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Director of Nursing

The Director of Nursing Services is a Registered Professional Nurse who is responsible for the organization and administration of all health care services in the facility.

Responsibilities:
• Attaining 99th percentile in resident/family satisfaction.

• Developing and periodically updating the nursing service objectives and statements of philosophy.

• Developing standards of nursing practice.

• Developing and maintaining nursing policy and procedure manuals.

• Developing and maintaining written job descriptions for each level of nursing personnel.

• Developing methods for coordination of nursing services with other resident services.

• Recruiting and retaining the number and level of nursing personnel necessary to meet the nursing care needs of each resident.

• Assuring staff training programs for nursing service personnel are developed.

• Ensuring that safe work practices are followed.

• Participating in the planning and budgeting for nursing services.

• Assessing the nursing requirements for each resident admitted.

• Assuring that nursing care personnel are following the residents’ care plan.

• Assuring compliance with established State and Federal regulations.

• Incorporating Performance Improvement into daily activities and demonstrates improvement in outcomes or processes.

• Provides information for the monthly board report.

• Tracks incident reports for the facility and reports to the State any reportable med errors, and also notifies resident’s family.

• 15. Performs other duties as assigned by the facility Administrator.