Director of Nursing - TLNT

What You'll Do

• Develops, maintains, and implements nursing policies and procedures that conform to current standards of nursing practice, facility philosophy, and operational policies while maintaining compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
• Participates in admission decisions and may assess prospective residents at BRC, in their homes, or the hospital.
• Participates in weekly meetings with supervisor and/or nursing staff to discuss resident status, census changes, personnel, or resident/family complaints or concerns.
• Participates in the recruitment, hiring, and firing of nursing staff. Assures that sufficient staff are hired. Oversees the nursing staff schedules to assure that staff are trained and available to care for residents. Evaluates the work performance of all nursing personnel either directly or indirectly.
• Becomes an Eden Alternative Associate and maintains support for the Eden philosophy as evidenced by the use of language and adoption of Eden culture.
• Ensures delivery of compassionate quality care and nursing supervision as evidenced by adequate services and staff coverage in neighborhoods, absence of odors, general cleanliness, prevention of pressure wounds, and apparent maintenance of optimal resident functions.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the application of key clinical quality indicators and proactively monitors and implements systems to achieve and/or surpass company thresholds.
• Exercises overall supervision of resident assessments and care plans.
• Oversees and is responsible for the licensed nurses and state-tested nursing assistants' competency testing licenses and assures that in-service records are up to date.
• Review the shift reports from every neighborhood daily to monitor and ensure timely, effective responses to significant changes in condition, transfers, discharges, use of restraints, unexplained injuries, falls, behavioral episodes, and medication errors.
• Collaborates with physicians, consultants, community agencies, and institutions to improve the quality of services and resolve identified problems.
• Coordinates nursing services with all other departments, including Therapy. Proactively develops positive employee relations, incentives, and recognition programs. Promotes teamwork, mutual respect, and effective communication.
• Monitors staff for compliance with safety issues, OSHA, HIPAA, and infection control. Develops and maintains an infection control program for the organization. Submits an infection control report to the Quality Assurance and Process Improvement (QAPI) Committee.
• Participates in the QAPI Committee by identifying processes for improvement and leading the nursing department in all quality assurance activities. Reports to the committee nursing compliance with standards and regulatory requirements from information gathered in making rounds, interviews, and record reviews.
• Assists the Administrator in preparing staff for surveys, instructing staff on matters of conduct and disclosure, being interviewed by inspectors, and immediately correcting problems. Assists in the writing of plans of correction and enforcing past citations.
• Communicates directly with residents, family members, medical staff, nursing staff, and other staff members to coordinate care and services, promote participation in care plans, and maintain a high quality of life and care for residents.
• Promotes customer service and responds to complaints or concerns promptly. Monitors facility incidents and identifies those that require immediate action and reporting to the Administrator. As needed, makes reports to the Ohio Department of Health for suspected abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of property.
• Plans and oversees the Clinic and supervises the Medical Office Manager. Serves on various committees as needed, such as, but not limited to, QAPI and Compliance.
• Directs and controls assigned operations and information to maintain sound privacy and security practices and prevent privacy or security breaches. If a breach occurs, take corrective action.
• SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Manages four to six subordinate supervisors who supervise a total of approximately 130-150 employees in the Nursing and Assisted Living Departments. Also directly supervises one to three non-supervisory employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

What You Need

• EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Fifth-year college or university program certificate; or six to seven years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, as well as fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Registered Nurse by the State of Ohio.
• 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 essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Salary & Benefits

• Location: Greenville, OH
• Salary: $88,000-$95,000 per year
• Shift: 8 am-4:30 pm (may slightly vary as this is a salary job)
• Benefits: Health, dental, vision, life (Free policy in the amount of annual gross), supplemental life, STD and LTD (this is free to the employee), Accident and Critical Illness Supplemental Insurance. We have 403B, and we match after one year of service.
• Extra Benefits: On-campus Café and Gift Shop, 40 acres of beautiful landscape including ponds and walking trails, an onsite gym, and many other amenities that all staff can access.

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