Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Director of Healthcare Job Opening in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - SUMMARY: Provides nursing care for residents according to established standards and practices relating to basic nursing, restorative, and personal care services where quality assurance, resident safety, and infection control are inherent responsibilities of the position.
HIGHLIGHTS OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Adheres to the scope of practice for their nursing licensure per state regulatory guidelines.
Maintains a close working relationship with Executive Director to foster resident family support and resident welfare.
Works to coordinate, support, and supervise home health care and hospice services for our residents.
Demonstrates appropriate judgment skills to be able to make independent clinical decisions in routine and emergency resident care matters.
Engages residents in meaningful conversation and activities related to their individual interests.
Promotes the level of clinical expertise required of staff to provide safe, high quality nursing care.
Remains flexible and responsive when changes occur in resident activity and workload.
Performs appropriate documentation to maintain the standards set by the state and the company.
Evaluates/assists in evaluation of appropriateness of the plan of care for residents and revise on an ongoing basis with communication to all other disciplines.
Completes and submits all required documentation within established guidelines.
Provides guidance and support to care giving staff.
Assumes on-call responsibilities as needed.
Implements physicians orders accurately and promptly, using nursing judgment.
Conducts inventory of all medical/nursing supplies and places monthly order for needed medical supplies.
Coordinates efforts to enhance the service provided to the resident i.e. home health, hospice, physical therapy, psychiatric assessment, durable medical equipment and other services.
Communicates changes of resident?s conditions, status, and with executive director.
Observes residents for significant changes, adverse reactions, emesis, drainage, bleeding and communicable diseases. Ensure that resident?s needs are met or fulfilled.
Communicates all changes with residents to their responsible party
Prepares, administers, and charts the administration of prescribed medications; documents effectiveness and adverse reactions.
Processes daily physician orders.
Maintains and monitors MARs on a daily basis and ensures accuracy.
Regularly monitors EMAR reports to ensure medication administration compliance
Logs incident reports daily.
Job Type: Full-time
Job Location:
Oklahoma City, OK
Required education:
Bachelor's
Required experience:
senior/assisted living: 2 years
Required language:
English.
Required license or certification:
R.N.
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