RN Unit Manager

RN Unit Manager

Sapphire Nursing at Wappingers, a premier skilled nursing facility located in Dutchess County, New York, is seeking to hire clinically superb, dynamic RN Unit Manager to join our growing team on a full-time basis. We employ a supportive environment, staff-friendly strategies, and a team-oriented approach to make sure our staff are well-trained, well-looked after, and superbly appreciated. We treat our staff with the respect they deserve, and our staff treat each other in the same fashion.

Job Description

• Maintaining accurate, complete health care records and reports.
• Administering medications to patients and monitoring them for side effects and reactions.
• Prescribing assistive medical devices and related treatments.
• Recording patient vital signs and medical information.
• Ordering medical diagnostic and clinical tests.
• Monitoring, reporting, and recording symptoms or changes in patient conditions.
• Assessing, implementing, planning, or evaluating patient nursing care plans by working with healthcare team members.
• Modifying patient health treatment plans as indicated by patient conditions and responses.
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, physicians, and facility staff.
• Assess the need for, develop, and implement written policies and procedures for infection control, including those for standard precautions and for transmission-based precautions.
• Enforce policies prohibiting staff with communicable diseases or infected skin lesions from direct contact with residents and their food, and enforce hand hygiene policies consistent with accepted standards of practices.
• Serve as a member of the quality assessment and assurance committee.
• Be accountable for surveillance of healthcare-acquired and community-acquired infections for residents, staff, volunteers, and visitors.
• Maintain current knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations and ensure that the facility leaders are informed of appropriate issues; understand and comply with infection control, safety, and OSHA procedures and regulations.

Requirements

• Passed the National Council Licensure Examination or NCLEX-RN.
• Current state licensure as a registered nurse and BLS certification required.
• American Heart Association BLS/CPR certification.
• ACLS certification.
• Preferred to have an infection preventionist certification.
• Basic computer skills.
• Professional, friendly attitude.
• 1 year experience (preferred).

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Full benefits package including health insurance and paid time off.
• Evening and overnight shift differential.
• $4000 signing bonus (bonus to be paid quarterly and subject to successful completion of 90-day probationary period).

Community Overview

Sapphire Nursing at Wappingers is committed to providing a warm, nurturing environment that allows each resident to maintain his or her individuality and dignity. Our staff is dedicated to ensuring the highest quality of life for all our residents. We pride ourselves on our professionalism and are constantly looking to be the best at what we do. Please join us and begin a rewarding and exceptional career.

Sapphire Nursing at Wappingers considers the health and safety of its residents, family members, and team members as its highest priorities. All offers of employment with Sapphire Nursing are conditioned on completing and passing a background and drug test, participating in mandatory vaccine programs, participating in testing requirements, and using designated PPE when required.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.