| 36 |
PLANTATION MANOR NURSING HOME |
15015 |
6450 OLD TUSCALOOSA HIGHWAY P O BOX 97 |
MC CALLA |
AL |
35111 |
2017-03-09 |
225 |
E |
0 |
1 |
VTS511 |
Based on interview, review of employee files, and the facility policy titled Policy and Procedure Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation And Reporting Abuse, the facility failed to ensure all employees considered for potential hire were screened to include reference checks before being allowed to work in the facility. This affected three of six employee files reviewed. This deficient practice had the potential to affect all 88 residents residing in the facility. The RESIDENT CENSUS AND CONDITIONS OF RESIDENTS (Form CMS-672) dated 3/6/2017 indicated the facility had a total of 88 residents. Findings include: Review of the facility policy titled Policy and Procedure Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation And Reporting Abuse, with a revised date of 12/1/2016 revealed the following: .Compliance Guidelines: .3. Screening-Facility will screen potential employees for a history of abuse, neglect or mistreating residents. This includes attempting to obtain information from previous employers . d. Background, reference . check should be conducted on employees prior to or at the time of employment, . EI (Employee Identifier) #1 LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse), was hired at the facility on 10/12/2016. EI #2 CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) was hired at the facility on 10/21/2016. A review of EI #1 and #2's employee files revealed there was not any documentation that references had been checked or investigated. On 3/8/2017 at 3:40 p.m. EI #4, ADON (Assistant Director of Nursing), responsible for reference checks on nursing staff, was asked about the facility policy for checking references prior to hire. EI #4 said, all employees should have a reference check prior to being hired. When asked about documentation of reference checks for EI #1 and #2, EI #4 said, she usually documented beside the reference listed on the application, but she failed to document those. When asked where she documented the date and time of the reference check, EI #4 replied, she did not document the date and time, and only documented the reference check was okay. When asked why it was important to perform reference checks before hire of potential employees, EI #4 said, she may learn something about a potential employee that may be beneficial to the facility. EI #3, a House Keeper was hired at the facility on 10/31/2016. Review of EI #3's file revealed there was not any documentation that references had been checked or investigated. On 3/8/2017 at 4:00 p.m. EI #5, Environmental Service Manager, was asked who verified employee screening was completed prior to hire. EI #5 replied, the company contracted for house keeping employees sends the completed screening to him. When asked why EI #3's reference checks were not done before EI #3 started to work, EI #5 said, he did not notice the reference checks were not done. |
2020-09-01 |