What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director Of Nursing position at Hopkins Nursing and Rehabilitation Center?
Are you a Registered Nurse with leadership skills seeking to advance your career? If you desire to utilize the clinical knowledge and leadership skills you possess to make a difference, consider joining our team! Our facility is comprised of professionals dedicated to maintaining the highest quality of life for those served while encouraging the support of family, friends, and community.
We have a rewarding career opportunity available for a Director of Nursing (DON). The DON is responsible for developing, directing, and monitoring all nursing-related operations within the facility. In order to provide the highest quality of care and services to our residents, applicant must possess strong management, leadership, and communication skills.
At our facility, it is more than a job- it’s an opportunity to be part of a family that deeply influences the lives of our residents on a daily basis. With a culture that is centered on teamwork and a mission to provide the highest quality care in a residential setting, you will find a sense of belonging and purpose.
Responsibilities:
Skills:
Benefits:
In addition to competitive pay, we are happy to offer the following benefits:
Equal opportunity employer.
We have a rewarding career opportunity available for a Director of Nursing (DON). The DON is responsible for developing, directing, and monitoring all nursing-related operations within the facility. In order to provide the highest quality of care and services to our residents, applicant must possess strong management, leadership, and communication skills.
At our facility, it is more than a job- it’s an opportunity to be part of a family that deeply influences the lives of our residents on a daily basis. With a culture that is centered on teamwork and a mission to provide the highest quality care in a residential setting, you will find a sense of belonging and purpose.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain nursing service policies and procedures to implement the program of care.
- Complete forms, reports, evaluations, studies related to nursing operations.
- Participate in facility surveys made by authorized government agencies.
- Participate in coordination of patient services through departmental and appropriate staff committee meetings (e.g. infection control, patient care policies, and quality control).
- Cooperate with the administration in planning the competence of the personnel. Specific attention is given to improving supervisory skills of the charge nurses, and multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.
- Participate in planning and budgeting for nursing services.
- Review the nursing requirements of each patient admitted to the facility and assist the attending physician, as needed in planning for each patient’s care.
- Establish a procedure for ensuring that nursing personnel have a valid and current license.
- Responsible for:
- Written job description for each level of nursing.
- Schedule for daily rounds to see all patients.
- Methods for coordination of nursing services with other patient services.
- Recommending the number and levels of nursing personnel to be employed.
- Hire all nursing department personnel.
- Prepare the work schedule for all nursing department personnel.
- Must be available after hours to remedy problems that arise in the nursing department.
- Responsibility for staffing, training, supervision, discipline, and schedule for department.
- Registered as a Nurse in the State of Kentucky.
Skills:
- Clinical Excellence
- Communication
- Leadership
- Management
- Organization
Benefits:
In addition to competitive pay, we are happy to offer the following benefits:
- RN Student Loan Payback Program!
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Company-Paid Life Insurance
- Health, Vision, & Dental
- Disability
- Accident, Critical Illness, & Hospital Indemnity Plans
Equal opportunity employer.
