Director Of Nursing Jobs

5+ years of DON experience within Skilled Nursing, Long term care, Short Term care, or Rehab facility required.
Must be familiar with Texas Skilled Nursing Regulations, Standards, an Operating principle.
Nursing degree from an accredited school of professional nursing required (RN or LVN)
Current State of Texas license or temporary/compact license to practice professional nursing.
Principal Accountabilities:
Directs the day-to-day operations for the University Place 60-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation operation, maintaining 24/7 operational responsibility and directing the responsibilities of nursing administrative staff, direct care, and non-direct care staff.
Reviews and approves all new hires, establishes and controls standards for performance appraisals; works with managers to identify staffing needs and provides for; accordingly, coordinates training needs of staff with education department; remains available, accessible and visible to staff; recognizes staffs achievements and accomplishments and provides ongoing feedback on performance.
Works with service line leaders and managers to establish departmental scope of service, goals and strategic plan for the department; stays up to date on new developments in the field and incorporates such in the departments scope of service; reviews departmental policies, procedures, and systems; conducts appropriate department promotional activities and participates in hospital market activities.
Monitors and directs all patient care activities.
Considers the diverse needs of each patient through the entire continuum of care, providing and ensuring the highest level of service according to established service standards, optimizing the patient experience.
Evaluates current patients, and potential patient referral records, to ensure facility can provide the appropriate level of care and services.
Participates in a systemic, interdisciplinary, and ongoing evaluation of programs, process improvement, desired client-centered outcomes, and organizational outcomes.
Collaborates with the Director of Operations and Director of Finance to ensure that revenue, expenses, contribution margin and FTEs meet or exceed budget; prepares and submits budget and related reports; forecasts and accurately projects expenses; takes corrective action to address negative variances; identifies and proposes capital budget items appropriately.