Failure to Complete Required Staff Competency Checks
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that nurses and nurse aides had completed competency and skills checks both upon hire and annually, as required. Record review revealed that five employees, including two LPNs and three CNAs, did not have documentation of completed competency or skills checks in their employment files. The business office manager confirmed that there were no skills checks or competencies available for these staff members. Additionally, the Director of Nursing acknowledged that competencies should be completed upon hire and annually, but stated that they had not been completed in over a year. This deficiency was identified through review of employment files and interviews with facility staff, which confirmed the lack of required competency assessments for all reviewed employees.