Admissions Nurse - Avamere Burien

Avamere • Burien, WA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Admissions Nurse is responsible for implementing and maintaining established nursing practice objectives and standards. This role involves completing required recordkeeping for resident admissions, transfers, and discharges. The Admissions Nurse will coordinate with nursing staff and support personnel to plan daily services and ensure the resident’s total regimen of patient care is maintained. This position provides direct patient care, administers medications, and reviews patient care plans. The Admissions Nurse also plays a key role in planning and interpreting programs to ensure quality patient care, supervising CNAs, and providing guidance to nursing personnel. Building rapport with staff, patients, residents, and families is essential. The role includes charting nursing notes, participating in facility surveys, and maintaining resident care information confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA guidelines.

Requirements

• Nursing degree from an accredited college or university.
• Current, unencumbered, active license to practice as an RN in this state.
• Must speak, read, and write English fluently.
• Must have an active CPR/BLS certification.
• Knowledge of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to nursing care communities.
• Experience with electronic medical records and computer documentation systems.
• 2 years experience in a skilled nursing facility (SNF).

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain established nursing practice objectives and standards.
• Complete required recordkeeping while admitting, transferring, and discharging residents.
• Coordinate with nursing staff and support personnel daily to plan shift services, programs, and activities to ensure the resident’s total regimen of patient care is maintained.
• Provide direct patient care to residents.
• Prepare and administer medications and review medication cards for completeness and accuracy.
• Review patient care plans for appropriate resident goals, problems, approaches, and revisions based on nursing needs.
• Plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures necessary for providing quality patient care.
• Supervise the day-to-day nursing and caregiving activities performed by CNAs.
• Provide guidance and leadership to nursing personnel and make daily rounds of your unit to ensure staff are providing direct care in accordance with resident’s care plan and wishes.
• Develop and maintain rapport and employee culture with nursing staff, other department personnel, patients and residents, family members, and all other individuals involved in patient care.
• Chart nurses’ notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident and resident’s response to care.
• Participate in facility surveys by authorized government agencies.
• Maintain confidentiality of all resident care information in accordance with HIPAA guidelines.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. Low individual and family deductible.
• 401 (k) Plan: After 90 days of employment, with matching program.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): Accrue up to 4 weeks PTO per year, 6 holidays and accrued sick leave.
• EAP Canopy with unlimited telehealth mental health visits.
• Continuing Education and Higher Education Reimbursement.
• Generous employee referral bonus program.
• Flexible Spending Accounts & CERA: Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA and CERA (Commuter Expense Reimbursement Account).
• Professional Development: Opportunities for growth and development within the company.
• Voluntary Benefits: Life insurance, disability coverage, supplemental hospital, accident and critical illness coverage, Legal Services, Pet Insurance, discount programs and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level