Director Of Nursing

General Purpose

Define the roles and responsibilities of the Director of Nursing (DON).

The DON is a registered nurse who oversees and supervises the care of all the residents.

The DON also provides direct resident/patient care.

Essential Duties


* Overall management of the entire nursing department and staffing levels.


* Develop and implement nursing policies and procedures and ensure compliance.


* Responsible for ensuring resident safety and that all residents are treated with utmost respect.


* Develop and conduct in-services for the clinical staff.


* Responsible for the recruiting, hiring and training of nursing staff.


* Coordinates pharmacy services and destruction of expired/discontinued medication.


* Liaison between the facility, physicians and family members.


* Being a witness at a trial in the event of litigation.


* Work closely with all other departments to ensure excellent overall resident care.


* Responsible for department budgeting and reporting.


* Responsible for keeping current on any regulation changes and disseminating this information appropriately.


* Participate in QA, Utilization Review and Patient Care conferences.


* Actively participate in and assist with all state surveys and required follow-up activity.


* Coordinate MDS and care planning.


* Conduct employee appraisals and resolve problems including disciplinary actions and terminations.


* Must maintain employee and resident/patient confidentiality at all times.


* Provide direct/hands-on resident/patient care as needed.

Supervisory Requirements

The Director of Nursing is responsible for supervising and managing the ADON, and entire nursing staff either directly or indirectly.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience


* Graduation from an Accredited School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred (BSN).


* Must be in good standing with the State Board of Nursing and maintain all required continuing education/licensing requirements at all times.


* Minimum of 7 years nurse management experience preferred.

Language Skills


* Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.


* Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.


* Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.

Mathematical Skills


* Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability


* Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.


* Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations


* To perform this job successfully, an individual mu...