Nurse Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Registered Nurse to join our team at Tarrytown Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. As a Registered Nurse, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality patient care and contributing to the overall success of our healthcare team.

• Monitor and evaluate the delivery of nursing care to patients, ensuring that it meets the highest standards of quality and safety.
• Plan and conduct staff meetings to identify and address problem areas, and to improve services.
• Identify and implement corrective actions to address any issues or concerns related to patient care.
• Make written and oral reports to the Director of Nursing as necessary.
• Assist in developing methods for coordinating nursing services with other resident services to ensure continuity of care.
• Investigate accidents and incidents, and take corrective action as needed.
• Interpret nursing department policies and procedures to personnel, residents, visitors, and government agencies.
• Ensure confidentiality of resident information.
• Develop work assignments and delegate tasks to staff members.
• Make daily rounds of assigned units to ensure that patient care is being delivered safely and effectively.
• Follow up on complaints and grievances filed by residents, families, or staff, and take corrective action as needed.
• Ensure that emergency equipment and supply checks are completed each shift.
• Ensure that the resident environment is maintained in a clean and safe manner.
• Participate in the orientation program for new nursing staff to facilitate their assimilation into the workplace.
• Complete written performance evaluations on staff members following probation and annually.
• Initiate corrective and progressive disciplinary action as needed.
• Ensure that nursing personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards.
• Ensure that all nursing service personnel comply with policies and procedures, including dress code.
• Monitor time and attendance of nursing personnel and take corrective action as appropriate.
• Make recommendations to the Director of Nursing regarding employee dismissals, transfers, etc.
• Identify learning needs of nursing staff and plan unit-based in-services as needed.
• Monitor assigned personnel to ensure that they are following established procedures in the use of equipment.
• Recommend equipment and supply needs of the department to the Director of Nursing.
• Monitor nursing procedures to ensure that nursing service supplies are used in an efficient manner to avoid waste.
• Ensure the prompt repair or replacement of medical/nursing equipment when necessary.
• Oversee the nursing care to patients to ensure safe, efficient, and customer-oriented services are always delivered.
• Inform nursing staff of new admission arrivals and the expected time of arrival.
• Ensure that rooms are ready for new admissions.
• Visit residents on report daily to observe and evaluate their physical and emotional status.
• Review nurse's notes to ensure that they are informative and descriptive of the nursing care being provided.
• Provide direct nursing care as necessary.
• Start and restart IVs when ordered and when necessary.
• Ensure that staff refer to the resident's care plan prior to administering care.
• Assist staff nurses in monitoring seriously ill residents.
• Ensure that all nurses on your shift comply with written procedures for the administration, storage, and control of medications and supplies.
• Monitor medication passes and treatments to ensure compliance with physician orders and facility policy.
• Review medication administration records (MAR) for completeness of information and accuracy in transcription of physician orders.
• Inspect nursing treatment areas daily to ensure that they are maintained in a clean and safe manner.
• Meet with family members and residents as needed.
• Consult with residents, family, and physician in planning the resident's care, treatment, and rehabilitation.
• Assist in arranging transportation for transfers to the hospital.
• Participate in the implementation of facility quality improvement program for the nursing service department.
• Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as requested.
• Attend and actively participate in various committee meetings such as Infection Control, Safety, and Performance Improvement as requested.
• Implement recommendations from committees as instructed by the Director of Nursing.
• Perform Performance Improvement audits as assigned.
• Participate in and adhere to employee health, safety, security, and corporate compliance programs and activities.
• Participate in the implementation and maintenance of the Infection Control program for monitoring and/or reporting communicable and/or infectious diseases among residents and personnel.
• Assist in developing safety standards for the nursing service department as necessary.
• Ensure that personnel follow established procedures for the use and disposal of personal protective equipment.
• Report malfunction of equipment and/or broken furniture immediately to Maintenance Department.
• Receive annual physical including appropriate screening for tuberculosis.
• The ability to conduct all activities within the resident abuse prevention manual.
• Cooperate with investigations regarding employee health, safety, security, and corporate compliance programs.
• Report all accidents and incidents to Supervisor immediately upon occurrence.
• Correct unsafe or hazardous conditions encountered, if unable to correct, report condition to immediate Supervisor upon discovery.
• Conduct all activities within established safety, security, and infection control procedures and guidelines.
• Observe and respond to all standing security precautions, devices, and alerts as they pertain to work and common area.
• Respond to fire/disaster drills and emergencies.
• Ensure residents' safety in accordance with resident safety program.
• Follow safety features of the plan of care.
• Ensure that all personnel performing tasks that involve potential exposure have attended the appropriate in-service training prior to performing such tasks.
• Ensure that the assigned nursing personnel follow established infection control procedures when isolation precautions become necessary.
• Ensure that personnel follow established procedures for the use and disposal of personal protective equipment.
• Ensure that all residents are wearing appropriate identification bracelets.
• Participate in mandatory in-service and job training.
• Assist the Director of Staff Development in providing off-shift in-services as necessary.
• Assist in the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) process.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (preferred)
• Current registration and license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state employed in
• Peripheral IV certification
• Two years of clinical nursing experience
• One-year experience in a management position preferred
• One-year experience in geriatrics and subacute population
• CPR/BLS certified
• The ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language required, knowledge of other language helpful

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/D/V

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. All pay rates and bonuses are paid and/or awarded to employees based on the facilities policy and/or the CBA, depending on the position.