Clinical Nurse Manager - Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital TCU

Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital - Transitional Care Unit - Haverhill MA
Clinical Nurse Manager 
Regular Schedule will be M-F days (40 hours), with coverage as needed on weekends and off-shifts.
Pay: $42 - $48

We are seeking a Nurse Manager to oversee and lead our Transitional Care Unit housed within our beautiful Rehabilitation Hospital on Ward Hill in Haverhill Ma. 

Essential Duties: To provide exceptional care to all residents including but not limited to:
-Under the direction of the Director of Nursing Services, holds 24-hour authority, responsibility and accountability for the clinical management of assigned resident/patient care unit.
- Obtain report from nurse being relieved and records sufficient information to implement appropriate follow up action as necessary
- Provides report to nurse coming on duty, including sufficient information for follow-up action if necessary
- Conducts resident rounds, reporting problems to nursing supervisor and initiating corrective action
- Administers and documents medication, enteral nutrition and treatment per physician order and accurately records all care provided and observations daily
- Performs comprehensive assessments of each resident on unit
- Develops care plan based on each resident's assessment
- Obtains physician orders and any revisions for all treatment and medications needed
- Assesses on a weekly basis the skin condition, stage, size, site, depth, color, drainage and odor of condition
- May conduct staff meetings; coordinate services rendered by nursing personnel with those rendered by personnel of other departments.
- Observes infection control policies and procedures relating to nursing services.
-Directs and supervises activities of professional and non-professional nursing personnel
- Supports and participates in In-services Education Programs.
- Renders immediate assistance to any resident in need
- Provides clinical supervision of nursing assistants providing direct patient care
- Assumes responsibility for compliance with federal, state and local regulations within the assigned unit
- Counsels nursing assistants and communicates clearly with Director of Nursing if issues arise
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to assure that high quality resident care is maintained
- Prepares nurse assistant assignments and explains all pertinent resident care
- Supervises distribution of nourishments
- Supervises the removal of all postural supports
- Orders, receives and documents medication according to facility procedure
- Supervises response to residents calls for assistance and responds to call lights as necessary
- Insures that all physician renewal orders and physician documentation is timely and appropriate

Prerequisites: 
- Graduate of an accredited Registered Nurse school of nursing
- Current and active Nurse license in the state of Massachusetts.  RN strongly preferred
- Current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support in accordance with AHS or ARC standards
- Minimum of three (3) years recent clinical experience preferably in Gerontological or Rehabilitative Nursing.
- Prior MDS Management experience preferred.

Benefits available:
-401k
-Paid Sick
-Paid Vacation
-Paid Holiday
-Medical
-Dental
-Vision
-Life
-Short and Long Term Disability
-Hospital and Accident policy
-Critical Illness
-Christmas Club
-Flexible Spending Accounts
-Health Savings Account