The RN provides clinical leadership to the neighborhoods ensuring the mission, vision, and values of the organization are supported through the clinical services of the neighborhoods. The RN participates in planning, organizing, directing and facilitating the clinical operations of the household to ensure regulatory compliance, nurture a person-centered and resident directed culture, and promote individual and team learning in the household. The RN provides each resident with professional licensed nursing assessments and evaluations and coordinates their care with other nursing staff in the household. Essential Key Job Responsibilities: Provides leadership to clinical staff from all households on specific areas of clinical accountability, specific accountability may include infection control, safety, wound management, RAI process or other areas determined by the director of nursing. Guides the implementation of clinical policies and procedures which ensure safe, sanitary, and efficient practices supporting professional nursing care standard; assures that documentation, medication administration, resident nursing care, safety and sanitation, personal and staff development, RAI process and MDS assessments as assigned, quality care, resident rights are in compliance with facility/government standards. Guides all household clinical staff to support organizational fiscal viability through efficient and effective use of all resources in the household, including maintaining clinical staffing, maintaining staffing patterns consistent with the philosophy, objectives, and availability of resources. Fosters collaboration, consensus, and negotiation to address problem solving in the household, assures that all clinical policies and procedures of the household are maintained, interprets and communicates same to all in the household as needed, with emphasis on resident and/or resident representative. Maintains a professional, working relationship with physicians and other medical professionals, other departments within LifeCare, and other retail providers. Dementia Sensitivity: able to demonstrate and nurture care practices for persons with dementia that meet needs while promoting individualized person-center care and sense of well-being.

Shift: 8-12 hour shifts

Specialty Type: Nursing

Sub Specialties: Long Term Care (LTC)