Quality Assurance Nurse (LVN/RN) - Skilled Nursing Facility

About Sunnyside Nursing Post-Acute Care

Centrally located in Torrance, California, Sunnyside Nursing and Post-Acute Care provides sub-acute nursing care, rehabilitation services, skilled nursing, and long-term care. Our compassionate staff offers individualized care plans for each resident to ensure personalized care is provided to all our patients with a goal to return home.

Our team of qualified professionals provides compassionate care by:

• Maintaining high medical integrity
• Fostering a team spirit among staff
• Creating friendly, beautiful surroundings for our residents and their visitors

We understand the importance of creating a comfortable and nurturing atmosphere, whether residents stay for short-term treatment or long-term care.

Job Description

• Chairperson of QAPI Committee. Planning and organizing monthly/quarterly meetings. Coordinate with other Department Managers for the required reports and presentations.
• Monitoring State and regulatory survey compliance.
• Investigating Quality Assurance issues related to grievances coming from residents, families, health plans, Ombudsman, Health Department.
• Management of the facility’s mock survey process. Review findings and initiate plans for implementation.
• Management on CMS critical element pathways to ensure the facility meets necessary criteria and compliant with the regulatory guidance
• Management of (QASP) quality assurance surveillance plan - review the facility’s performance requirements and assessment. Coordinate with MDS coordinator improvement action and monitoring plan
• Review monthly or as needed facility’s quality measures and assist the facility with establishing processes and systems that will enable it to provide quality health care that meets organization's standards for effective, safe, efficient, timely, and patient-centered care.
• Chairperson of behavior management committee. May initiate a monthly calendar to reflect the weekly meeting for residents due for review.
• Coordination of other responsibilities:
• Infection Prevention - Assist Infection Control Preventionist in providing trainings, education and in-services to staff regarding infection control program including but no limited to; covid-19 protocols, antibiotic stewardship, other infection-control practices and facility’s protocols following the state and federal, local public health mandates and guidance. Monitoring staff infection control practices on the floor and addressing findings by providing education as needed
• Regulatory Compliance Nurse - assist in reviewing, updating, and/or revising the facility’s departmental manuals, policy and procedure to ensure accuracy, up-to-date and represent the current facility practices.
• Staff Development Department - assist in providing staff education, training in the classroom and/or on the floor to ensure staff performs and follows facility practices in observing proper and quality resident care, proper observance of infection control practices.
• Other duties as directed by the Chief Clinical Officer/ Regulatory Compliance Nurse or Executive director.

• Must have a current and active California LVN or RN License
• Must be authorized to work in the United States
• Previous Quality Assurance experience preferred
• Knowledge of the MDS assessment process preferred
• Prior Point Click Care (PCC) experience preferred
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrates proficiency in a fast paced, detail-oriented work environment, and is priority focused.

Available Shifts

• Am Shift

Why Work for Sunnyside Nursing & Post-Acute Care

• Top of the Market Wages: $93,600 - $114,400 depending on qualifications (LVN/RN) and experience
• Paid orientation and training
• Opportunities for growth
• Paid sick leave/paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision, and AFLAC
• 401K
• Loving and caring work environment
• We take great pride in meeting or exceeding CDC and CMS standards. On-site experts provide teaching, coaching, and support on infection prevention practices. In addition, we maintain an abundant supply of PPE, including N95/KN95 masks, for all who provide care and services to our patients and residents. Our multiple testing capabilities, including Point-of-Care (POC) testing, are available at every location and comply with CMS and local guidance

If hired, we require that all employees be vaccinated, unless a medical or religious accommodation is needed.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity & pride ourselves on creating an inclusive environment for all employees and residents.