Registered Nurse (RN) Specialist

Monarch Communities • Weymouth, MA

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position offers a fantastic opportunity to advance your assisted living skills. The Registered Nurse (RN) Specialist will travel between two Assisted Living Communities in Massachusetts. The role focuses on overseeing teams, ensuring compliance with State and Federal regulatory guidelines, and updating company policies and procedures. The salary range for this position is $120,000 - $130,000 yearly.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing, with a current RN license in MA
• At least 2 years’ experience with long-term care, assisted living, home health or hospital setting preferred
• Experience working with residents with Alzheimer’s or other related dementias
• Ability to handle multiple tasks
• Knowledge of federal and state regulations, and of nursing practices, techniques and methods applied to the health and wellness resident
• Proficiency in computer skills, Microsoft Office (Windows, Outlook, Excel) with the ability to learn new applications
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate is often required to stand, walk, sit, use fine and gross motor skills, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, and smell.
• An individual in this position will be required to lift or carry weight in up to 50 lbs.
• Intermittent physical activity includes lifting and supporting residents.
• The associate must use proper body mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the teams and assisting with the department (compliance, planning, assessments, directing, budget, staffing, hands-on care) in accordance with current state regulations and company policies and procedures
• Completing and ensuring thorough periodic resident assessments are being conducted for residents on Basic Health Services
• Conducting compliance visits
• Ensuring resident care needs are met and maintained according to physician orders, state regulation, and company policies and procedures
• Ensuring the effectiveness of the resident’s care plan is documented through written progress notes and through verbal communication with residents and associates
• Evaluating the health and wellness Directors’ skill competencies and overall performance to ensure compliance with State regulations and company policies and procedures
• Implementing training programs and in-services for Health and Wellness Directors in accordance with state regulations
• Providing ongoing leadership to the Health & Wellness Directors and ensuring staffing levels and shift schedules are operating at the highest level
• Filling in for the Health & Wellness Directors while out on vacation or during vacancies
• Hiring, training, and mentoring of Health and Wellness Directors
• Developing and maintaining department budgetary guidelines for staffing and supplies
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining compliance with assisted living and memory care, to ensure safety, and clinical standards
• Serving as a member of the Regional Leadership Team responsible for the overall strategic direction and management of clinical strategies in assigned portfolio
• Monitoring and analyzing resident care data in accordance with (State Regulations and company policies and procedures
• Performing audits to ensure thorough resident assessments, care plans, and documentation in EHR and EMAR
• Assisting with action plans and plans of correction
• Ensuring compliance with resident rights and working to resolve resident grievances
• Scheduling site visits to provide supervision, mentorship, and clinical expertise
• Communicating and monitoring the overall operation and outcomes of the nursing department
• Assisting with implementing best practices
• Implementing orientation training programs and in-services for all nursing teams in accordance with state regulations and company policies
• Training, coaching and counseling nursing staff
• Participating in prospect/admission process and discharges, as needed
• Developing, implementing, and leading the company’s quality assurance program and developing benchmarks and monitoring measures to ensure compliance
• Developing and maintaining department budgetary guidelines for staffing and supplies
• Attending care conferences as needed
• Working with third party vendors/partners to improve outcomes/relationships
• Participating in mock survey visits and attending annual/complaint survey visits, as needed
• Auditing level of care assessments for accuracy and compliance
• Participating in recruitment efforts, including but not limited to interviews, and selection process
• Orchestrating onboarding for community Directors of Health and Wellness
• Working with Executive Director and community to ensure appropriate coverage during vacancies
• Communicating appropriately to VP of Health & Wellness/Operations, on areas of significant concerns, risk and sentinel events within the designated portfolio
• Participating in corporate meetings/calls (nursing, sales, operations) as needed
• Attending Home Office and off-site meetings, as needed

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Medical/Rx, Dental, and Vision
• Ancillary Benefits: Life Insurance/AD&D, Short Term Disability and Long-Term disability
• Basic Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• FSA (Commuter/Parking)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) Retirement with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Resident Referral Bonus

What This Job Offers

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