Spectrum Healthcare Services, a healthcare staffing agency is recruiting for a Registered Nurse Charge/Supervisor for an acute rehab facility in Dallas, TX.

Essential Duties

• Completes routine audits to assure accurate and timely documentation in Cerner and UDS in order to meet compliance standards.
• Assists the Nurse Manager in annual evaluations by providing feedback on clinical performance.
• Identifies educational opportunities for the nursing staff based on clinical needs identified and verbalized by nursing staff.
• Educates and monitors all staff regarding accurate and complete QI documentation to capture accurate burden of care.
• Assists in QI education for licensed nursing staff.
• Acts as key player in daily stand up clinical meeting to communicate/identify patient status.
• Acts as a clinical resource and mentor for nurses in caring for medically complex patients in the facility.
• Assists nursing staff with patient/family teaching needs. Coordinates educational resources to help decrease re- admissions to acute care hospital within 30 days of discharge.
• Provides UDS documentation/orientation training for all new licensed nursing personnel.
• Conducts scheduled remediation sessions for nursing staff with identified documentation deficiencies.
• Participates in Continuous Quality and Performance Improvement (CQPI).
• Ensures the nursing department staff performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety.
• Assures and assists with nursing participation in interdisciplinary team conferences.
• Assists in making nursing staff assignments, based on patient acuity and competency for staff.
• Adheres to staffing matrix.
• Performs timely and accurate QI assessments.
• May need to take a partial or full assignment based on staffing matrix.

Position Details

• Facility Type: Acute Rehab
• Employment Type: Local Contract
• Length: 13 weeks
• Target Start Date: ASAP
• Shifts: 7:00a-7:30p, 6:45p-7:15a
• Weekly Hours: 36
• Local Gross Weekly $2,016/$56.00 hr.

Requirements

• Graduate of accredited registered nurse program; BSN preferred
• Current BLS and ACLS thru the AHA
• Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN) preferred
• Minimum of two years of experience in rehabilitative or acute care setting
• Charge Nurse or Supervisor experience
• Demonstrated ability to plan, coordinate, evaluate and direct activities of clinical personnel
• Effective oral and written communication skills in English, with additional languages preferred
• Proficiency in basic computer skills required