Director of Nursing ***Sign on Bonus

Director Of Nursing

Area Of Supervision:
Assist Director Of Nursing, RN, LPN, NA, CNA, Restorative Aide, and all other nursing staff and coordinate care with other department.

Duties And Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain the nursing-service objectives, standards of nursing practice, nursing policy and procedures manuals, written job descriptions for each level of nursing personnel; make daily rounds, coordinate nursing services with other resident services; staff the recommended number and levels of nursing personnel to be employed; and staff development.

Participate in planning, budgeting, and the development and implementation of resident-care policies; plan and conduct orientation programs for personnel; plan and conduct scheduled in-service training for all direct resident-care personnel; participate in medical reviews as dictated by the resident's levels of care.

The person holding this position is delegated the responsibility for carrying out the assigned duties and responsibilities in accordance with current existing federal and state regulations and established company policies and procedures.

Essential Functions:

• Recommends numbers and types of nursing personnel necessary to provide care and to maintain compliance with facility mission and with regulations.
• Develops staffing plans that assure sufficient numbers of qualified, competent nursing staff to meet resident care needs.
• Ensures 24 hour availability as nursing administration resource by providing on-call and telephone access or designating an alternate, qualified nursing staff member to do so.
• Provides direction to nursing staff to execute tasks necessary to implement operational objectives.
• Establishes criteria to assure that services provided meet established standards of quality.
• Supervises development of in-service education programs designed to equip nursing staff with sufficient knowledge and skills to provide nursing and nursing related services to each resident.
• Provides regular performance reviews, take appropriate job actions, review job actions taken by subordinates to assure that staff meet qualification and performance standards and perform all essential functions of their respective jobs.
• Performs essential functions of Charge Nurse if needed.
• Maintain current skills and knowledge through continuing education and apply information to job responsibilities.

• Communicate and interpret policies and procedures to nursing staff.
• Monitors practice for effective implementation.
• Establish criteria to assure that services provided meet established standards of quality.
• Compliance with and communication to staff of facility policies and procedures for workplace safety, including infection control procedures, application of universal precautions for blood borne pathogens, use of personal protective equipment, and handling of hazardous materials.
• Communicate emergency and disaster procedures of facility to nursing staff

• Direct or provide staff to direct care needs of residents.
• Conduct or provide staff to conduct resident assessments as required, developing plans of care, evaluating residents' responses to interventions, and documenting clinical records effectively in compliance with state and federal requirements
• Establish and implement or provide staff to establish and implement an infection control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and to prevent the development and transmission of disease and infection.
• Review or provide staff to review infection control surveillance reports to identify trends and to develop effective actions to control and prevent infections in the facility.
• Establish and implement or provide staff to establish and implement restorative care program for residents.
• Communicate directly with residents, families,…