Director of Nursing - RN

Essential Functions

• 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.
• Recruiting, hiring, and training of nursing staff.
• Carefully coordinates pharmacy services and destruction of expired/discontinued medication.
• Liaison between the facility, physicians, and family members.
• Be 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.
• Stay current on any regulation changes and disseminate this information appropriately.
• Participate in QA, Utilization Review, and Patient Care conferences.
• Coordinate MDS and care planning.
• Conduct employee appraisals and resolve problems including disciplinary actions and terminations.
• Maintain employee and resident/patient confidentiality at all times.
• Provide direct/hands-on resident/patient care as needed.
• Supervise and manage the ADON and entire nursing staff either directly or indirectly.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirements to perform this position include: 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.
• 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.
• Reasoning 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.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Suite products and Point Click Care (PCC).