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Come join our dedicated team at Cypress Village, a wonderful place to work! Cypress Village is a 120 acre and wooded lakefront community in Jacksonville close to Ponte Vedra and Jacksonville beaches and is one of Florida's best kept secrets! You'll join a team with a strong work ethic, with management and co-workers who want to make a positive impacting our residents' lives. These extraordinary leaders and role models will help you craft a long, satisfying, and fruitful senior living career at Cypress Village. Today, Cypress Village is one of twelve retirement communities in Florida managed by Life Care Services (LCS), the nation's leading developer and manager of senior living communities. We continually strive to create an environment of trust and transparency by helping employees find a sense of purpose in their job and achieve their highest potential while providing hospitality to those who work and live at Cypress Village.
YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU WILL...
1. Responsible for the development, organization and operation of Nursing services and supportive services for the Health Center and residential apartments.
2. Responsible for the coordination of Nursing services for apartment and Health Center residents including the procurement of outside sources such as, Home Health Care Services, private duty, hospice, rehabilitation services, psychological, etc. necessary to ensure that residents' needs are met. Communicates and meets with outside consultants as necessary to assess and make recommendations for resident care needs.
3. Responsible for the coordination and direction of the total planning for nursing services including recommendation through a staffing plan of the number and levels of licensed and certified nurses' aides to be employed.
4. Develops and maintains an effective restorative care program in collaboration with therapy provider.
5. Selects, trains, evaluates, disciplines all nursing services personnel.
6. Responsible for developing and maintaining a schedule of daily rounds and assignments of duties for all nursing staff to assure 24-hour coverage sufficient to meet federal and state regulatory requirements and Facility standards of care.
7. Develops and participates in a new staff orientation program for his/her employees, including private duty and agency staff.
8. Oversees completion of written orientation and annual evaluations of all nursing staff.
9. Appoints, with the Executive Director's approval, a nurse to act in his/her behalf during temporary absences. Designates a nurse in charge each shift.
10. In coordination with Human Resources, establishes procedures to ensure that nursing personnel, including private duty nursing staff, have valid and current licenses as required by federal and state regulations.
11. Participates in the coordination of resident care services through departmental staff meetings. Attends, prepares and analyzes necessary information for the Quarterly Assurance Meetings and annual policy review.
12. Develops appropriate action plans and is responsible for follow through.
13. Implements LCS Standards as demonstrated through the use of resources and programs.
14. Coordinates required and supplemental in-service education programs appropriate for nursing staff and acts as resource for Facility staff to increase knowledge of competence in job skills for the benefit of staff and residents, in cooperation with the Medical Director and Executive Director. Utilizes vendors, consultants and the medical community as appropriate.
15. Maintains clinical skills and stays knowledgeable of current standards of Nursing practice through nursing education related to geriatrics.
16. Ensures that significant clinical developments of residents are reported to their families and/or responsible party, physicians, the Medical Director, the Executive Director and State, as necessary.
17. Reviews the nursing requirements of each resident admitted to the Health Center and assists the attending physician in planning care.
18. Oversees the care plan development for residents.
19. If necessary, acts on behalf of the Administrator in his/her absence.
20. Ensures compliance with all federal, state and local regulations including corporate compliance and HIPAA Privacy Standards.
21. Maintains high visibility with residents in the Health Center and apartment residents. Makes frequent tours of resident rooms to ensure quality of care on all shifts and the general safety of the Health Center environment.
22. Attends Health Center and apartment resident social functions, as appropriate.
23. Evaluates all admissions for appropriate level of care and/or for Medicare coverage/denial. Ensure maintenance of the Medicare log, signatures for certifications/recertification, and Medicare documentation.
24. Oversees completion and timely submission of MDS data.
25. Oversees ordering of all nursing supplies, office supplies and equipment for the Health Center. Submits quarterly inventory to accounting department.
26. Routinely inspects medical records for accuracy.
27. Serves "on call" on weekends and after normal working hours.
28. Serves as Manager on Duty on scheduled weekends.
Other Duties:
1. Develops and maintains a statement of philosophy and standards of care that outlines the quality of Nursing and medical care that the Facility provides.
2. Develops and maintains written nursing standards of practice to be ratified by the governing body. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, defining routine care to be provided by licensed and certified nurses' aides and determination of when more care is needed.
3. Develops and maintains nursing service policies and procedures to implement the standards of care. This shall include the coordination and integration of Nursing services with other resident care services.
4. Develops and maintains written job descriptions for health center nursing staff.
5. Participates in planning an annual budget for department. Ensures monthly expenditures for department remain within budgeted allowances. Reviews monthly operating statement for accuracy and explains variances to budget.
6. Performs specific work duties and responsibilities assigned by supervisor.
7. Possesses ability to communicate effectively with residents, families and staff. Must use sound judgment, works well under pressure and possesses strong organizational skills.
8. Utilizes CPSI vendors as appropriate.
WE VALUE OUR EMPLOYEES AND SHOW APPRECIATION THROUGH...
Scholarships and Educational Assistance Programs, because we value the development of our team members and promoting from within.
Extraordinary Reward Points, because we value recognizing and appreciating our employees for their hard work.
Our comprehensive benefits, because we value health and wellness for you and your family.
Highly competitive occupancy and sales bonus program.
Various Employee-led Committees, because we value employee engagement and making your voice heard.
A Free and Confidential Employee Assistance Program because we understand that life happens.
Paid Training, Paid Time Off, and Paid Holidays.
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long Term Disability, (401)K Retirement
Cypress Village has partnered with Daily Pay to give our team members control over accessing their paycheck on their own schedule. Ask us about how this benefit supports your financial wellbeing today!
