Director of Nursing

About the role

The Director of Nursing (DON) is a registered nurse who oversees and supervises the care of all residents and also provides direct resident/patient care.

Responsibilities

• Overall management of the entire nursing department and staffing levels
• Develop and implement nursing policies and procedures and ensure compliance
• Responsible for ensuring resident safety and that all residents are treated with utmost respect
• Develop and conduct in-services for the clinical staff
• Responsible for the recruiting, hiring and training of nursing staff
• Coordinates pharmacy services and destruction of expired/discontinued medication
• Liaison between the facility, physicians and family members
• Being a witness at a trial in the event of litigation
• Work closely with all other departments to ensure excellent overall resident care
• Responsible for department budgeting and reporting
• Responsible for keeping current on any regulation changes and disseminating this information appropriately
• Participate in QA, Utilization Review and Patient Care conferences
• Actively participate in and assist with all state surveys and required follow-up activity
• Coordinate MDS and care planning
• Conduct employee appraisals and resolve problems including disciplinary actions and terminations
• Must maintain employee and resident/patient confidentiality at all times
• Provide direct/hands-on resident/patient care as needed

Supervisory Requirements

The Director of Nursing is responsible for supervising and managing the ADON and entire nursing staff either directly or indirectly.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an Accredited School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN), preferred
• Must be in good standing with the State Board of Nursing and maintain all required continuing education/licensing requirements at all times
• Minimum of 7 years nurse management experience preferred
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite products and Point Click Care (PCC)

Physical Demands

• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds
• Prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer
• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk and talk, read or hear
• Frequent use of all office related equipment including copier/scanner/fax, telephone, calculator
• Travel by auto or airline may be required

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.