SUMMARY:

• Completed two successful surveys and Advanced Standing
• Excellent organizational skills and computer proficiency
• Interfaces well with patients, families, and nursing staff
• Nursing coordinator and supervisory experience
• Fast learner
• Meets financial and budgetary guidelines

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Resident Care Director

Confidential, Manahawkin, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Maintains standards in resident care services
• Responsible for hiring, training, supervising and assigning overall duties/ tasks of line staff
• Demonstrates independent judgment and discretion
• Participates in the interviewing/hiring process of line staff
• Assists with the orientation of new departmental employees
• Creates the staffing schedule in collaboration with the Executive Director and Resident Care Director
• Assists with tracking attendance
• Communicates to staff policies and procedures and follows through with appropriate retraining or discipline when needed
• Coordinates resident care plans with Executive Director and Resident Care Director
• Assists with completing event reports and implementing interventions
• Assists with third party providers such as pharmacy, therapy, home healthcare, and hospice
• Assists with the administration of the Personal Care Program
• Assists with supervising the medication administration program as required by state law
• Acts as Resident Care Director in her absence
• Monitors levels of care of the residents and effectively reports resident needs to staff
• Maintains compliance and understanding of resident’s rights
• Trains community staff in infection control procedures
• Assists Executive Director and Resident Care Director during licensing survey visit
• Assists Business Office Director with keeping the line staff up - to-date with health records
• Trains and supports licensed nurses in supervision of staff and delivery of care
• Maintains high customer service standards with the line staff

Registered Nurse

Confidential, Peapack, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Assessed patient status and notify physicians of clinical changes
• Performed clinical tasks according to hospital policies
• Oriented and trained new and current staff
• Reviewed charts for Medex reconciliation and complete monthly turnover
• Maintained confidentiality according to HIPPA guidelines
• Collaborated on an interdisciplinary team to provide competent client care
• Updated clinical requests for appointments
• Provided care for sports injuries and minor trauma
• Made sound clinical decisions independently
• Identified drug- drug/drug-disease/drug-food/drug-allergy interactions, notify primary care provider of the interaction and make appropriate recommendations
• Reviewed incoming admissions and maintain appropriate Medicare charting
• Counseled patients on administration of prescription drugs/over the counter drugs (OTC) and/or monitoring signs and symptoms of improvement or maintenance of a particular disease state
• Provided a broad range of nursing care including tube feedings, suctioning, and IV medication
• Acted as nursing coordinator, updated staff health records, and gave vaccines