Nurse Coordinator

Description

We are seeking a Nurse Coordinator to support coordinated, person-centered care in a Assisted Living location. Nurse Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the general well-being of the tenants through the delivery of high quality services in a manner that is consistent with the philosophy of assisted living and complies with applicable state laws and regulations. He/she is responsible to coordinate the plan of care for all tenants with the tenant associates.

• 1. Provide quality tenant care. Motivate, train, and assist with evaluating staff to ensure the provision of quality care to the tenants in a manner that is consistent with the philosophy of assisted living.
• 2. Assist with ongoing tenant assessments & screenings, medication assistance & administration, setting up plan of care and making quarterly revisions. Conducts team meetings regularly with tenant associates to implement changes in tenant services.
• 3. Assist with orientation of new tenants to the facility.
• 4. Demonstrate an appreciation of the values and tradition of the Jewish faith and an understanding of the aging process.
• 5. Assist in investigating tenant and employee incident reports, identifies safety hazards, and institutes corrective action in a timely manner. Shares in the responsibility for providing and maintaining an environment that is conducive to the safety and physical and emotional well being of the tenants and personnel.
• 6. Monitors and maintains records reflecting tenants' physical and mental condition. Reports significant changes to Director, RN supervisor if applicable, tenants' physician and/or families. Performs yearly and quarterly evaluations on tenants or as needed when changes are noted.
• 7. Coordinates tenant/family teaching/in services, assists on outings as needed, including delegating staff to assist on outings.
• 8. Assist director in policy & procedure changes and form development for tenant evaluations.
• 9. The Nurse Coordinator will assume call coverage when the Director is out of town/on vacation.
• 10. Ongoing training of tenant associates and nursing staff and delegation of dues within the employee’s scope of practice.
• 11. Monitors responsibilities of tenant associates and changes as necessary. Assist with scheduling and securing coverage as necessary.

• Free JCC Membership
• 403(b) Retirement plan with company match after one year
• Health, Dental and Vision
• Supplemental insurances
• PTO

* Must be able to pass a drug test and background check.

• Must be a licensed nurse possessing experience in geriatrics and demonstrating good assessment skills and experience in medication administration.
• Should possess excellent people skills and ability to relate to high functioning seniors in a caring, sensitive, professional manner as well as dealing with seniors as level of functioning decreases.