Director of Nursing at Addison Heights Health and Rehabilitation

ADDISON HEIGHTS is looking for a talented and dedicated Director of Nursing to join our team!

The ideal candidate will have extensive customer service skills, effective employee communication abilities and the desire to make a difference in the lives of employees and residents alike.

As Director of Nursing, you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties. Responsible for planning, organizing and directing the functions for the nursing department. You will assume the primary role in ensuring the delivery of high quality, efficient nursing care. Supervises Unit Managers, Clinical Nurses, and Nurse Assistants. In the absence of the Executive Director, you are charged with carrying out the resident care policies established by this facility.

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by the supervisors or managers to perform other duties. You will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks listed in this job description at anytime.

•Demonstrate respect and compassion in every interaction.

•Conduct oneself with the highest degree of honesty and integrity in every interaction.

•Demonstrate a passion for caring as evidenced by interactions with co-workers, residents, families, and visitors.

•Set and monitor achievement of goals and objectives for the nursing department consistent with established philosophy and standards of practice.

•Recruit and hire a sufficient number of qualified nursing staff to deliver efficient resident care in accordance with the established staffing plan.

•Establish, implement, and continually update competency/skills checklists for nursing staff.

•Prepare and assure adherence to an annual operating budget for the nursing department.

•Maintain and guide the implementation of current policies and procedures, which reflect adherence to corporate and external regulatory guidelines.

•Assure compliance with resident rights policies and work to resolve resident grievances.

•Establish and monitor compliance with an effective medical record documentation system.

•Establish and maintain productive lines of communication with residents and families, internal staff and external community.

•Prepare and submit reports on nursing department operations, as required.

•Actively participate in the quality improvement process for the facility.

•Participate in and/or provide inservice education sessions.

•Attend and participate in department/facility meeting, as required.

•Schedule, direct and document regular meetings with nursing staff to assure effective communication.

•Demonstrate respect and compassion in every interaction.

•Conduct oneself with the highest degree of honesty and integrity in every interaction.

•Demonstrate a passion for caring as evidenced by interactions with co-workers, residents, families and visitors.

•Participate in facility program development activities.

•Access continuing education opportunities appropriate to discipline and responsibilities.

•Assist surveyors and inspectors to facilitate regulatory compliance.

•Directs Nursing and Care Plan Team.

•May be trained and assigned to perform the Customer Care Liaison duties as needed.

•Perform other duties, as assigned.

THIS IS A SALARIED POSITION!!*

Job Type: Full-time