Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here. If you’re looking for a job to love, apply today.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Gundersen Health System is seeking a full-time, salaried Director of Nursing for Tweeten Care Center in Spring Grove, MN. 

What you will do:

• In collaboration with the Administrator, provide strategic leadership and administrative direction for the practice of nursing at Gundersen Tweeten Care Center

• Ensure the delivery of safe, resident/family-centered, evidence-based, culturally competent, age-relevant, high quality and efficient nursing care

• Ensure that long term care practice is consistent with professional nursing practice standards, applicable legal statutes and state regulations addressing nursing practice and the delivery of health care

• Manage and lead 53 staff including RNs, LPNs, CNAs, nursing assistants, and scheduler to ensure optimal functioning in day-to-day operations

• Rotating on-call approximately 1-2 times/every 2 weeks

What you need:

• Graduate of an accredited RN program

• Minnesota RN License

• 3 years of geriatric nursing experience, with a minimum of two years of the three in a skilled nursing facility desired

What you will get:

• Gundersen's generous compensation and benefit package, including our top-rated retirement plan

• Initial and ongoing leader development and support

Gundersen Health System Hospital and Clinics comprises 7 hospitals and 33 clinics. We bring care close to home for our patients in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.  Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care and the right amount of love. We call it love + medicine and it’s more than our practice. It is who we are

Job Description:

In collaboration with the Administrator and other appropriate leaders: Provides strategic leadership and administrative direction for the practice of nursing at Gundersen Tweeten Care Center. Evaluates, develops, recommends, and assists in implementing a Nursing Practice Model and Resident Care Delivery Model that provides for the delivery of safe, resident/family-centered, evidence-based, culturally competent, age-relevant, high quality and efficient nursing care across the system. Ensures the accomplishment of the organization's mission by ensuring that long term care practice is standardized and consistent with professional nursing practice standards, applicable legal statutes and state regulations addressing nursing practice and the delivery of health care that provides for congruent care standards that cross the continuum. Promotes and facilitates an interdisciplinary approach to patient care that encourages staff to perform to the highest level within their identified scope of practice.

STRATEGIC RELEVANCE -- SUMMARY

To advance its position as an innovator and leading health care system, Gundersen Health System (GHS) must continue to demonstrate superior outcomes, provide seamless delivery of care, and ensure competitive cost structures. It must also stay at the cutting edge of emerging technologies and new delivery models that will transform healthcare. The System must anticipate and respond effectively to evolving market and environmental trends, (e.g., shifts in payment models, value-based purchasing, transparency of outcomes and information technology) that will impact the delivery of health care services.

The Director is responsible for proactively anticipating the impact of these forces and trends and developing and managing the effective response from their AOR (area-of-responsibility). The Director collaborates with others to establish and achieve GHS’ strategic mission and goals: 1) demonstrate superior quality and safety through the eyes of patients and caregivers; 2) demonstrate superior service through the eyes of patients and colleagues; 3) attract, develop and retain a talented and engaged workforce; 4) demonstrate affordability of care; and 5) achieve programmatic growth. The Director serves as the direct link between System strategies and the management and staff of their AOR.

POSITION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Director,