Director of Nursing

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION: Responsible for coordinating, implementing, assessing, and supervising nursing care throughout the facility on all shifts.

 CUSTOMERS/CLIENTS SERVED BY POSITION:

Board members, Staff, Residents, family members, guests, vendors, and other outside clients served by Ovation Communities.

JOB DUTIES:

• Develops, updates, evaluates and monitors staff compliance with nursing service objectives, standards of nursing practice, nursing policy and procedure manuals, written job descriptions and State, Federal of JCAHO regulations; in-services staff to above when necessary. 
• Provides administrative supervision over any or all residents and Home areas and activities, as necessary.
• Acts as liaison between the Home’s President, Administrator, Medical Director and nursing departments.
• Plans and budgets for the nursing department, i.e. personnel, equipment, supplies, and services, ensures that appropriate supplies and equipment are available for resident care.  Reviews, evaluates and recommends use of new products, instructional materials, services and equipment.
• Coordinates resident admissions and readmissions process with social service and determines level of care and appropriate floor/room placement, and Medicare eligibility.  Monitors completion of MDS/RAPS and the care plan.
• Coordinates discussion/conferences of nursing service policies and procedures, between nursing and all other departments, to facilitate their introduction and integration into various resident care services.
• Participates in union activities, negotiations and grievances.
• Supervises and evaluates utilization of dental, optometry and podiatry services.
• Supervises laboratory, transportation, consultation and emergency care services provided to residents from outside the Home.
• Monitors and evaluates pharmacy performance and reviews billing.
• Coordinates supervision of medical records, central supply and medical services.
• Reviews documentation on all accident/incident reports and deaths to ensure that appropriate nursing actions were taken, recommends follow-up actions as necessary.
• Reviews and monitors all medication errors for follow up actions and trends.
• Acts as a resource person for serious resident/family concerns or changes in condition and participates in direct care nursing to meet emergency needs.
• Routinely monitors resident care and grooming, room cleanliness and odor, safety and floor organization.
• Interviews, reviews documentation and recommends hires, suspensions, terminations, leave of absences, loans, changes in position or shifts, in–services/seminars and raises for nursing staff.
• Ensures that the duties of nursing personnel are clearly defines and assigned to staff members consistent with their level of education, preparations, experience and licensing of each.
• Reviews and recommends hire or termination of private duty personnel.
• Reviews all nursing personnel schedules and grants or refuses requests for changes, part-time, over-time, or poor utilization.  Approves changes necessary to assure adequate coverage on all shifts.
• Monitors staff attendance, punctuality and retention and recommends follow-up actions, as necessary.