Director Nursing Services | Long Term Care

About the role

This position may be eligible for a $30,000 sign on bonus and relocation allowance!

Located in Aberdeen, SD. We are seeking a compassionate, experienced long term care nurse leader.

Responsibilities

• Provides care and services to meet the needs of the assigned facilities through strategic and accountable leadership.
• Establishs, implements, and adheres to policies and procedures.
• Selects prospective residents based on nursing care needs and nursing personnel competencies.
• 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 patterns to provide quality nursing care 24 hours/day.
• Participates in planning, decision making, and budgeting for the facility.
• Remains aware of 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 physicians/providers to plan care for the residents.
• Interviews, hires, develops, trains, and retains employees; plans, assigns, and leads work; appraises performance; rewards and coaches employees; addresses complaints and resolves problems.

  Requirements

  • 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.

  Qualifications

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

  Skills

  • Compassion
  • Accountability
  • Leadership
  • Strategic thinking
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Problem-solving
  • Medicare/Medicaid coverage understanding
  • Discharge and transfer planning
  • Employee management

  Benefits

  • PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
  • Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
  • Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship.