Resident Care Manager

Sea Mar Community Health Centers•Seattle, WA

40d•Onsite

About The Position

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position: Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization Position Summary The Resident Care Manager will coordinate, manage and supervise Resident care as assigned. This includes the responsibility of implementing and ensuring completion of systems of care. Establishes and implements Nursing Dept. policies and procedures. The Resident Care Manager must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the residents served, knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, and be able to identify and work to meet each resident’s age-specific needs.

Requirements

Recognition of ANA Standards, Scope of Gerontological Nursing Process in Practice.
Evidence of Supervisory and Leadership skills.
Excellent verbal and written skills required.
Bilingual and bi-literate Spanish language preferred.
Basic math skills required.
Must be able to calculate appropriate drug dosages for dispensation and set IV drip rates.
Must have the ability to problem solve and utilize common sense and appropriate safety measures when practicing care and/or making recommendation on care practice.
Must be able to guide and assist employee and residents to appropriate chain of command when addressing employee/client concern(s).
Registered or Licensed Practical Nurse.
Current professional licensure in Washington.
Experience in Long Term Care preferred.
Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in nursing or LPN.
Registered Nurse; or LPN with 1 or more years of experience preferred; supervisory experience strongly preferred.
Current professional licensure in Washington.
This position must obtain Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR within 90 days of hire date and is required to maintain current BLS CPR throughout employment.
Must complete a pre-hire and annual TB test screening.
Annual employee health screening required
Annual TB test required
Annual influenza vaccine required. Only exception is for employees with a medical or religious exemption approved by Administration. Employees with an approved medical or religious exemption must wear a mask at all times during the flu season.
This position required frequent bending, lifting, pushing, and pulling.
Clear tone of speech, hearing, and close/long distance vision abilities required.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual and bi-literate Spanish language preferred.

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain appropriate staffing for facility, (recruit, hire, train and discharge, staff as appropriate)
Provide direct supervision of nursing staff as assigned (24 hour accountability).
Conduct all resident assessments in a timely manner – initial, admission, ongoing, change of condition
Establish care plans to reflect resident assessment documentation.
Initiate and attend resident care conferences as needed
Address and find resolution to family and resident complaints/concerns in a timely
Complete the AIMS, Fall Risk, Skin at Risk, Smoking, Psychotropic medication evaluations and other resident assessments as necessary.
Conduct resident rounds with staff as needed
Note/transcribe physician orders.
Handle telephone calls from physicians, pharmacy, other care providers, etc.
Order medications from pharmacy.
Ensure proper and timely documentation on all resident documentation systems
Attend departmental meetings as assigned.
Review all admission orders and admission assessments for completion and accuracy.
Appropriate delegation and oversight of duties to Licensed staff
Delegate assignments with awareness of qualifications necessary for completion of duties
Implement established protocols in addressing resident care
Administer and evaluate of resident response to medications.
Assure compliance with resident treatment orders.
Formulate and implement nursing plan of care and orders.
Evaluate Resident Response to nursing intervention for continuance of revisions.
Coordinate multidisciplinary plan of care.
Assure narcotic count log is current and accurate.
Assure that charting demonstrates resident condition and is reflective of the nursing care and services provided.
Ensure that all incident reports are completed and reported per state regulations.
Demonstrate technical nursing skills.
Coordinate new employee orientation and orientation for employees in a new position/role.
Will complete payroll in a timely manner
Complete yearly performance evaluations and competency tests for staff.
Counsels/reprimands/terminates personnel as per organizational policies and procedures and Union contract.
Develop and implement Quality Improvement activities as needed
Participates in organizational/community events and activities.
Performs other duties as assigned.