POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible for providing support to skilled nursing facilities as necessary to ensure the safety and well being of residents and to achieve compliance with company policies and procedures, State and Federal regulations and clinical standards of practice. Promotes the Company's core values of respect, integrity, commitment, and trust.

Essential Duties and Responsibilites include the following:

1. Works with Administrators and Directors of Nursing in the screening of applicants for nurse management positions.

2. Provides orientation and training to facility management including Administrators, Directors of Nursing, and Resident Care Manager on company skilled nursing policies and procedures, State and Federal regulations.

3. Assists with the development and revision of clinical policies and procedures to ensure compliance with State/Federal regulations and current standards of practice.

4. Assesses facility compliance with company policies/procedures and State/Federal regulations. Provides education, system implementation and monitoring, and development of performance improvement plans in conjunction with Administrators and Directors of Nursing to promote positive resident outcomes.

5. Assists with training licensed nursing and nursing assistants as requested by the facility on company skilled nursing policies and procedures and State and Federal regulations.

6. Provides support as needed through the survey process including assistance with preparation for survey, writing the plan of correction, developing an action plan, and monitoring for compliance.

7. Works with Central Support staff developing and implementing action plans to assist facility departments achieve compliance as needed.

8. Completes and submits visits reports and audit results to the Regional Director of Operations and the Vice President of Clinical Services.

9. Attends the Central Support and other corporate meetings as requested.

10. May be assigned other duties.

Company Wide Responsibilities

Supports a dignified and caring atmosphere with residents, residents' families, visitors and staff. All information obtained in the field, or at Central Support, is kept strictly confidential.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position does not supervise other positions


Language Skills
Able to comminicate effectively, in English, with personnel at all levels of the organization, with residents, their friends and family, and with members of the community. Ability to present training to small and large groups. Computer skills include at least of working knowledge of Microsoft Office including e-mail, Excel and Word.

Reasoning Ability
Ability to accurately assess, trouble-shoot, and problem-solve, to meet the needs of the skilled nursing facility, residents, and clinical staff. Ability to develop plans for improving clinical systems that can be implemented with others. Able to evaluate results of the plan and modify if needed.  

Areas of travel: Portland, Newberg, Cottage Grove, Creswell, Forest Grove, Molalla and Albany.

The position includes regular overnight travel, competitive wages and benefit package and the opportunity to work with an excellent team of professionals.



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* Prestige offers competitive salary, benefits, including medical, dental and 401K.

QUALIFICATIONS

Current registered nursing license in states in which PCI operates.

Working knowledge of State and Federal regulations and the survey process.

Working knowledge of the minimum data set (MDS) and Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) process.

Must have at least five years experience as a Director of Nursing in a Skilled Nursing Facility.

Have a current driver’s license and access to a personal car.

Ability to work with a team, be self-directed, organized and flexible.