The service has policies around competencies and requirements for validating professional competencies. The village manager advised that copies of practising certificates are obtained from employed staff. There are human resource policies and procedures, which includes the requirements of skill mix, staffing ratios, and rostering. The management team advised that they are currently in the process of employing registered nurses and caregivers. To date they have employed registered nurses including a senior RN, two that are interRAI trained and two that have experience providing for residents with complex medical needs and end of life cares. One of the employed RNs has syringe driver competency and medication competency obtained at another Selwyn facility. Two care partners have been employed, one being a transfer from another Selwyn facility. A cook has also been employed. The Selwyn Foundation Waikato region training plan for 2016 and 2017 will be implemented. There is a list of topics that must be completed at least two-yearly and this is reported on. Advised that further training around equipment, safe chemical handling, emergency and fire training will be implemented as part of the planned orientation being held before opening. The service has a contract with a pharmacy and a local general practitioner. The physiotherapist and dietitian contract to the Selwyn Foundation Waikato will provide services to the Moxon centre. Standard 1.2.8: Service Provider Availability FA Human resource policies include documented rationale for determining staffing levels and skill mixes for safe service delivery. This defines Consumers receive timely, appropriate, and safe staffing ratios to residents and rosters have been developed and are service from suitably qualified/skilled and/or adjustable depending on resident numbers/mix/acuity. Draft rosters were experienced service providers. sighted for various resident numbers and levels. The service has developed an initial draft roster, which includes, once the care home has more than 12 residents: one registered nurse and two care partners rostered on morning shift and one on afternoon shift in each bed household and one care partner on duty for the two households (which are adjacent on the same level) overnight. This will be adjusted as residents are admitted with general ratios of 1:5 for hospital level residents
The service has policies around competencies and requirements for validating professional competencies. The village manager advised that copies of practising certificates are obtained from employed staff. There are human resource policies and procedures, which includes the requirements of skill mix, staffing ratios, and rostering. The management team advised that they are currently in the process of employing registered nurses and caregivers. To date they have employed registered nurses including a senior RN, two that are interRAI trained and two that have experience providing for residents with complex medical needs and end of life cares. One of the employed RNs has syringe driver competency and medication competency obtained at another Selwyn facility. Two care partners have been employed, one being a transfer from another Selwyn facility. A cook has also been employed. The Selwyn Foundation Waikato region training plan for 2016 and 2017 will be implemented. There is a list of topics that must be completed at least two-yearly and this is reported on. Advised that further training around equipment, safe chemical handling, emergency and fire training will be implemented as part of the planned orientation being held before opening. The service has a contract with a pharmacy and a local general practitioner. The physiotherapist and dietitian contract to the Selwyn Foundation Waikato will provide services to the Moxon centre. Standard 1.2.8: Service Provider Availability Consumers receive timely, appropriate, and safe service from suitably qualified/skilled and/or experienced service providers. FA Human resource policies include documented rationale for determining staffing levels and skill mixes for safe service delivery. This defines staffing ratios to residents and rosters have been developed and are adjustable depending on resident numbers/mix/acuity. Draft rosters were sighted for various resident numbers and levels. The service has developed an initial draft roster, which includes, once the care home has more than 12 residents: one registered nurse and two care partners rostered on morning shift and one on afternoon shift in each household and one care partner on duty for the two households (which are adjacent on the same level) overnight. This will be adjusted as residents are admitted with general ratios of 1:5 for hospital level residents bed
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