Coordinator - RN

RN Coordinator

Reporting to the Director of Nursing Services, the RN Coordinator is responsible for oversight of nursing services including any outstanding nursing personnel issue.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Specific duties and responsibilities include the following, but not limited to:

• Participates in all admission decisions, and visits prospective Individuals before admission;
• Collaborates with other departments to develop support and coordinate Individual care;
• Monitors clinical staff practices and implementation of clinical care;
• Exercises overall supervision of Individual assessments and plans of care;
• Ensures delivery of compassionate quality care and nursing supervision as evidenced by maintenance of optimal Individual functions;
• Provides clinical supervision and direction as needed to the residential nurses, including disciplinary measures when applicable. RN Coordinator also ensures oversight of clinical training of newly hired residential nurses;
• Approving and monitoring schedules and schedule changes, including approving vacation request for residential RNs. Ensures nursing coverage compliance as required by regulations for these leaves;
• Assists in screening, hiring and training of new residential RNs;
• Being available for scheduled weekend AOD calls;

Conducts cluster meetings as a forum for training, discussion and professional networking.

• Collaborates with physicians, consultants, community agencies, and institutions to continuously improve the quality of nursing services and to resolve identified problems;
• Performs on-site visit to observe care and delivery of general nursing services;
• Monitors infection control program designed to provide safe, sanitary and comfortable environment thereby resulting in the prevention of transmission of infectious diseases;
• Prepares infection control surveillance reports to identify trends and to develop effective actions to control and prevent infections. Submits an infection control report as required by law;
• Performs QA activities for nursing services to monitor nursing compliance with standards and regulatory requirements through on-site visits, interviews and record reviews. Compiles a summary of findings with resolutions for the Director of Nursing Services;
• The RN Coordinator shall be present during the survey and shall provide immediate corrections of nursing problems noted by surveyors, etc.
• Participates in the preparation of the Plan of Correction response to an inspection survey and implements any follow up QA required for any nursing allegations;
• In-service Trainer and Educator;
• Interacts courteously with Individuals, family members, employees, visitors, vendors, business associates and representatives of government agencies;
• Participates as a leader of the Infection Control Committee;
• Acts in an administrative capacity in the absence of the Director of Nursing Services; and,
• All other tasks as required by the Director of Nursing Services.

Qualifications:

• B.A. or B.S. degree in Nursing preferred
• Current state license as a Registered Nurse
• 2-5 years previous experience as an RN required
• Experience in an Individualized Care Facility (ICF) or Individualized Residential Alternative Facility (IRA) for the Developmentally Disabled preferred.
• Knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations that apply to the practice of nursing in a group home setting.
• Has strong organizational and time management skills.