Job Detail

R01/18

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Responsible for interviewing, hiring, supervising and conducting performance evaluation for Certified Nursing Assistants. The Neighborhood/Household Nurse performs nursing functions with the neighborhood/household that includes passing medications, observing residents’ condition and communicating them to the Nurse Supervisor (RN), Director of Nursing or the physician as needed. The Nurse works closely with the Nurse Leader to ensure regulatory compliance, nurture a person-centered resident-directed culture, strengthens the ability of the neighborhood/household to grow as an effective home and promote individual and team learning. The Nurse is a teacher and role-model of professional nursing practices to the neighborhood/household staff and resident advocate for quality clinical care. The Nurse provides each resident with routine daily nursing care and other desired services in accordance with their assessment, choices and plan of care.

CORE VALUES

Every job at Pilgrim Place is critical to the overall success of the organization. All employees are expected to demonstrate behaviors in line with the following five core values that all relationships involving staff at Pilgrim Place are based:

Future Oriented – We think about and work toward making Pilgrim Place a community where seniors want to live and employees committed to excellence want to work.

Innovative – We look for new and creative ways to change and improve how we perform our job day-to-day and work productively with others.

Respect – We appreciate each other’s talents and contributions, and treat one another with courtesy, dignity and trust.

Service Driven – We listen to and anticipate the needs of residents, staff, volunteers, and visitors, and “go the extra mile” to provide the highest levels of satisfaction to all we serve.

Teamwork – We communicate and work together to identify and solve problems, carry out day- to-day responsibilities, and accomplish common goals.

COMPETENCIES

• Demonstrate to all staff, residents, and families that the organization is committed to the creation of the pleasures and good daily life expected of home.
• Model and ensure that others are providing medical treatment in a manner that honors resident preferences and individuality. Demonstrate strong commitment to the highest clinical outcomes.
• Sees supervision of other staff a role of service, rather than one of authority. Willing to do any task needed, including those that may seem menial.
• Recognizes early signs of changing conditions and uses all available and appropriate resources to resolve needs. Very strong observational skills with regards to physical and medical conditions, coupled with ability to discern effective response and treatment.
• Ability to model person-centered practices, as well as evaluate and provide direction and coaching to other staff as needed.
• Ability to provide clear directions and explanations and elicit trust and cooperation from staff. Ability to communicate residents’ medical needs clearly with staff and families, and to facilitate other staff participation in medical care through eliciting others’ observations, and suggestions. Able to communicate clearly and effectively with physicians.