RN Nurse Designee - Charter Senior Living of Woodbridge
Woodbridge, CT 06525
About the Job
Looking for our next all-star employee with assisted living experience. Charter Senior Living is dedicated to the care and wellbeing of our residents. It is our goal to assure that our residents’ lives are enhanced through compassionate care and honoring their life stories and legacy. Our mission " To Enhance the Human Spirit" not only pertains to residents but also our employees. We are committed to helping each of our employees have more than just a “job”. We want each of our associates to feel like they have a career and an opportunity to grow.
Mission
To Enhance the Human Spirit
Core Values
Serve with Heart
Serve with Purpose
Serve with Courage
Have Fun While Serving
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- Flexible schedules
- We offer a free medical insurance plan.
- Paid Training, Time Off and Holiday Pay
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance and more
- Perfect attendance bonus program up to $100 extra a month
- Referral bonus
- Career growth
- Reliable hours and stable schedule
- Working environment where your voice is heard, and your experience will be respected and appreciated.
Position Summary:
The RN Nurse Designee position requires an understanding and commitment to the mission and core values of Charter Senior Living by exhibiting professional and ethical work practices. RN Nurse Designee is to act in the absence of the SALSA (Supervisor of Assisted Living) and shall be available to provide relief for the SALSA as needed. This position is responsible for the oversight and management of staff and residents with the primary focus of serving the healthcare needs of Charter Senior Living residents in accordance with Federal and state regulations and standards. The RN Nurse Designee assures the quality of care for residents in conjunction with the Executive director, Nurse Designee, and other department managers.
Essential Duties:
- Supervising assigned nursing personnel and assisted living aides in the delivery of nursing services and assistance with the provision of activities of daily living.
- Ensuring the evaluation of the clinical competence of assigned nursing personnel and assisted living aides.
- Participates and develops objectives, standards of care, policies and procedures concerning nursing services and the provision of assistance with activities of daily living.
- Responsible for the scheduling of daily assignments of duties for nursing staff to assure 24-hour coverage.
- Participates in program planning, budget building, maintaining the budget, and evaluating of activities.
- Responsible for quality management program; monitors core measures; promotes team building, staff development, and empowerment.
- Responsible for on-call support.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
- Ability to lift/carry up to 50 pounds. 80 pounds of pressure may be placed on the associate through transfers using transfer belts or mechanical assists.
- Must be able to stand, walk, stoop and/or bend for periods of up to eight hours with breaks as provided for in the employee handbook.
- Possible exposure to communicable diseases, infectious diseases, and bloodborne pathogens.
Other Requirements:
- Has familiarity and willingness to work with the elderly population. Previous experience is preferred but not necessary.
- Demonstrates ability to appropriately delegate responsibility with necessary authority without relinquishing his/her overall responsibility and accountability for the delegated task.
- Demonstrated ability to identify problems in a timely manner, develop effective resolutions to those problems and ensure implementation of the proposed resolution, confirm results, and revise as necessary.
Why Charter Senior Living?Here are just a few of things that our associates say...
- “It truly feels like a family at Charter.
- "The residents are an extension of my family now."
- “You always hear about a company’s values and mission, but you hardly ever see them follow through, I love Charter because they truly mean what they say, they put the people first and truly believe in enhancing the human spirit.”
- “I love to chat with them and laugh because at Charter our values include “Have fun while serving”. We are charged with enhancing the human spirit of our residents, but they are really enhancing my spirit.”