Lead Registered Nurse $2500 Sign-On Bonus! - Med Surg

Lead Registered Nurse $2500 Sign-On Bonus!

Caregiver is a leading Texas-based provider of services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) that supports clients with the design, delivery, and management or personalized treatment plans in order to help them lead their best lives. We are looking for a Lead RN to join our team!

FIND YOUR PASSION. BE UNIQUE. SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. Everyone at Caregiver, Inc. Company is committed to a common goal - creating a world-class experience for our individuals. We are passionate about what we do while making a difference. We work with integrity, accountability, transparency, and compassion in everything we do because we understand those, we serve have a choice in providers. Our company provides care to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to lead their unique lives independently.

Position Summary

Provides clinical supervision to all Caregiver RNs, LVNs, Contract Nurses, and other Nursing staff within their assigned area(s) or territories. Provides ongoing training and support to the nurses assigned to their area(s), to ensure routine, and emergency nursing care is being provided to maintain the optimal health status of the individuals and continuity of nursing care. Works in coordination with Regional RN Director when implementing companywide nursing systems, policies and procedures, and is accountable for ensuring these systems are being followed accurately by nursing staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitors consumers' health conditions through medical chart reviews and audits.
• Identifying delays in service.
• Ensuring state guidelines are being followed through the delivery of nursing services.
• Ensuring compliance with Caregiver Policy and Procedure.
• Ensuring adequate and appropriate follow up to potential citations.
• Monitors the health data information of the individuals served, in coordination with the Area Directors & Regional Directors by ensuring nursing staff is completing following :
• Immediately reports to supervisor any significant changes in an individual's health status including, but not limited to, acute illness, adverse reactions to medication, sudden and / or unexplained changes in vital signs, increase seizure activity, etc.
• Immediately reports to supervisor any problems related to individual safety, staff problems, and / or facility problems.
• Delegation as required and in compliance with Board of Nurse Examiners criteria.
• Comprehensive Nursing Assessments or RNAs and Annual Review of RNAs on each individual as required and in compliance with Caregiver Policy, Tx BON & DADS criteria.
• Provides on call nursing services for individuals served, thus providing telephone triage as assigned by Supervisor.
• Ensures that all medical consultations and laboratory reports are documented in the consumer's records in a timely manner
• Attends and participates in Annual Recertification surveys, and intermittent surveys, investigations as indicated, and follow up to those as indicated.  Provide intervention to potential medical concerns during those and provides strategies for achieving success.

Miscellaneous / other duties

Attends meetings with corporate directors as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Qualifications and Education

Why join Caregiver?

Fulfilling work

Our mission is to enable people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to lead their unique lives with dignity, independence, and inclusion. We are committed to creating a world-class experience for the individuals we serve.

Family Culture

Inspired by the company's founders more than 30 years ago, we work hard to keep that "family feel" across each of our locations. We want to be your home away from home.

Professional Growth Opportunities

95% of our organizational leaders started as direct care professionals. By taking a proactive approach in our employee's growth and professional development, we mitigate employee turnover, increase employee satisfaction, and drive productivity.

Benefits :

For more information on our organization, please visit our website https : / / cg-idd.com / careers