Director of Nursing

Job Details

Level: Management

Job Location:

Battle Creek, MI 49017

Position Type:
Full Time

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Travel Percentage:
Negligible

Job Category:
Nurse

• Collaborative environment dedicated to clinical excellence
• Multiple Career Development Pathways
• Company Supported Continuing Education and Certification
• Multiple Health Plan Design Options Available
• Flexible Dental and Vision Plan Options
• 100% Company Paid EAP Emotional Well-Being Support
• 100% Company Paid Critical Illness (with health enrollment plan)
• 100% Company Paid Life and ADD
• 401K with Company Match
• Company-Sponsored HSA, FSA, and DSA Tax Savings Accounts
• Generous Team Member Referral Program
• Parental Leave

The Director of Nursing (DON) is responsible for coordinating and supervising the facility’s nursing staff. The position is responsible for ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment. The Director of Nursing provides direct client care, takes physician orders, prepares, and administers resident medications, and coordinates outside diagnostic or medical services as ordered by the physician. This position will serve as the Infection Control Designee.

• Within the organization:
  Maintains frequent and close working relationships with the facility CEO, National Director of Admissions, Nursing team, Milieu Supervisor, facility leadership, peers and vendors.
• Outside the organization:
  May initiate and maintain working relationships with clinical providers, referral partners, clients and vendors as needed and directed.

• Provides leadership and supervision to the nursing team, including hiring, training, coaching and performance management.
• Able to assess suicide/homicide risk and create clinically appropriate interventions.
• Demonstrates an understanding of identifying abuse/neglect in client population.
• Documentation is timely, thorough, follows format, satisfies requirements, and outlines plan of care/therapy issues, assessments, safety issues, and is handled in a highly confidential manner.
• Demonstrates the ability to chart vitals, daily assessments, group notes, shift notes, and enters physician orders.
• Completes comprehensive nursing assessments and aids in the development of a treatment plan.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform physical assessments including vital signs and to recognize symptoms and distress of clients in treatment.
• Administers medications; provides education to clients and their families about medications; completes medication orders/refills per physician's orders.
• Provides medication management and oversight ensuring accurate accounting of medication charting, procedures, and training for all nursing staff.
• Manages the nursing area ensuring medications are secured and only authorized individuals have access.
• Ensures all admission/discharge nursing duties are conducted and documented within required time frames.
• Documented assessment of abnormal involuntary movements (AIMS) in clients receiving antipsychotic medications.
• Works closely with vendors and contractors providing clinical services (e.g., pharmacy, lab, biohazard pick-up, etc.) to ensure proper communication and procedures are followed; provides account management.
• Demonstrates proper management of biohazards.
• Oversees and performs daily vital signs/glucose monitoring of clients.
• Oversees medical issues daily and reports issues to Nurse Practitioner as needed.
• Oversees and performs medication distribution and documentation.
• Orders medication and ensures proper delivery from pharmacy.
• Works with insurance companies on patient medications, completes insurance forms, and calls as needed.
• Oversees and performs blood draws, following up on lab values as needed.
• Takes medication orders from MD/NP and conducts daily medication order follow-up.
• Maintains medical supply inventory and places supply orders as needed.
• Coordinates external client medical appointments with team members.
• Ensures effective communication between medical/nursing staff, medical vendors, and C.N.A/Behavioral Technician team.
• Works closely with registered dietitians on client weight restoration needs/issues.
• Monitors all labs/EKGs/other…