Vibra Staffing Extended Care Lafayette Hospital - Director of Nursing

Director of Nursing

Position Title:

Director of Nursing

The Director of Nursing develops and maintains nursing service goals, objectives, and standards of nursing practice, adheres to staffing plans, and develops Nursing Department policies and procedures. The Director of Nursing is responsible for organizing, developing, and directing nursing services and ensuring the delivery of quality nursing care. The Director of Nursing is actively involved in department activities, transdisciplinary team activities, and hospital activities to ensure individualized, patient-centered health care for all patient populations admitted to Specialty Hospital.

Has contact with patients in a clinical setting, understands and demonstrates appropriate behavior when interacting with patients in the adult (18‑65 years of age) and geriatric (65 and older) populations.

Directs the activities and personnel of the Nursing Department.

Five (5) to seven (7) years of nursing experience in an acute clinical environment including clinical management experience. Three (3) years of critical care or comparable experience is preferred. Two years of management experience.

Bachelor’s degree, or combination of an Associate’s degree in an approved Registered Nurse program and meaningful and appropriate experience.

Current RN licensure in the state where currently practicing; current BLS and ACLS certifications required. The Director of Nursing must maintain a current Registered Nurse licensure, BLS, and ACLS certifications while employed with the hospital.

• Holds around the clock 100% accountability for management of clinical nursing practice and patient care on a daily basis including safe patient care, staff attendance, and all functions regarding patient care.
• Implements changes necessary for the clinical departments involved to maintain and improve quality patient care.
• Ensures that each nurse on staff is properly licensed and abides by the standards for care established by the organization and state and federal laws.
• Assumes accountability for remaining current on standards of care as established by CMS, state standards and any licensing body involved in surveying the hospital; promotes compliance of standards on a daily basis.
• Participates in all admission decisions ensuring that the patient’s clinical needs can be met at the hospital.
• Ensures that daily patient assignments are commensurate with the level of education, training, and demonstrated competencies of personnel.
• Ensures nursing personnel use the nursing process in managing patient care and ensures continuity from admission through discharge.
• Participates in daily and weekly interdisciplinary team meetings to discuss patient status, census changes, pending admissions, discharges, etc.
• Communicates and interprets policies and procedures to nursing staff and monitors staff practices and implementation.
• Performs rounds to observe care and to interview staff, patients, families, and physicians.
• Monitors staff for compliance with OSHA mandates and facility policies on workplace safety.
• Monitors the nursing budgeted FTE level and makes changes according to the acuity of the patients and the needs of the hospital on a daily basis.
• Is accountable for the management of nursing personnel functions, seeks to recruit and retain an appropriate mix of qualified, competent nursing personnel as needed.
• Develops a plan for the nursing department that focuses on the provision of high‑quality, cost‑effective care for the patient that is consistent with the hospital’s strategic plan.
• Establishes, implements, and monitors the infection control program which is designed to prevent the development and transmission or disease and infection.
• Prepares and reviews infection control surveillance reports to identify trends and to develop effective actions to control and prevent infections.
• Provides written quarterly reports to the medical staff in regard to infection prevention and control process and quality issues.
• Reports mandatory quality and infection control data to the appropriate regulatory body within the…