Job Description:
RN Supervisor - Alternating Weekends (every other)
Part Time, Permanent Opportunity
7:00 am - 7:00 pm
Elm Terrace Gardens
Lansdale PA
We are growing and seeking an RN Supervisor to join our team to
work on Alternating Weekends (Sat & Sun.)
Elm Terrace Gardens is a Continuing Care Retirement Community
(CCRC) located in the heart of Lansdale PA.
Every Other weekend: 7:00 am-7:00 pm (12 hr. shifts)
RN Supervisor
Purpose:
To provide professional direct resident nursing care and, in
conjunction with the charge nurse, to supervise daily nursing
activities performed by Licensed Practical Nurses and Nursing
Assistants.
To promote and maintain a positive physical, social, and
psychological environment for residents in the Skilled Nursing
Facility.
To perform these duties in accordance with applicable current
federal, state, and local regulations and standards, and as may be
directed by the Charge Nurse; and to perform these duties in
accordance with the mission of Elm Terrace Gardens to promote the
health and well-being of individual residents based on their
functional abilities and potential.
Schedule is 7a-7p – Every
other
weekend
Nursing Care Functions - Duties:
1. Render and administer professional nursing services,
including prescribed treatments and medications, in accordance with
physician's orders and the physician-approved individual resident
care plans.
2. Provide direct nursing care as necessary to assigned residents.
3. Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required.
4. As requested, ensure that rooms are properly prepared to
receive new residents.
5. As requested, notify families or responsible parties about
resident expirations or transfers to acute care facilities.
6. Make rounds with residents' physicians as necessary and
ensure their completion of record keeping.
7. Consult with physicians in providing care, treatment,
diagnostic, and therapeutic services.
8. Accurately complete, maintain, and verify as necessary drug
inventories, medical forms, physician and consultant orders,
reports, evaluations, and resident chart entries according to
established policies, procedures, and guidelines.
9. Know and comply with facility infection control policies and
procedures, including the blood-borne pathogen standard, infectious
waste disposal, and such other standards as may be promulgated from
time to time.
10. Ensure cleanliness and safety of all nursing service and
treatment areas.
11. As assigned by the Charge Nurse, supervise, direct, and
instruct Licensed Practical Nurses and Nursing Assistants in the
performance of their assigned duties, ensuring the maintenance of
the highest degree of quality care at all times and the adherence to
facility policies and procedures on resident care.
12. Exercise professional judgment and make independent
decisions to ensure the proper delivery of nursing services to
residents in accordance with standard nursing practices and facility
policies and procedures.
13. Follow established safety rules and regulations at all
times, including fire safety procedures and disaster control.
14. Promptly report accidents, incidents, and unsafe and
hazardous equipment or conditions.
15. Assume the duties of Charge Nurse on an acting basis of
Infection Control Coordinator as directed by the Director of Nursing.
16. Maintain professional license to practice nursing.
17. Present positive endorsement of Elm Terrace Gardens, its
mission, programs, policies, procedures, and administration to Elm
Terrace Gardens residents, staff, visitors, and other constituencies
at all times.
