UPLANDS VILLAGE

                    JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title: Director of Nursing           

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department: Nursing – WNH & Wellness Center   

Reports to: Administrator/Director of Health Services

Position summary:  Manages and oversees all aspects of nursing service and supervises nursing staff at Wharton Nursing Home and Wellness Center.  Meets all regulatory requirements and maintains quality nursing care within budget.

Works cooperatively and respectfully with residents, coworkers, families, visitors, and volunteers to create a positive and pleasant environment in the home. Promotes the residents' psychosocial well-being through meaningful relationship building, and works with the household team to meet other social service needs of the resident and of the household, always providing support, friendship and kindness for each of the household members. All tasks are performed in accordance with current standards, policies, guidelines and regulations and in a safe and efficient manner.

Essential skill and experience:

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing; current Tennessee license to practice as a registered nurse.
• Computer proficiency, including word and excel
• Leadership, a demonstrated ability to lead people in a positive manner and achieve results.
• Excellent management experience.
• Three years Medicare Skilled Nursing experience
• Proficient reading, writing, grammar, and mathematics skills; strong interpersonal relations, and communicative skills; auditory and visual skills; satisfactory completion of post-offer, pre-employment physical as required
• Time management: the ability to organize and manage multiple priorities.

Preferred skill and experience:

• A minimum of five year’s prior experience management preferred
• Three years experience in geriatrics preferable.

Reporting to this position: MDS Coordinator, Admission department, Coordinator of Social Services, ADON

Essential Duties:

1. Determine the kind and amount of nursing care needed to meet the needs of the resident and to achieve the objectives of the nursing home.
2. Develop a nursing organization structure.
3. Responsible for all Licensed Nurse staffing and payroll.
4. Coordinates the PAE/PASRR process with Culture Change/Staff Development and MDS.
5. Oversees and manages Wharton Homes.
6. Assign responsibility and delegate authority.
7. Carry on continuous evaluation of needs and services as concerns nursing care.
8. Work with nursing personnel to continually upgrade and improve nursing care to residents.
9. Develop a nursing care plan, with MDS Coordinator, for each resident and insure that this plan is reviewed and revised as necessary.
10. Participate in the selection of prospective residents in terms of the nursing service they need and the capability of the facility to supply the needed service.
11. Works with nurses on skin assessment and treatments to reduce skin breakdown.
12. Coordinates with the MDS Coordinator to monitor resident medication and reduction of psychotropic medications.
13. Work with consultants (dietary, psych, pharmacist, etc.) and as necessary implement recommended changes.
14. Participate in MDS/Care Plan meetings  and Quality Assurance Committee.
15. Encourage and facilitate further study and experience gaining activities for professional nurses.
16. Assist charge nurse in carrying out their assignments.
17. Review complaints and reports to Administrator.
18. Participate in policy planning for personnel and patient care; reviewing and updating at least annually.
19. Projects the nursing budget needs to the Administrator.
20. Perform supervisor responsibilities including:  interviewing, orienting, evaluating, disciplining and discharging employees according to Company policy.
21. Attend in-service and supervisor training.
22. Coordinates with MDS and Eden/Staff Development in facilitating staff education.
23. Coordinates with Administrator and Executive Director with the facilities Assessment
24. Serves as the weekend Registered Nurse as needed and nursing on call provider
25. May serve as the Infection Control Preventionist  monitoring the Antibiotic Stewardship program
26. Any other duty as directed by the Administrator/Director of Health Care Services.

Essential Expectations:

1. The employee is expected to adhere to all Uplands policies and model adherence to Uplands policies.
2. Maintain the comfort, privacy, and dignity of each resident in the delivery of services to them.  Interact with residents in a manner that displays warmth and promotes a caring environment. Comply with HIPAA regulations.
3. Fully understand all aspects of residents’ rights, including the right to be free of restraints and free of abuse.  Responsible for promptly reporting to Administrator incidents or evidence of resident abuse or violation of residents’ rights, following abuse procedure.
4. Must execute nursing service to meet Uplands objectives
5. Must coordinate with management team to ensure effective nursing service standards.
6. Must develop nursing policies and controls to ensure nursing compliance according to State nursing standards.
7. Comply with current law and policy to provide a work environment free from harassment and illegal and discriminatory behavior.

Organizational behaviors and standards:

• Friendly- Actively seeks opportunities to provide outstanding service to others.
• Resident Care- Consistently anticipates and meets each resident’s directed service needs.
• Caring and Compassionate- Purposefully takes the time to listen, keep residents informed and offer empathy.
• Energetic Teamwork- Actively supports others, works with others, and makes others look good. Provides leadership that empowers other members of the team to meet the resident’s wants and needs.
• Leadership and Professionalism- Displays pride in work and Uplands.
• Problem solving- Utilize ‘win/win’ problem solving model when attempting to solve work related problems.
• Environmental- Demonstrates safe work habits, genuinely takes pride in the appearance of the overall work area.
• Communication- Demonstrates appropriate communication related to face-to-face communication, telephone, answering calls, placing a call on hold, transferring calls, voice mail, use of speaker phone, and email.
• Commitment- Demonstrates commitment to the organization’s vision, mission and values, co-workers, and self-development.  Commitment to eliminate loneliness, helplessness, and boredom in the lives of residents.
• Diversity- Engages in interactions with an open mind while being non-judgmental and treats everyone with dignity and respect.
• Attendance- Regular and reliable attendance.
• Confidentiality- Protects confidentiality and privacy.
• Safety- Contributes to a culture of safety.

Physical demands and Work Environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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.

• Physical demands:  See attached Physical Requirements form
• Work environment:  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to odors, body fluids, and infections.  Subject to bruises, scratches etc. from patients.  The noise level is usually moderate.

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• Receipt of the job description does not imply nor create a promise of employment, nor an employment contract of any kind, and that my employment is at-will.
• The job description provides a general summary of the position in which I am employed, that the contents of this job description are job requirements and, at this time, I know of no limitation, which would prevent me from performing these functions with or without accommodation.  I further understand that it is my responsibility to inform my supervisor at any time that I am unable to perform these functions.

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