Nurse Consultant/RN - 100% Travel

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : Salary commensurate upon experience

Please note that while this is listed as a remote position, candidate MUST reside in the state of Iowa as extensive travel to client facilities will be required 100% of the time.

Cattail Consulting, LLC is a leading provider of specialized services through its two divisions : Cattail Risk Management and Cattail Nurse Consulting.

Our expert consultants offer system analyses, training, ongoing support and other services to ensure educated teams and quality care.

Cattail Nurse Consulting focuses on helping skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities achieve state and federal compliance, providing education and training and offers team member support.

Our passionate and dedicated team includes licensed nurses who are experts in senior living, nursing education and long-term care.

Our organization thrives on three core principles : Work Hard, Tell the Truth and Have Fun. These principles serve as the foundation of our company and our people.

Why would you want to work at Cattail Consulting. LLC when you can work anywhere else?

Our Culture!

• Core Values : Work Hard, Tell the Truth, and Have Fun
• Hospitality & Respect
• Family-feel, team-oriented

Our Benefits!

• Employer-matching retirement plan
• Eligible for 4 weeks paid time off within first year
• Time off for volunteering and ministry
• Health, dental, vision, and short-term disability insurance
• 8 paid holidays
• Quarterly family and employee events

Position Authority and Accountability :

The Nurse Consultant collaborates directly with the Administrators, Directors of Nursing, and other staff as designated by the client to provide support in regulatory compliance, education, clinical practices and other areas requested.

The Nurse Consultant, while providing services, is responsible to the client and shall only provide recommendations to facility staff when authorized by the client.

Please note that while this is listed as a remote position, extensive travel to client facilities within the state of Iowa will be required 100% of the time.

Training / Education / Licensure / Skills or Proficiency Requirements :

• Current, valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa and any other state consultation would occur.
• At least five years' experience as a Director of Nursing.
• Experience working in the assisted living space.
• Functional literacy in written and spoken English.
• Interpersonal, educational development, management, and operational skills.
• First-hand knowledge of long-term care setting and gerontological nursing.
• Knowledge of Federal and State long-term care regulations, guidelines, and laws.
• Ability to keep current with the changing issues within the profession and industry.

General Functions :

• Functions as a consultant regarding standards of practice, Federal and State regulations and laws, and professional code of ethics governing nursing services and support areas.
• Adheres to facility policies and procedures including, but not limited to, infection control, safety, resident rights, chain of command and authority.
• Maintains strict confidentiality of resident, employee, facility, and organizational information according to Privacy Rule and HIPPA standards.
• Presents a neat and professional appearance consistent with expectations of others.
• Accepts assigned duties, instructions, or correction in a cooperative manner, voicing concerns or disagreement in a professional manner through established chain of command.
• Assumes accountability for compliance with Federal, State, and other regulations within scope of control and of which informed.
• Observes safety hazards and emergency situations, and reports to appropriate person or takes corrective action according to established procedures, works safely without danger to self or others.
• Comes to work as scheduled and consistently demonstrates dependability and punctuality, complies with attendance policies.
• Will assume accountability for information contained in organizational, facility and personnel policies.
• Assume accountability for using, maintaining, and storing facility property according to established policy.

Job Functions :

• Abides by the policies and procedures necessary to the operation of the facility.
• Establishes and maintains favorable relations with local agencies, medical professional, surveyors, suppliers, consultants, media representatives, government officials, residents, families, and others with sincere relationships to the facility.

Physical, Sensory / Cognitive, Emotional Requirements :

The following not meant to be all inclusive but exemplary of the types of activities involved in the performance of the position.

Reaching, handling, fingering and or feeling - Routinely uses tactile sense and manual dexterity while performing required paperwork and documentation.

Also uses tactile sense and dexterity in assisting residents with minor tasks and for providing comfort and support to resident through touch.

Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling (strength) - Routinely engages in light to medium physical activity associated with office work, interacting with residents and family members, and monitoring the activities of staff or others throughout the facility.

Occasionally lifts to 20 lbs. and carries for short distances.

• Climbing or Balancing - Routinely maintains physical equilibrium to safely move throughout the building, conduct movement activities, transport non-ambulatory residents in wheelchairs and geri-chairs, and assist residents into and out of vehicles.
• Repetitive movements - None
• Stooping, kneeling, crouching and / or crawling - Occasionally engages in stooping / kneeling as associated with retrieving items dropped on the floor, reaching items on lower shelves or in lower drawers of filing cabinets.
• Recognition / vision and mental processing - Routinely processes and produces written information such as resident records and reports, instructional materials, regulations, and policies.

Regularly observes and evaluates resident, family, and staff actions, gestures, facial expressions, habits, and daily routines.

Observes and objectively evaluates the visual attractiveness of the environment, food, resident appearance, and other issues of quality of life and resident rights.

• Hearing - Routinely recognizes operation sounds of equipment and auditory signals or alarms, wanderer monitoring system signal, soft voices of elderly, verbal communication within the workplace.
• Smell - Routinely observes for odors relevant to maintaining a clean, pleasant environment.
• Verbal communications - Routinely interacts in an environment dependent upon audible and intelligible verbalizations.
• Emotional behavior - Routinely interacts with individuals (residents, family members, and staff) who may be discourteous, tactless, demanding, verbally and / or physically threatening or abusive, angry, or hostile, emotionally vulnerable, or mentally ill, vulgar, and mean-natured.

Routinely called upon to control own emotions and behavior to protect residents’ rights and to respond with respect and dignity.

Cattail Consulting, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and believes in equal opportunity for all employees and applicants.

Accordingly, all employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity. These decisions include recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, discipline, compensation, benefits, training, and other personnel actions involving persons in all job titles and shall occur without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, military status, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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