The center's nursing director's responsibilities must include,
but are not limited to:
(1) supervising all aspects of a minor's plan of care
to ensure the minor's plan of care is implemented as ordered;
(2) supervising all activities of the center's professional
nursing staff and direct care staff to ensure compliance with current
standards of accepted nursing practice;
(3) ensuring compliance with all federal and state
laws, rules, and regulations in this chapter;
(4) supervising the daily clinical operations of the
center;
(5) ensuring the documentation of the center's actual,
daily, and total census in accordance with §15.803 of this subchapter
(relating to Census) and §15.410 of this subchapter (relating
to Nursing Services Staffing Ratio);
(6) ensuring the documentation of the center's staffing
ratios in accordance with §15.410 of this subchapter;
(7) supervising the implementation of staffing policies
to ensure that only qualified staff are hired by the center, including
verification of licensure and certification before employment and
annually thereafter;
(8) ensuring the maintenance of records to support
competency of the center's nursing and direct care staff;
(9) ensuring the implementation of the center's policies
and procedures that establish and support quality care to a minor;
(10) providing orientation and in-service training
to employees and providers of basic services to promote effective
basic services and safety to a minor;
(11) performing timely annual performance evaluations
for the center's nursing and direct care staff;
(12) ensuring participation in regularly scheduled
continuing training for the center's nursing and direct care staff;
and
(13) ensuring that the care at the center promotes
effective services and the safety of a minor.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §550.310 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875 |