Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

The Heritage Center of Holiday Health Care is a privately owned and operated nursing facility located on the north side of Evansville. We are currently seeking a Nurse Unit Assistant to help lead our unit and to provide the best quality care to our residents. We are looking for an individual that has a passion for long term care and understand the needs of the geriatric population. This individual will assist in compliance, admissions, and a variety of managerial tasks. We are seeking an experienced, innovative leader. RN or LPN are applicable.

M-F

Weekend on call rotation every 4th or 5th weekend

Work the floor 3 days a week

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Unit Assistant is responsible for managing the delivery of resident care on their assigned unit to ensure the optimal level of physical, psychosocial and spiritual well- being for its residents. The Unit Assistant will facilitate and coordinate all compliance regarding documentation and resident care with the Unit Director.

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Holiday Health Care is a diverse health services company offering a continuum of care to multiple populations in the Tri-State area. The Holiday Health Care campus is comprised of a retirement community, nursing facility, home care company, and hospice company located on Evansville’s north side. Since 1969, Holiday Health Care has been privately owned and operated.

“People Caring for People” has been the focus of the Holiday Health Care mission, vision, and values for over 50 years. Today, we employ over 350 staff at The Heritage Center, The Village at Holiday, Horizons Home Care, Horizons Community Care, and Heritage Hospice. Join our growing team of the finest health care professionals in the Tri-State area!

Learn more about the Heritage Center and Holiday Health Care culture by visiting our website or our Facebook page The Heritage Center & Horizons Rehabilitation

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Current licensure in the state of Indiana
• Demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate unit compliance

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS OF POSITION:

• Experience in nursing management of the geriatric resident
• Demonstrated ability to accurately assess and make sound nursing judgment
• Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with all levels of nursing personnel
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of the nursing team

PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Must be able to meet the physical requirements of the job. The minimum requirements include:

• Must be able to satisfactorily complete a physical.
• Must be able to carry at least 50 lbs., and up to 100 lbs. with assistance.
• Must be able to lift and transfer patients, using proper body mechanics.
• Must be able to operate the necessary equipment, using proper body mechanics.
• Must be able to perform Range of Motion in both upper extremities, lower extremities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Attend necessary nursing meetings; stand up/falls, high risk, etc.
• Communicate changes between all appropriate departments
• Monitors and directs compliance responsibilities; ensuring physician/telephone orders are current, checking of physician order accuracy, checking of MAR/TARS for upcoming month, admission/re-entry audits
• Provides employee coaching and disciplinary action as needed in compliance with facility polices, procedures, state/federal regulations and standards of care.
• Perform admissions when needed; prepare discharges as needed
• Ensure Med A charting is complete
• Complete unit audit weekly
• Answer phone
• Support of the Antibiotic Stewardship Program
• Provides direct resident care as needed (answer resident’s alarms and call lights)
• Assist with passing meal trays
• Schedule nursing staff
• Maintain forms in Nursing filling cabinets, as needed
• Put out weekly weight list
• Chart monthly weights
• Protects the privacy or residents and team members
• Upholds the rights and privileges of all residents and reports when it is suspected that they are not upheld
• Maintains a positive working relationship between all team members; nursing staff and other departments
• Maintains own competency through participation in facility in-service training, continued education opportunities and media sources
• Maintains high morale and work ethic
• Promotes positive guest relations
• Encourages team member personal and career development
• Promotes positive image of long-term care and demonstrates the facility’s philosophy
• Presents self in a positive professional manner and promotes the same in team members
• Complies with all organizational policies ethical business practices
• Functions as a C.N.A. and or Q.M.A. role when all other options are exhausted
• Performs other duties as deemed necessary by Nursing Administration
• Employees must meet the attendance and scheduling requirements of their position as an expected and essential duty of the position.
• Due to the nature of our work, all employees are expected to demonstrate a reasonable degree of flexibility in covering extra shifts/hours, taking on-call, working over-time, and holidays

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