Director of Health Services - RN - The Pearl at Kruse Way (Finance)
Director of Health Services - Registered Nurse
New Wage Scale
Status: Full-Time, Salaried
Location: The Pearl at Kruse Way - 4550 Carmen Drive, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035
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Directors of Health Services (DHS) are Registered Nurses in our Community-Based Care settings who provide leadership, and direction and manage the healthcare services we provide. Here we're are a family striving to enhance the life of every person we serve!
The primary purpose of the Director of Health Services is to plan, organize, develop, and direct the overall operation of our Health Service Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be directed by the Executive Director and Regional Nurse Consultant to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times.
Essential Duties and Job Responsibilities:
- Delegates tasks according to Oregon Board of Nursing Rules and Regulations (ensures a written physician order, assesses the resident condition as stable, ensures the caregiver is capable of performing the task by observation of that caregiver's performance, ensures training of the task to the caregiver, provides written instructions and a return demonstration of the task, documents the task delegated on the resident's service plan).
- Develop and maintain a good rapport with all parties involved with the care plan to ensure that a team effort is achieved in developing a comprehensive plan of
- Report known or suspected incidents of fraud, waste, and or abuse.
- Review the 24-hour report and health monitoring and make recommendations as needed
- Assess the use of supportive devices with restraining qualities in accordance with established standards of
- Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the health service department, as well as its programs and activities, in accordance with current Oregon Administrative Regulations and OSHA guidelines
- Participate in the coordination of care with outside and offsite providers
- Participate in Continuous Quality Improvement Assist in developing improvement plans to correct identified problem areas
- Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as necessary or as may be directed
- Coordinate services amongst the Interdisciplinary Team
- Ensure that all personnel involved in providing care to the resident are aware of the resident's care Ensure that nursing personnel refer to the resident's care plan prior to administering daily care to the resident
- Implement and follow company policies and guidelines
- Review IR reports and assist with the investigation and recommendations as needed
- Complete Alert Log and Alert Follow guidelines for Alert Charting criteria
- Review all physician orders (triple-check system) timely
- Complete Change in condition assessments per company policy
- Complete Quarterly assessments per company policy
- Complete admission assessments required by Registered Nurse per company policy
- Follow guidelines for skin tracking, monitoring, and treatments
- Participate in all compliance training programs
- Participate in developing the Service Plan when residents receive health Make recommendations for service plans as needed
- Attend and participate in care conferences as invited by the Executive Director
- Possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university (LPN or RN)
- Must have a minimum, of three (3) years experience as a supervisor in a hospital, nursing care facility, or other related healthcare facility
- Must have, as a minimum six (6) months of experience in rehabilitative and restorative nursing practices
- Possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of Oregon or be willing and able to obtain an RN license within 6-12 months of hire.
- Be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to nursing care facilities
- Must possess leadership and supervisory ability and the willingness to work harmoniously with and supervise other personnel
- Must be able to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times hostile people within the facility
- Be willing to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing nursing practices
- Must speak, read, and write English fluently.
- Must have an active CPR/BLS Certification.
- 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.
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