Employment Opportunities

Department: DeMatel House (Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation)

Full-time, 8 hour work day

Responsibilities: 

Under the direct supervision of the D.O.N., the Charge Nurse is responsible for all direct patient care. Assess each individual’s condition as you make rounds, be alert to any changes that resident’s condition and response to medications and treatments. When accidents occur, record description of bruises as to size and color, etc. Record size of area of skin tears or lacerations. React to emergencies promptly and request necessary help, etc. Supervise in dining room during meals, administer medications and note reactions. Accompany physicians on rounds to answer any questions, receive instructions and note resident care requirements. And take care of orders received. Answer call bells as necessary. Assist with patient care as necessary. Supervise staff to provide good care and keep the environment safe and clean. Assist D.O.N, as well as take call.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge, skills, and abilities

  • Must be a registered nurse (RN)
  • Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) may be hired in secondary NAC positions with RN oversight
  • MDS experience; RAC-CT is preferred
  • At a minimum, must have knowledge of current state and federal regulations, particularly the following pertinent sections of Appendix PP:
  • §483.20 Resident Assessments
  • §483.21 Comprehensive Resident-Centered Care Plans
  • Attention to detail and accuracy in MDS coding
  • Have the ability to learn computer systems, system applications, and related office equipment
  • Must be CPR certified

  PERFORMACE REQUIREMENTS

  Essential Functions:

  • Coordinate the completion of the comprehensive care plan according to regulatory requirements.
  • Be highly involved in determining skilled level of care for Medicare residents and procuring required Medicare-specific documentation; be responsible for physician certification/recertification of a skilled level of care throughout the Medicare stay; be involved in making Medicare eligibility determinations.
  • Audit and improve staff education/competency as needed to ensure accurate and timely completion of supporting documentation and MDS assessments
  • Plan, organize, prioritize, work independently, and meet deadlines
  • Provide insight and analysis of MDS-based Quality Measures
  • Serve as a member of the quality assessment and assurance (QAA) and/or the quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) committees
  • Foster effective working relationships and build consensus
  • Work effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization, as well as with residents, family members, visitors, government personnel, and the public
  • Be knowledgeable of federal regulations, practice standards, and procedures, as well as guidelines pertaining to the RAI process
  • May be required to administer medications as ordered
  • Make rounds with physicians as needed
  • Assist with regulatory surveys; yearly and PRN
  • Participate in oversight of Restorative Nurse Program
  • On call rotation

  NON-PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:

  Mission: Must know and appreciate the Mission of Incarnate Word Retirement Community.

  Knowledge: Must be knowledgeable of state mandated M.D.S and its completion. Must have computer skills and PCC experience.

  Accuracy: Must be able to maintain consistent work performance.

  Physical Demands: Sits, walks, bends, stoops, and lifts at least 50 pounds throughout the eight-hour shift. Also, handing, pushing, pulling, carrying, reaching overhead, reaching forward, reaching low, kneeling, climbing and balancing.

  Infection Control: Demonstrates knowledge of infection control in all residents care to prevent the spread of disease and infection. Adhere to strict infection control guidelines.

  Safety: Demonstrates knowledge of emergency policy and procedure. Perform all responsibilities in a safe manner. Follow established guidelines when using protective devices and equipment. Demonstrates awareness of potential hazards and is practice in maintain a safe environment for residents and staff.

  Communicating Resident’s Care: Utilizes plan of care in the delivery of resident’s care. Communicates and cooperates with other members if multi-disciplinary team to accomplish plan of care.

  Resident relations: Perform all responsibilities with respect of interpersonal skills. Is pleasant, respectful and courteous in all interactions with resident’s families, staff, and visitors to the facility. Acts as representative of the Incarnate Word Retirement Community.

  Professional Relations: Must be professional in performance if duties, dress and appearance.

  JOB RELATIONSHIPS:

  Responsible to: Director of Nurses.

  Variables: May be required to work rotating shifts and/or rotating shifts and/or rotating units. May work Saturdays, Sundays, religious and other holidays.

  The Village at Incarnate Word offers full-time employees, and their dependents, a 33% tuition discount for undergraduate courses and master’s level courses at the University of the Incarnate Word’s Broadway campus and the School of Professional Studies.

  All employees will be required to receive or show proof of receipt of an approved COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment, except where a legally authorized religious or medical (not personal preference) or otherwise legally protected exemption is established. Reasonable accommodations such as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) like face masks, face shields and other protective equipment or safety measures may be identified as reasonable accommodations enabling the performance of essential job functions.

Department: Alphonse House (Assisted Living)

Full-time, 8 hour work day

Responsibilities: 

Prepares, administers, and records certain prescribed medications for residents in the facility under the supervision of a licensed nurse. Answer signal lights as necessary, orders prescribed and stock medications, and assists with patient care, i.e., helping put residents to bed or to get up, take them to the bathroom, etc. Does whatever required to maintain a safe environment. 

Qualifications:

• Education: High School
• Must be able to follow and understand oral and/or written English directions.
• Training and experience: must have completed a state approved training program in Medication Administration
• Job Knowledge: Education or training for recertification must be complete according to Federal and State Regulations.

Department: Mulitple Departments (Skilling Nursing and Assisted Living)

Classification: Full Time & PRN

Responsibilities: Provide basic nursing care by assisting residents with personal, nutritional, and restorative care and performs basic nursing procedures under the direction of a licensed nurse. Answers call bell promptly and do whatever necessary to provide quality care to residents and keep the facility clean and safe.

*Immediate positions available for all shifts*

Department: DeMatel House Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation

PRN

Responsibilities: Under the direct supervision of the D.O.N., the Charge Nurse is responsible for all direct patient care. Assess each individual’s condition as you make rounds, be alert to any changes that resident’s condition and response to medications and treatments. When accidents occur, record description of bruises as to size and color, etc. Record size of area of skin tears or lacerations. React to emergencies promptly and request necessary help, etc. Supervise in dining room during meals, administer medications and note reactions. Accompany physicians on rounds to answer any questions, receive instructions and note resident care requirements. And take care of orders received. Answer call bells as necessary. Assist with patient care as necessary. Supervise staff to provide good care and keep the environment safe and clean.

Qualifications:

1. Graduate from an accredited school of vocational nursing
2. Current license from the State Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.
3. Three years of experience in general acute nursing, preferably with older adults.
4. Two years of experience in a long-term nursing care facility.
5. Must be CPR certified.
6. Must be able to follow and understand oral and/or written English directions.
7. Must have computer knowledge.

Department: Sisters Care In-Home Care 

Classification: FT, PT, or PRN

Responsibilities: Companionship, grooming, bathing, medication reminders, meal preparation, and light housekeeping; dementia intervention; incontinence care.