Director Nursing Services | Long Term Care

About the role

May be eligible for a $30,000 sign-on bonus!

Salary Range: $125,000-150,000 annually

Responsibilities

• Provides care and services to meet the needs of the assigned facilities through strategic and accountable leadership.
• Establishes, implements, and adheres to policies and procedures.
• Coordination of orientation programs for new staff.
• Development and engagement of existing staff.
• Instrumental in leading quality improvement activities; develops monitoring tools, collects data, uses data to drive improvements in care and services.
• Responsible for total nursing care of residents and the accuracy of the nursing care records.
• Participates in the selection of prospective residents based on nursing care needs and nursing personnel competencies available.
• Oversees all Federal/State SNF Conditions of Participation including admissions, MDS/Care planning process, restorative nursing and care delivery.
• Establishes and implements policies/procedures for the total care of residents inclusive of nursing activities, social services, and delegated medical care.
• Determines, along with the Administrator, the numbers and levels of nursing personnel.
• Establishes staffing pattern to provide quality nursing care 24 hours/day.
• Participates in planning, decision making, and budgeting for the facility.
• Remains aware of the safety needs for staff and residents; develops policies relevant to quality of care.
• Coordinates the QAPI program and facilitates staff participation in QAPI.
• Delegates and monitors non-nursing responsibilities to other staff consistent with their training, experience, competence, and legal authorization and with nursing home policy.
• Understands/coordinates Medicare/Medicaid coverage requirements.
• Affirms that a comprehensive plan of care is established and implemented per regulations for each resident.
• Interacts with the physicians/providers to plan care for the residents.
• Affirms that discharge and transfer planning for residents is conducted.
• Interviews, hires, develops, trains, and retains employees; plans, assigns, and leads work; appraises performance; rewards and coaches employees; addresses complaints and resolves problems.

Qualifications

• The individual must be able to work the hours specified.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.

Skills

• Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing
• Active license in the state of practice
• 4-6 years in long term/skilled care or similar experience
• 1-3 years leadership experience

Benefits

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law.