RN Director of Nursing

RN LICENSE REQUIRED

Salary : $70,000-80,000 (actual rate of pay will be based on experience)

• Oversee and coordinate personal care and services for residents
• Oversee and coordinate employee records and ensure compliance with state regulations
• Monitors and supervises daily personal hygiene of residents and reports any changes in residents’ physical conditions to family and physician as appropriate
• Manages the resident medication program including adherence to physician orders, ordering of new medications and medication changes, ensures quality of medication assistance  and / or administration of meds  to residents, and management of the pharmacy provider relationship
• Communicates effectively on an ongoing basis with residents, families, management, staff, medical personnel, vendors, etc.
• Coordinates move-in and move-out of residents
• Supervises & schedules care staff.  Flexibility and willingness to work in care staff roles when needed.
• Participates in on-call rotation with other department heads
• Works closely with the director of food services to coordinate health care and food service needs
• Assists with overall marketing
• Functions as Executive Director’s designee in the absence of the Executive Director
• Must be currently certified in CPR, or gain certification immediately upon hire
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including listening skills
• RN license required.
• Must have two years’ experience in geriatrics or equivalent.
• Preferred candidate will have ALF / SCALF experience.
• Familiar with gerontology and an overall view of health care delivery, including State regulations
• Must have an overall “caring” personality and attitude.  Candidate must possess excellent organizational skills, great time-management skills, and have the ability to multi-task.
• Must be able to lift 75 pounds unassisted and 125 pounds per person in a two-person lift
• Must have valid driver’s license
• We are a drug-free workplace. We do perform criminal background checks and substance abuse testing.