Director of Nursing

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the nursing service department, as well as its programs and activities, in accordance with current rules, regulations and guidelines that govern the nursing care facilities.
• Develop, maintain, and periodically update written policies and procedures that govern the day-to-day functions of the nursing service department.
• Make written and oral reports/recommendations to the Administrator, as necessary/required, concerning the operation of the nursing service department.
• Develop methods for coordination of nursing services with other resident services to ensure the continuity of the residents’ total regimen of care.
• Maintain an ongoing quality assurance program for the nursing department.
• Participate in facility surveys made by authorized government agencies as necessary or as may be directed.
• Absorb and implement appropriate plans of action to correct identified deficiencies.
• Assist with discharge planning and perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies charting, etc.
• Monitor the facility’s QI, QM, and survey reports.
• Assist in the developing plans of action to correct potential or identified problem areas.
• Assist in calculating the number of direct nursing care personnel on duty each shift.
• Assign a sufficient number of licensed practical and/or registered nurses for each tour of duty to ensure that quality care is maintained.
• Assign a sufficient number of certified nursing assistants for each tour of duty to ensure that routing nursing care is provided to meet the daily nursing care needs of each resident.
• Develop work assignments and schedule duty hours, and/or assist nursing supervisory staff in completing and performing such tasks.
• Delegate to nursing personnel the administrative authority, responsibility and accountability necessary to perform their assigned duties.
• Make daily rounds of the nursing service department to ensure that all nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments.
• Assist the HR Director in developing performance evaluations on an annual basis for the nursing department.
• Ensure that departmental disciplinary action is administered fairly and proper documentation for such discipline is given to HR Director for personnel file.
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