Director of Nursing

Join us at Orchard Health & Rehab– a place where you’ll be valued, recognized and rewarded for the vital work you do each day. We’ll surround you with a strong team and leadership that supports every aspect of your life – both inside and outside of our centers. And you’ll get to practice your passion  in a non-profit, mission-driven organization that’s known for the highest level of care in our communities
** ROLE OVERVIEW
** Knowledge and Experience
* Requires broad management knowledge to lead a team within a department or unit.
* Typically has mastery level knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with broad understanding of other areas within the department.
* Exhibits servant leadership by serving to negotiate and compromise with parties who may have conflicting objectives.

Team Oversight, Leadership &Talent Management
* Commits to Servant Leadership, further developing skills identified in our Attitudes & Attributes.
* Invests in mentorship – as a mentee and mentor.
* Manages a large team typically comprising of other Managers and/or experienced professionals.
* Typically has hiring, firing, promotion and reward authority within own area, in accordance with manager review and approval.

Strategy and Organizational Impact
* Manages large team which would typically consist of both experienced professionals and managers.
* Focuses on tactical and operational plans with short-to mid-term focus (1-2+ years).
* Problems faced may be difficult to moderately complex.
* Influences others outside of own job area regarding policies, practices, and procedures.

Focus, Innovation and Complexity
* Responsible for making moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems or services to enhance performance of department.
* Commits to the project management process. Strategically considering business case, resource investment, change management, and implementation elements at all stages of projects when a part of a project team.
* Communicates within and outside of the System, including partners, customers, or vendors.#

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
* Directs, evaluates, and supervises patient care and initiates corrective action as necessary.
* Assesses patient care needs and the development of individualized plans of patient care.
* Assesses patient needs and making recommendations for special rehabilitation programs.
* Evaluates patient care as related to individualized patient needs, family involvement and the physician's plan of care for the patient
* Maintains effective lines of communication with attending physicians.
* Monitors physician services (documentation and visits etc.) in accordance with current regulations.
* Maintains knowledge of documentation procedures including appropriate use of forms, timelines, and Medicare documentation etc.
* Maintains a working knowledge of current licensure standards and the survey process.
* Conducts or provides that patient care conferences are conducted.
* Assesses patient responses to medication and treatment, and makes appropriate recommendations for nursing action to be implemented.
* Provides that medications, treatments, diets, rehabilitation and restorative care is provided to patients in accordance with physician’s orders and the patient’s individual needs.
* Reports problems to the Administrator, conducts daily patient rounds, and initiates corrective action as necessary.
* Directs and provides implementation of educational programs, quality assurance program and infection control program.
* Establishes open lines of communication with consultants and consistently takes follow up action on recommendations.
* Consistently makes recommendations of level of care determinations, based on physician’s documentation and plan of care.
* Coordinates the care planning/MDS process and committee meetings as necessary.
* Assesses equipment and supply needs and makes recommendations to Administrator.
* Establishes an annual budget for submission to the governing body for approval.
* Provides for the purchase and availability of all necessary supplies.
* Required to participate in the planning and implementation of the nursing service budget.
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