Director of Nursing - Caldwell County

About the role

This is an in-person position based in Caldwell County, South of Austin, Texas. The specific facility location will be discussed during the initial interview.

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

Minimum requirements to perform this position include

• 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.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient in the Microsoft Suite products and Point Click Care (PCC).

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
• Prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and talk, read or hear.
• Frequent use of all office related equipment to include: copier/scanner/fax, telephone, calculator.
• Travel by auto or airline may be required.