Unit Manager - RN

Job Details

Northway Health and Rehabilitation specializes in providing a "home-like environment" with professional nursing and therapy services for both long-term care and rehabilitation. This means you'd be working with residents over an extended period, allowing for the development of deeper relationships and a more comprehensive understanding of their needs. We are in search of a qualified RN Unit Manager to be a leader in our facility.

Unit Managers are primarily responsible for overseeing day-to-day patient care, supervising, directing and developing nurse staff, and reporting to the Director of Nursing to ensure quality patient care within a long-term care center, skilled nursing facility or assisted living community. They act as dependable and personable liaisons between residents and their families, ensuring compliance with federal and state regulatory standards, and following company policies and procedures.

Unit Managers assist in maintaining resident care standards by supervising and directing activities of subordinate nurses engaged in quality assurance, infection control, and utilization review activities, receive physicians' instructions regarding resident care, oversee delegation of nursing and other therapeutic procedures to other professionals and paraprofessional associates, and make regular patient rounds to observe and assess residents’ physical conditions and behaviors, evaluate the quality of care provided, and ensure proper documentation of treatment and nursing observations.

• Current R.N. license by State required with experience in the long term care or working with the geriatric population preferred.
• Must have at least two years nursing experience and one year supervisory experience.
• Clerical ability is necessary to read reports and utilize data accurately for other purposes.
• Skill in organizing and planning programs and managing personnel to provide nursing service for residents.
• Ability to plan and direct the department, coordinating with other departments.

• Competitive Wages
• Elite Low Cost Gold Plan Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Insurance (low premiums and low deductibles!)
• Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Vision Insurance
• 401K with company match
• Paid Holidays and Paid Vacation
• Best in class employee referral program

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Birmingham, AL.