DON- Director of Nursing

## About the role - Overall management of the entire nursing department and staffing levels. - Develop and implement nursing policies and procedures and ensure compliance. - Responsible for ensuring resident safety and that all residents are treated with utmost respect. - Develop and conduct in services for the clinical staff. - Responsible for the recruiting, hiring and training of nursing staff. - Coordinates pharmacy services and destruction of expired/discontinued medication. - Liaison between the facility, physicians and family members. - Being a witness at a trial in the event of litigation. - Work closely with all other departments to ensure excellent overall resident care. - Responsible for department budgeting and reporting. - Responsible for keeping current on any regulation changes and disseminating this information appropriately. - Participate in QA, Utilization Review and Patient Care conferences. - Actively participate in and assist with all state surveys and required follow up activity. - Coordinate MDS and care planning. - Conduct employee appraisals and resolve problems including disciplinary actions and terminations. - Must maintain employee and resident/patient confidentiality at all times. - Provide direct/hands on resident/patient care as needed. ## Supervisory Requirements - The Director of Nursing is responsible for supervising and managing the ADON, and entire nursing staff either directly or indirectly. ## Qualifications ### Education and/or Experience - Minimum requirements to perform this position include: - Graduation from an Accredited School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred (BSN). - Must be in good standing with the State Board of Nursing and maintain all required continuing education/licensing requirements at all times. - Minimum of 7 years nurse management experience preferred. ### Language Skills - Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. - Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. - Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees. ### Mathematical Skills - Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations. ### Reasoning Ability - Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. - Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. ### Certificates, Licenses, Registrations - To perform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient in the Microsoft Suite products and Point Click Care (PCC). ## Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. - Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. - Prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer. - While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and talk, read or hear. - Frequent use of all office related equipment to include: copier/scanner/fax, telephone, calculator. - Travel by auto or airline may be required. ## Work Environment - The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. - Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. ## Additional Information - Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. - Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. - The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.