Director of Nursing

The Center at CenterPlace is looking for an experienced and dedicated Director of Nursing to join our Center.

The primary purpose of this position is to plan, organize, develop and direct the overall operation of the Nursing Service Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times.

The job duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the nursing service department, as well as its programs and activities, in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines
• Develop methods for coordination of nursing services with other patient services to ensure the continuity of the patient's total regimen of care.
• Develop, implement, and maintain an ongoing quality assurance program for the nursing service department.
• Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies
• Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary
• Determine the staffing needs of the nursing service department necessary to meet the total nursing needs for the organization
• Recommend the number and level of nursing personnel to be employed
• Assist the Administrator and HR in the recruitment and selection of nursing service personnel
• Make daily rounds of the nursing service department to ensure that all nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards
• Monitor absenteeism to ensure that an adequate number of nursing care personnel are on duty at all times
• Review complaints and grievances made or filed by department personnel
• Develop and participate in the planning, conducting, and scheduling of timely in-service training classes that provide instructions to ensure a well-educated nursing service department.
• Develop, implement, and maintain an effective orientation program that orients the new employee to the facility, its policies and procedures, and to his/her job position and duties
• Assist in the development of preliminary and comprehensive assessments of the nursing needs of each patient
• Recommend to the Administrator the equipment and supply needs of the nursing service department
• Review and approve timecards for nursing services

• Must be a licensed Registered Nurse from an accredited school of nursing.  BSN preferred.
• Must have an active, unincummbered RN license
• Must have, as a minimum, 2 year(s) of experience as a supervisor in a hospital, rehabilitiative, restorative, or other related health care facility.