Kawena Jennings

● Responsible for supervising, assigning significant overall duties and tasks and responsibly directing the work of all care employees with full accountability for the performance of staff.

● Responsible for timely and effective communication of all department employees including positive feedback, ongoing and annual evaluations and performance counseling including disciplinary action.

● Oversees orientation and training of new staff.

● Schedule and reschedule staff using independent judgment and exercising discretion when creating the schedule and making determinations regarding granting employee requests for time off or other modifications in work schedules.

● Responsible for tracking attendance and effectively carrying out disciplinary action where appropriate as per company policy.

● Responsible for assuring staff maintain current certifications, and training requirements.

● Reviews and maintains weekly timesheets. Tallies hours for pay period and submits in a timely manner for payroll.

● Communicate and enforce policies and procedures including company policies and procedures dealing with rules of employee conduct, the employer’s safety and sanitation policies and other human resource policies, and directly discipline and effectively recommend corrective and disciplinary action to enforce such policies.

● Evaluate performance and effectively recommend changes to terms and conditions of employment based on such evaluations.

• •Assists with patient care activities, as needed, under the guidance of the Charge Nurse or shift leader. Maintains work area(s) and equipment through cleaning, stocking and ordering of supplies.
• •Takes and records vital signs, including pain scale according to established policies and procedures. •Performs clerical duties, including chart management and maintaining unit supplies and forms. Manages front desk, assembling and maintaining medical charts.
• •Examines heartbeat patterns on electrocardiograph monitors. Makes note of irregular rhythms and monitors changes in heartbeat.
• •Ensure that Telemetry monitors are functioning properly