Director of Nursing

Essential Duties

• 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.
• Coincides with 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.
• Cook up MDS and care planning.
• Conduct employee appraisals and resolve problems including disciplinary actions and terminations.
• Maintain employee and resident/patient confidentiality at all times.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an Accredited School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred (BSN).
• 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.

Physical Demands

• Sometimes lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
• Prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer.
• Regularly sit, stand, walk and talk, read or hear.
• Frequent use of all office related equipment to include: 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.