About this opportunity
Avenue at Wooster lists this Nurse Manager opportunity in wooster, Ohio. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
The Avenue at Wooster is a Post-Hospital Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Care Facility that offers a distinctive environment not commonly found in skilled nursing facilities. From our hotel-like environment to our all-private suites, the Avenue is committed to providing an excellent level of physical, medical, emotional, and spiritual support in an environment of comfort and respect. Our facility provides some of the area’s highest level of rehabilitation, nursing and medical support to individuals needing post-hospital care and services. We are looking for a committed individual with a reputation for being cheerful and friendly as they administer care to our residents.
Nurse would be responsible for tracking all wound care as well as doing weekly rounds with wound doctor.
Interview/assess residents with each of the following:
admission/re-admission
referral from therapy
Quarterly significant change
Enter documentation on each resident with all of the above in conjunction with the interview assessment
Complete assessments on each of the above
Interview/assess usually includes:
ADL assessment
side rail assessment
Fall risk assessment
restraint device assessment
Bowel and bladder assessment
ROM assessment
Maintain restorative programming
Restorative: Write orders, enter orders, notify family of orders and enter on the 24 hour report
Refer to therapy/from therapy which includes all of the above
Coordinate restorative programs with therapy
Care plans include, but not limited to:
ADL’s
restorative programs
incontinent of bladder/incontinent of bowel
At times: restraints/enablers/alarms
Showers
Maintaining shower schedule includes:
Ensure shower sheet preference completed, care planned and filed. Information given to Activity Coordinator regarding resident’s preferences
Complete shower sheet preference changes as resident desires with ADL care plan and activity care plan updated
Collect completed shower schedule every week
Organize shower sheets after completed, clear vs issues
File shower sheets and shower schedules weekly
Update shower schedule weekly and as needed
Putting out weekly shower schedules on each unit before the weekend
Report and confer with wound nurse regarding skin issues
Shower schedule:
ensuring each resident’s name is initialed
Constant education of showers needing completed with shower sheets, initials and kiosk charting
Schedule showers/bathing in ADL care plans as per resident’s choice and update as needed
Change and update shower schedule and care plans as needed
Update Social Service Designee if resident needs Podiatrist or any other ancillary service.
Bowel and Bladder trackers
Putting out new ones on all quarterlies and significant change or change in continence pattern
Ensure bowel/bladder tracker put out on admissions and re-admissions
Collect all bowel and bladder sheets
Assess bowel and bladder sheets to ensure toileting programs as needed.
Ensure bowel and bladder sheets are completed, if not completed, complete
BM alerts
Continuing education of documentation and bowel protocol to nurse’s and STNA’s
Monitor BM alerts
Follow up with nurses, STNA’s and supervisor as needed
Report of alert in morning clinical meeting
Education of staff us on-going and as needed on above such as showers, BM’s, Restorative Programs, bowel and bladder trackers
Corporate reports
Maintain and update daily/weekly on Catheters
Maintain and update daily/weekly on Corporative Restorative Report
Reports to appropriate staff weekly
QOL Meeting
Pre-meeting:
Gather info on restraints/enablers, toileting/catheters, decline in ADL’s/improvement in ADL’s and restorative/therapy
Weekly attendance
Report on:
Restraints/enablers, toileting/catheters, decline/improvement in ADL’s and restorative/therapy
Confer with other teams members regarding residents that are acutely ill, problem areas and quality measures
Care Conference Meeting
Pre meeting:
Gather info regarding restorative programs and care plan is correct on all scheduled care conferences
Meet weekly and as needed
Meet with family and IDT managers to report info, assist with documentation, ensure POC followed and satisfaction of POC
UR meeting
Attend weekly
Gather info and report info as needed
Daily morning meeting
meet with all managers
meet with clinical managers
Go over Dashboard with BM alerts, not eating alerts, shower alerts and decrease in fluid intake alerts
Mini QA
Therapy
Work closely with therapy for referrals to/from restorative
Update therapy if see a problem with resident’s ADL’s
Ensure all residents have a Transfer level from therapy and complete in care plan so STNA’s are required to document
Interview therapist regarding resident’s tolerance and ability to complete ADL’s
Collect orders and care plan as needed
Maintain lists for:
Restraints/enablers/alarms with last assessment completed to ensure no assessments missed
All Incontinent residents in the building
Restorative nursing programs on-going
Mechanical lift log being hoyers and sit to stands
Catheter log for Foleys and S/P Catheters
Monitor clients for case mix with MDS nurses, TSI and quality measures
MDS sections: G, O, H to be completed as per the MDS schedule
Work closely with MDS and nursing for audit purposes
Cover MDS if off, behind or on vacation
Orientation of new staff as needed
Helping hands
Update Social Service Designee if resident requests Podiatrist, Dental, Audiology services
Assist in Main Dining Room as scheduled and as needed.
Assist with feeds on the floor as needed
Assist floor staff as needed
Inservices
Catheters
Ensure proper diagnosis
Ensure proper care plan
Track/report
Complete bowel and bladder assessments on admission, re-admission, quarterly and significant change
On-going education of nurses
Restraints/Enablers/Alarms
Restraint device assessments to be done on admission, re-admission, quarterly and significant change as applicable.
Ensure order is correct, correct order as needed
Documentation on initiation, quarterly, admission, re-admission and significant change
Fill out physical restraint consent forms as needed. If updated family regarding enabler/alarm/restraint will get verbal consent and will document same.
Speak with STNA’s, nurses and therapy regarding resident’s progress as needed
On call weekend manager per rotation
Comply with Scorecard recommendations, education and need as per Corporate Nurse
ODH with complaint surveys and annual surveys: work under the discretion of the DON, comply with ODH requests and interview with ODH as needed.
*List is not all inclusive, as this changes as needed at the discretion of DON.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons shall have the opportunity to be considered for employment without regard to their actual or perceived gender, race, color, national origin, religion, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.
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Worksite address
wooster, OH, 44691, US
Who can apply
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