Director of Nursing

4 weeks ago

Gurnee, United States Gurnee Place Memory Care Full time

**Position Title**:Director of Healthcare
**Department**:Operations **Location**:Community
**FLSA Status**:Exempt **Reports To**:Executive Director

**Director of Healthcare**

**SUMMARY**:Provides nursing care for residents according to established standards and practices relating to basic nursing, restorative, and personal care services where quality assurance, resident safety, and infection control are inherent responsibilities of the position.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Adheres to the scope of practice for nursing licensure per state regulatory guidelines.
- Monitors residents’ safety on a continuing basis, seeks assistance in emergencies, assists family members in times of stress or crisis, and performs established notification procedures during emergency situations.
- Prepares, administers, and charts the administration of prescribed medications; documents effectiveness and adverse reactions.
- Maintains and monitors MARs and EMARs on a daily basis and ensures accuracy.
- Ensures and performs personal comfort of residents during bathing, cleaning, feeding, bed rest and all other activities.
- Maintains a close working relationship with community leadership to foster resident family support and resident welfare.
- Attends meetings as required; works cooperatively with members of the management and care team, maintains effective interdepartmental an interpersonal relations with residents, staff, and visitors.
- Works to coordinate, support, and supervise home healthcare and hospice services for our residents.
- Ensures all resident documentation is complete and current while maintaining the standards set by the state and the company.
- Reviews incident reports and follow up notes regularly to ensure state reportable incidents are being reported, proper procedure is being followed and documented.
- Processes and implements physicians orders accurately and promptly, using nursing judgment.
- Conducts inventory of all medical/nursing supplies and places monthly order for needed medical supplies.
- Monitors the careful and efficient use of supplies; checks medical supplies and sees that equipment is clean, disinfected and functions prior to use.
- Communicates changes of resident’s conditions, status, and questions/challenges with community leadership and their responsible party.
- Prepares for and participates in care conferences.
- Takes and records, at predetermined intervals, vital signs such as temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, and blood pressure and measures intake as needed. Collects sputum, urine, and stool, discharge drainage and other specimens as ordered.
- Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints, and resolving problems.
- Must be available to staff 24 hours to answer questions regarding residents.
- Participates in all new resident admissions.
- Participates in the Manager-On-Duty (MOD) rotation schedule on the weekend. Oversees operations of the entire community during the assigned MOD rotation, addresses complaints, and resolves problems in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.
- Performs monthly supervisory visits to all Med Technicians in states where RN delegation is permitted.
- Verifies the training and competency of certified medication aides in states where permitted.

**Position Title**:Director of Healthcare
**Department**:Operations **Location**:Community
**FLSA Status**:Exempt **Reports To**:Executive Director
- Provides training and orientation to the caregivers and medication room for personal care supervisors and medication nurses in applicable regions.
- Provides accurate and timely information regarding resident assessments and status to regional RN for HSS data collection; submits monthly healthcare reports.
- Performs other administrative duties such as answering phones and other related duties.

**MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Supervises the Assistant Director of Healthcare as well as on-duty nurses and caregivers.

**QUALIFICATIONS**: _To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty _
- satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required._
- Completion of a Professional Nursing Program, approved by the state of which you are employed, and licensed to practice as a registered or licensed nurse.
- Minimum of three years' experience in Memory Care preferred. Some supervisory or leadership experience strongly desired.
- Demonstrates appropriate judgment skills to be able to make independent clinical decisions in routine and emergency resident care matters.
- High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations and documentation, and interaction with residents’ families and families experiencing loss.
- Attention to detail to ensure accuracy.
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