Director of Nursing - RN DON

Director of Nursing - DON - RN

Bonview Rehabilitation & Healthcare

As a Consulate Health Care Director of Nursing, you are entrusted with the responsibility of caring for our residents, families, co-workers, visitors, and all others; as well as demonstrating in all interactions, Consulate Health Care’s five core values of Compassion, Honesty, Integrity, Respect, and Passion.

Responsibilities:

As Director of Nursing you are responsible for planning, organizing and directing the functions for the nursing department. You will assume the primary role in ensuring the delivery of high quality, efficient and safe patient care. Supervises Assistant Director of Nursing, Unit Managers, Clinical Nurses, and Nursing Assistants. In the absence of the Executive Director, you are charged with carrying out the resident care policies established by this center.

• Set and monitor achievement of goals and objectives for the nursing department consistent with established philosophy and standards of practice and nursing ethics.
• Recruit, hire and retain qualified nursing staff to deliver efficient resident care in accordance with the established staffing plan and state mandated staffing requirements.
• Evaluate and continually update competency/skills checklists for nursing staff including contracted staff.
• Prepare and assure adherence to an annual operating budget for the nursing department.
• Maintain and guide the implementation of current policies and procedures, which reflect adherence to corporate and external regulatory guidelines and principles of person centered care.
• Collaborates with the Interdisciplinary Team.
• Assure compliance with resident rights policies and work to resolve resident grievances.