Director of Nursing
Location: Chesterfield Missouri
Description: Govig and Associates is presently looking of Director of Nursing right now, this career will be placed in Missouri. Detailed specification about this career opportunity please read the description below. Govig Senior Care, the premier Executive Search firm in the Senior Care industry, is seeking a Director of Nursing for an upscale retirement community. This property requires a Director of Nursing who enjoys being a part of the community, interacting with the residents and their families, and can create an atmosphere of fun. This position is perfect for a nurse with strong mentoring and training experience and who has a good history of regulatory compliance and good surveys. The management team is great and looking for the right Director of Nursing to complete the team!
Job Responsibilities:
- Overall direction, coordination and evaluation of the nursing department
- Assures that adequate strategies are in place to verify the current licensure and credentials of nursing employees.
- Schedules and performs Resident rounds to monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of nursing care.
- Maintains administrative authority, responsibility and accountability for the proper charting and documentation of care and medications and treatments
- Recommends to the Administrator the number and levels of nursing personnel to employed
- Develops and implements the written staffing plan and nursing schedule that reflects the needs of the resident population
- Participates in the budget process of the facility and maintains the nursing supply, equipment and nurse staff budgets
- Maintains current knowledge of applicable managed care, Medicare and state Medicaid regulations
- Follows JCAHO standards for long-term care
- Makes nursing diagnoses which serves as the basis for the strategy of care
- Develops a plan of care based on assessment, implementing nurse care
- Evaluates the residents responses to nursing interventions
- Designs, promotes and organizes resident education and counseling based on health needs
- A graduate degree of an accredited school of professional nursing is highly preferred
- A current Registered Nurse (RN License)
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, nursing/Resident progress notes and nursing procedures.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from department heads, customers (Residents, family members, physicians, etc.) and the general public.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, or, diagram or schedule form.
We are the largest and most well respected Executive Search firm that recruits exclusively and nationally in Senior Housing and Long Term Care. We develop strong partnerships with the clients and candidates we work with because relationships are at the core of recruiting. We work with the best companies in the industry and are committed to bringing them the top talent! It's all about having the right people. With the "right" people in place you can accomplish almost anything where as the wrong people can be detrimental to an organization. Our talent management solutions are unique, desired and best of class for those who require it.
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If you were eligible to this career, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Govig and Associates.
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This career starts available on: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:06:22 GMT