Unit Manager- RN

Alleghany Health and Rehab Center
Clifton Forge, VA 24422, USA

• Pay or shift range: $44,000 USD to $48,000 USD The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Description

Must possess the ability to work independently.
Must be knowledgeable of nursing practices and procedures as well as the applicable
state laws, regulations, and guidelines governing nursing functions in the long-term care
facility.
Must possess leadership ability and willingness to work harmoniously with and supervise
other LPNs and non-professional personnel.
Must have the ability to implement the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and
procedures of the facility.
Must understand and follow company policies, including harassment and complaint
procedures.
Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Must be able to effectively direct the daily functions of unit nurses and CNAs to provide
leadership on the floor.
Must be able to chart appropriately, accurately, and in a timely manner.
Must be able to provide and coordinate resident care.
Must be able to accurately prepare and administer medication as ordered by physician.
Must be able to respond to emergency situations related to resident and staff safety in a
leader capacity.
Must be able to coordinate resident care plans and services with RN.
Must practice dependable, regular attendance.
Must be able to concentrate and use reasoning skills and good judgment.
Must be able to communicate and function in an interdisciplinary team.
Must be able to administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, and note
times and amounts on residents’ charts.
Must be able to observe residents, charting and reporting changes in residents’
conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any
necessary action.
Must be able to provide basic resident care and treatments, such as taking temperatures or
blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing
with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.
Must be able to sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or
autoclave.
Must be able to answer residents’ calls and determine how to assist them.
Must be able to measure and record residents’ vital signs, such as height, weight,
temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration.
Must be able to work as part of a health care team to assess resident needs, plan and
modify care and implement interventions.
Must be able to collect samples such as blood, urine and sputum from residents, and
perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
Must be able to prepare residents for examinations, tests or treatments and explain
procedures.
Assemble and use equipment such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, and oxygen suppliers.
Must be able to evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other health care
team members as necessary.
Must be able to record food and fluid intake and output.
Must be able to help residents with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene,
moving in bed, or standing and walking.
Must be able to apply compresses, ice bags, and hot water bottles.
Must be able to inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.
Must be able to clean rooms and make beds.
Must be able to supervise CNAs and assistants.
Must be able to wash and dress bodies of deceased persons.
Must be able to assist in the evacuation of residents.

Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.