Director of Nursing

Cheshire House Director of Nurses

Full-Time

LTC/STC Experience

Purpose of Your Job Position

The primary purpose of your job position is to plan, organize, develop and direct the overall operation of our Nursing Service Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be directed by the Administrator/Asst. Administrator and the Medical Director, to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times.

Delegation of Authority

As the Director of Nursing Services, you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties. In the absence of the Medical Director, you are charged with carrying out the resident care policies established by Cheshire House

Job Functions

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.

Duties And Responsibilities

Administrative Functions

• 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 that govern the long-term care facility.
• Develop, maintain, and periodically update written policies and procedures that govern the day-to-day functions of the nursing service department.
• Maintain a reference library of written nursing material (i.e., PDR'S, Federal and State Regulations, etc.) that will assist the nursing service department in meeting the day-to-day needs of the resident.
• Develop, maintain, and periodically update the Nursing Service Procedures Manual and Nursing Service Objectives and Philosophies.
• Develop and implement a nursing service organization structure.
• Make written and oral reports/recommendations to the Administrator/Asst. Administrator, as necessary/required, concerning the operation of the nursing service department.
• Develop and periodically update Nursing Service Objectives and Statements of Philosophy.
• Develop, maintain, and periodically update written job descriptions for each level of Nursing personnel in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, OSHA, JCAHO, and other pertinent laws and regulations.
• Develop methods for coordination of nursing services with other resident services to ensure the continuity of the residents' 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.
• Assist the CQI Committee in developing and implementing appropriate plans of action to correct identified deficiencies.
• Assist the Social Service Department in developing, implementing and periodically updating the written procedures for the Discharge Planning Program.
• Assist the resident and Discharge Planning Coordinator in planning the nursing services portion of the resident's discharge plan.
• Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.
• Completes monthly report for Administrator or DNS meeting. Analyzes data for scheduling of staff.
• Ensures completion of Reportable Events. Verifies that each is numbered and interventions taken as required.
• Ensures that policies and procedures are followed for classification and reporting of reportable events.
• Ensures that policies and procedures are followed for prevention and reporting of abuse and neglect.