Director of Nursing

Join us at  

Stevens Park Health & Rehab

– a place where you’ll be valued, recognized and rewarded for the vital work you
do each day. We’ll surround you with a strong team and leadership that supports
every aspect of your life – both inside and outside of our centers. And you’ll
get to practice your passion  in a non-profit, mission-driven organization
that’s known for the highest level of care in our communities

Role Overview

Knowledge and Experience

* Requires broad management knowledge to lead a team within a department or
unit.
* Typically has mastery level knowledge and skills within a specific technical
or professional discipline with broad understanding of other areas within the
department.

* Exhibits servant leadership by serving to negotiate and compromise with
parties who may have conflicting objectives.

Team Oversight, Leadership &Talent Management

* Commits to Servant Leadership, further developing skills identified in our
Attitudes & Attributes.
* Invests in mentorship – as a mentee and mentor.
* Manages a large team typically comprising of other Managers and/or
experienced professionals.
* Typically has hiring, firing, promotion and reward authority within own area,
in accordance with manager review and approval.

Strategy and Organizational Impact

* Manages large team which would typically consist of both experienced
professionals and managers.
* Focuses on tactical and operational plans with short-to mid-term focus (1-2+
years).
* Problems faced may be difficult to moderately complex.
* Influences others outside of own job area regarding policies, practices, and
procedures.

 Focus, Innovation and Complexity

* Responsible for making moderate to significant improvements of processes,
systems or services to enhance performance of department.
* Commits to the project management process. Strategically considering business
case, resource investment, change management, and implementation elements at
all stages of projects when a part of a project team.
* Communicates within and outside of the System, including partners, customers,
or vendors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

* Directs, evaluates, and supervises patient care and initiates corrective
action as necessary.
* Assesses patient care needs and the development of individualized plans of
patient care.
* Assesses patient needs and making recommendations for special rehabilitation
programs.
* Evaluates patient care as related to individualized patient needs, family
involvement and the physician's plan of care for the patient
* Maintains effective lines of communication with attending physicians.
* Monitors physician services (documentation and visits etc.) in accordance
with current regulations.
* Maintains knowledge of documentation procedures including appropriate use of
forms, timelines, and Medicare documentation etc.
* Maintains a working knowledge of current licensure standards and the survey
process.
* Conducts or provides that patient care conferences are conducted.
* Assesses patient responses to medication and treatment, and makes appropriate
recommendations for nursing action to be implemented.
* Provides that medications, treatments, diets, rehabilitation and restorative
care is provided to patients in accordance with physician’s orders and the
patient’s individual needs.
* Reports problems to the Administrator, conducts daily patient rounds, and
initiates corrective action as necessary.
* Directs and provides implementation of educational programs, quality
assurance program and infection control program.
* Establishes open lines of communication with consultants and consistently
takes follow up action on recommendations.
* Consistently makes recommendations of level of care determinations, based on
physician’s documentation and plan of care.
* Coordinates the care planning/MDS process and committee meetings as
necessary.
* Assesses equipment and supply needs and makes recommendations to
Administrator.
* Establishes an annual budget for submission to the governing body for
approval.
* Provides for the purchase and availability of all necessary supplies.
* Required to participate in the planning and implementation of the nursing
service budget.
* Develops relationships with community agencies providing services of benefit
to the nursing center.
* Communicates well with patients and family members providing warm and
friendly greeting and an approachable attitude to family/visitors/patients/
and responds to expressed concerns while displaying a helpful, caring
demeanor, answers questions when appropriate in a professional manner.
* Operates the nursing department in accordance with the organization’s
established guidelines, and in compliance with federal, state, and local
regulations.
* Demonstrates appropriate/effective supervisory skills that include fair and
uniformly applied corrective actions administered without regard to race,
color, creed, national origin, age, sex, religion, handicap or marital
status.
* Attends and participates in continuing educational programs to keep abreast
of changes in your field as well as to maintain current
license/certification, as required.

Skills and Abilities

* Proficient in using a computer, especially Microsoft Office, Excel and Power
Point.
* Excellent organizational and prioritizing skills required
* Effective and professional verbal, and written communication skills
* Communicates well with other associates, patients, family members, and
visitors providing warm and friendly greeting and an approachable attitude.
Responds to expressed concerns while displaying a helpful, caring demeanor,
answers questions when appropriate in a professional manner.

Minimum Qualifications

A RN nursing degree from an accredited college or university.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Responsible for the supervision of the Nursing Services department. 

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and
maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports
and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or
associates of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using
whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished
in written, oral or diagram format.  The ability to deal with problems involving
several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Application Skills

This job requires proficiency with the following computer applications:

Microsoft Outlook                  Microsoft Excel                     
Microsoft Word

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Please see minimum qualifications

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met
by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to
sit, talk or hear.  The associate frequently is required to walk.  Use hands to
finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.  The associate is
occasionally required to stand.  Specific vision abilities required by this job
include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

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