Description

Discover the Miravida Difference 

Join the team and help shape our senior living community. Your work will contribute to a legacy of love and connection. Your journey with us will not only transform your life but also profoundly touch the lives of those around you. 

 Who We Are 

• Our History: In 1963, in the heart of Oshkosh, a special community took shape: Miravida Living, originally Lutheran Homes of Oshkosh. The journey began with a vision to create a senior living community overflowing with joy and avenues for fulfillment. 
• Our Campus: Miravida Living is home to a diverse array of living options, including 55 Retirement Living at Carmel Residence and Simeanna Apartments; Assisted Living, Respite, and Memory Care at Gabriel’s Villa and Elijah’s Place; as well as Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation at Bethel Home, Eden Meadows, and our Green House Homes.
• Our Beliefs: Our daily contributions shape an environment where love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are present every day for our teams and elders. When you join our team, you are united in this effort to create a community that embodies these virtues.
• Our Commitments: We believe every stage of life should be lived to the fullest and have made a commitment to our elders, thoughtfully designing opportunities and initiatives that enrich the mind, body, and spirit of our community members through six key areas:
  • Awaken: Faith and Reflection
  • Connect: Social Engagement
  • Contribute: Sharing and Mentoring
  • Discover: Intellectual Engagement
  • Explore: Environmental Experience
  • Strengthen: Moving and Nourishing

Who We Are Looking For 

Everyone on our team plays a crucial role in upholding our beliefs and commitments, and your contributions can significantly enhance our community's well-being. For this role, we are seeking a caring, dynamic Director of Nursing ready to bring their expertise and heart to our community. Within the Miravida Living community, you will: 

• Engage and Connect: Your interactions will make a profound difference in the lives of our residents, providing care that’s both healing and empowering.
• Lead and Inspire: As part of the team, you will be an example to peers, guiding them in providing top-notch care.
• Grow and Thrive: You will participate in a supportive environment that values your contributions and helps you to develop professionally.
• Embrace Inclusivity: As a team member, you will join a dedicated team that celebrates diversity and prioritizes inclusion in all aspects of our work.
• Well-being Priority: You will contribute to an environment that prioritizes not only the well-being of our residents but also yours.
• Meaningful Contributions: Your journey at Miravida Living is not just a job, but an opportunity to create meaningful connections in an environment of care and respect.

Essential Functions

Your daily contributions are key to shaping an environment where love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are discovered anew by both our team and the elders we serve.

Requirements

Nature and Scope

• The Director of Nursing reports to the Administrator. Reporting to this position are: the Assistant Director of Nursing, Nurse Leads, Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Unit Clerks.
• The Director of Nursing compliments the Administrator in planning, developing, and supervising the activities of licensed and non-licensed personnel who provide healthcare and nursing services to residents of Miravida Living. 
• This position develops and implements nursing services, objectives, and policies and procedures in accordance with Federal and State regulations.
• The Director of Nursing has a shared responsibility for selecting Nursing Department staff, completing employee evaluations, and resolving problems involving employee disciplinary action.
• The Director of Nursing shares responsibility for backing up RN staff on a 24-hour per day, 7 day per week basis.
• The Director of Nursing may confer with residents’ physicians on an occasional basis to clarify medical orders and direct care.

Responsibilities

• Recommends establishment or revision of policies, procedures, and methods and develops organizational structure and standards of performance.
• Advises and assists the Administrator and medical staff in planning and developing administrative and operational policies and procedures, facilities use and planning, and strategic planning.
• Coordinates implementation of methods and procedures to ensure achievement of objectives.
• Coordinates, integrates, and evaluates functions and activities of nursing program.
• Consults with Administrator, department heads, and others to coordinate nursing activities with other Eden Meadows activities.
• Interprets policies and objectives of nursing service to staff and community groups.
• Familiar with the full scope of the MDS Reimbursement processes including CAAS and RUGS, as it pertains to skilled nursing facilities. Assist with completion of MDS process.
• Analyzes and evaluates overall resident care program.
• Confers with nurse leaders and staff concerning problems of resident care.
• Develops and promotes cooperative working relationships with other hospitals and community agencies, and with other departments.
• Designs, implements, and evaluates nursing systems that ensure consistent delivery of care and maintains and promotes resident rights.
• Conducts nursing rounds on all units several times per day, including the beginning and end of shift.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates facility policies, procedures and guidelines on an annual and ongoing basis (i.e., nursing, pharmacy, lab, physicians, medical records, etc.)
• Ensures that residents are free from abuse, mistreatment, and neglect.
• Ensures nursing staff awareness and compliance with Federal and State regulation relative to resident rights issues.
• Assists the Administrator in the development and implementation of the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has overall supervisory responsibility for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nursing assistants, scheduling coordinator and related personnel as directed by the associate administrator/nursing program services.

Physical Expectations

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and stooping all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 20 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Required Education and/or Experience

• Bachelors of Nursing degree from an accredited school of nursing with current Wisconsin licensure as an RN and four to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Must complete ANNC certification within 90 days of acceptance of position and maintain membership and certification. 
• Must maintain wound care certification.
• Must complete any training required by CMS to serve as infection control consultant of Bethel Home, Inc.

AAP/EEO Statement

It is the policy of Miravida Living to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Miravida Living will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Further, this job description is not intended to serve as a contract for employment.