Director of Nursing

Description/Summary

The purpose of the Director of Nursing position is to plan, direct, and monitor all nursing activities for Pleasant View Nursing Home, establish goals for the nursing department, and ensure healthcare policies are followed.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop and update nursing philosophy, objectives, guidelines, and standards of practice.
• Evaluate resident and nursing staff needs.
• Consult with nursing supervisors and staff regarding resident's condition and nursing staff concerns during daily rounds.
• Develop and implement nursing guidelines in compliance with State and Federal codes and regulations, including developing information and guideline forms, nursing staff training and education, resident/family communication policy.
• Maintain knowledge of current State, Federal, and local laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances regarding long-term nursing care.
• Review admissions to determine level of care required. Approve new resident admissions. Contact referring agency/individual for assessment. Analyze admission forms for accuracy and completeness. Notify Medical Director and/or administrator for potential problems/concerns.
• Aid social services in determining room assignments/transfers.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervise nursing staff; including recruitment, interviewing potential employees, and recommending hires.
• Coordinate continuing education with nursing supervisors.
• Evaluate nursing supervisors' job performance.
• Review all nursing staff performance evaluations.
• Oversee/authorize discipline/discharge, and transfers.
• Monitor staffing levels for compliance.
• Review time sheets.
• Review nursing staff incident/accident reports.
• Assign staff to light duty in consultation with administration and personnel.
• Coordinate nursing guidelines with other departments and services including social services, housekeeping, activities, various therapists, barbers, and beauticians.
• Coordinate restraint and drug reduction for all residents.
• Review MDSs, quarterly reviews, risk assessments for developing resident problems.
• Participate in QA process in area of nursing services.
• Prepare agendas for weekly professional nursing staff meetings.
• Participate in State and Federal nursing home surveys and recommend and implement deficiencies correction.
• Participate in on-call for nursing management problems.
• Represent nursing staff in community and professional activities.
• Maintain communication with residents/families and community.
• Act as resident advocate.
• Develop long-range nursing service plan.
• Participate in developing nursing service budget and recommend equipment purchases.
• Oversee infection prevention program including antibiotic stewardship.
• Communicate and monitor ancillary medical providers including pharmacy.
• Ensure facility is up to date with changes in nursing standard best practices.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or Bachelor's degree or diploma in nursing, Wisconsin Registered Nurse license with seven years RN experience, including three in a supervisory capacity, or any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Bachelor’s degree and experience in long-term nursing preferred.
• An excellent attendance record is required.

Education and Experience

• Wisconsin Registered Nurse license.

Reasoning Abilities

• Ability to use functional reasoning development in performing functions within influence systems such as associated with supervising, managing, leading, teaching, directing, and controlling.
• Ability to apply situational reasoning ability by exercising judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving the direction, control, and planning of an entire program or set of programs.

Physical Demands

• Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet, and limbs in performing semi-skilled movements involved in nursing practice.
• Ability to exert moderate physical stress in sedentary to light work, involving climbing and balancing.
• Ability to stoop, squat, bend, kneel, reach, twist, climb, and balance approximately 1-33%.
• Ability to use both right and left hands for repetitive actions such as grasping, grasping and turning, fine manipulation, speed work.
• Ability to operate equipment and machinery requiring simple, periodic adjustments.
• Ability to move and guide material using simple tools.
• Ability to operate mechanical lifts, stethoscope, sphygmomanometer, and thermometers.
• Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet, and limbs in performing slightly skilled movements such as cutting, reading care plans, walking to assist residents.
• Ability to recognize and identify degrees of similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, forms, sounds, tastes, odors, textures, etc. associated with objects, materials, and ingredients.

Work Environment

• In regard to environment factors, work under moderately safe and comfortable conditions with potential factors such as odors, smoke, potential violence, noise, disease.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• Long-term Disability Insurance.
• Short-Term Disability Insurance.
• Retirement through Wisconsin Retirement System.
• BESTflex.
• PTO.
• Vacation.