RN

Traveling Nurse - Full Time

The Director of Nursing Services plans, organizes, develops, directs and evaluates the nursing service operation to deliver the highest degree of quality resident care while ensuring that applicable Federal, State and local standards and regulatory requirements are adhered to.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Participates in the yearly business and budget planning for the Nursing department. Monitor and adjust licensed nursing staffing levels, care coordination and delivery, supply inventories, labor cost, supply cost, and quality of care goals.
• Assures appropriateness of resident admission to the facility by reviewing pre-admission medical evaluations, collecting resident personal data, evaluating resident functional levels and assessing resident needs for assistance with activities of daily living.
• Assists physicians and Directors of Assisted Living and Memory Care with planning for the individual resident’s nursing care and completes resident assessment forms.

Works with providers such as pharmacy, hospice, home health agencies, and rehab to ensure resident care is coordinated.

• Assures resident rights are protected and the privacy of resident health care information is protected.
• Meets with prospective and current residents and their families to discuss issues related to resident care, solve problems, and promotes positive customer relations.

Assures problems and complaints are managed in a timely and appropriate manner.

• Responsible for leading Health Maintenance meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to provide for a regular review of resident individual service plans, note changes in residents’ condition, and coordinate changes in care plans with service providers such as physicians, pharmacy, and rehab providers to meet resident requirements.
• Monitors Key Business Objective indicators and participates in regular reviews to identify improvement opportunities and level of compliance with Federal and State rules and regulations and community policies.

Develops plans and actions to carry out improvements.

• Attends and participates in workshops, seminars and other programs to keep abreast of changes in the healthcare field. Shares and communicates new knowledge.
• Reviews effectiveness of resident service plan care notes, medication administration records, treatment administration records and other required record keeping.

Directs changes as needed.

• Represents the community and nursing service in professional and community activities and maintains positive relationship with referral sources and service providers.
• Interviews, makes hiring recommendations, trains, orients, supervises, evaluates performance, and disciplines licensed nursing personnel.

Sets departmental priorities and makes job assignments. Keeps employees informed of changes that affect them.

• Attend training courses and participate in other professional development activities to meet community requirements and maintain professional certification..
• Report any suspicion or evidence of elder abuse, mistreatment or neglect as outlined in Personnel Policies.
17 days ago