Nurse Care Of Buckhead
NURSE CARE OF BUCKHEAD in ATLANTA, GA — inspection on March 4, 2025.
Found 1 citation. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
Review of the facility policy titled Background Screening and Investigation with a revision dated March 2019 revealed under Policy Statement: Our facility conducts employment background screening checks, reference checks and criminal conviction investigation checks on all applicants for positions with direct access to residents (direct access employees).
Under Policy Interpretation and Implementation: . 2.
The director of personnel, or designee, conducts background checks, reference checks and criminal conviction checks (including fingerprinting as may be required by state law) on all potential direct access employees and contractors.
Background and criminal checks are initiated within two days of an offer of employment or contract agreement and completed prior to employment.
Review of the Human Resource Director Job Description revealed: Pre-Employment Functions: Conduct reference checking, abuse registry checks, and certification/ licensure checks (if applicable), prior to giving a job offer.
Conduct criminal background checks, as required, on all post-offer applicants.
During a record review on 3/19/2025 at 3:30 pm with the Human Resource Director of twelve of the fourteen selected employee files revealed the following:
1.
Registered Nurse SS's employee file revealed a hire date of 2/5/2025, full-time as the Minimum Data Set (MDS) Director.
The offer letter revealed the job was contingent on successfully passing a background check.
Further review of the RN's employee file revealed there was no criminal background check conducted.
2.
License Practical Nurse TT's employee file revealed a hire date of 12/10/2024, full-time as the MDS Coordinator.
The offer letter revealed the job was contingent on successfully passing a background check.
Further review of the LPN's employee file revealed there was no criminal background check conducted.
115129
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STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES (X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA (X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION (X3) DATE SURVEY AND PLAN OF CORRECTION IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: COMPLETED A.
Building 115129 B.
Wing 03/04/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Nurse Care of Buckhead 2920 Pharr Court South NW Atlanta, GA 30305
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Source: This inspection report was downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases nursing home inspection reports in bulk. The findings reflect what state surveyors documented in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies on the date of the inspection.
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