medications supplies and equipment is on hand to meet nursing needs.
• Provide leadership to nursing personnel assigned to your unit / shift.
• Make rounds to ensure that personnel are performing in accordance w / nursing standards.
• Maintain an atmosphere of warmth personal interest & positive emphasis and a calm environment.
• Inform nursing personnel of new admissions their expected time of arrival room assignment etc.
• Ensure that rooms are ready for new admissions.
• Greet newly admitted residents upon admission. Escort them to their rooms as necessary.
• Participate in the orientation of new residents / family members to the facility.
• Make rounds with physicians as necessary.
• Notify the residents attending physician and next-of-kin when there is a change in the residents condition.
• Administer services such as catheterization tube feedings applying and changing dressings / bandages packs colostomy etc.
• Obtain sputum urine and other specimens for lab tests as ordered.
• Take and record TPRs blood pressures etc. as necessary. Monitor AccuChecks Pulse Oximetry as ordered.
• Review care plans daily to ensure that appropriate care is being rendered.
• Inform the Nurse Supervisor of any changes that need to be made on the care plan.
• Ensure CNAs are aware of care plans and that they refer to care plans prior to administering care to the resident.

Qualifications :

Key Skills

Facility,standard operating procedure,General Maintenance,HVAC,Trouble Shooting,Electrical Systems,Plant Equipment,Building Maintenance,Preventive Maintenance,Control Room,Maintenance Tasks,Life Safety Systems,Service Calls,statistical process control,Air Compressors

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1