Registered Nurse - Admissions - Long Term Care

SSM Health • MO-The Sarah Community, MO

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Reviews and analyzes resident referrals to determine the appropriateness of long-term care and infusion services. Coordinates all aspects of service to optimize the resident’s smooth transition from hospital to long term care. Communicates key components of resident’s needs and physicians' orders to clinicians to help establish the resident’s plan of care. Provides educational information to case managers, physicians, key hospital staff, and nursing home staff regarding qualifying criteria, access to services, etc.

Requirements

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
• One year experience
• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

Nice To Haves

• Experienced nurse with Long Term Care and skilled nursing facility experience.

Responsibilities

• Assesses resident care needs by gleaning hospital records and/or referral provided information for information necessary to determine the appropriateness of referral and to initiate resident records.
• Identifies educational needs for residents/significant others.
• Adheres to skilled service regulations of payers.
• Plans for resident care by ensuring that information regarding pending referrals is passed on to nursing supervisors, clinical supervisor or rehab services, and others as necessary in a timely manner.
• Coordinates with nursing supervisors, clinical supervisor or rehab services, and others in initiating care.
• Seeks appropriate orders in planning multidisciplinary care.
• Completes evaluation of care by reassessing residents systematically to identify progress and trends that require intervention; this may include seeing the re-hospitalized resident and/or reviewing their record.
• Communicates with supervisor regarding the cases he/she is managing while awaiting the initiation of care.
• Assesses and discerns environmental factors which are hazardous and/or unsafe and responds according to policy and agency expectation.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed