Job Summary

The primary purpose of your job position is to plan, organize, develop and direct the overall operation of our Nursing Services 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 and the Medical Director, to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: Associates in Nursing
Minimum Years of Experience: 5+
Substitutable Education & Experience: Long Term Care Experience, Regulatory knowledge
Required Certifications/Licensure: Current South Carolina license as a Registered Nurse

Essential Functions

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the Nursing Services 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.
• Develop, maintain and periodically update the Nursing Service Procedures Manual and nursing service objectives.
• Assist the Quality Assessment and Assurance Committee in developing and implementing appropriate plans of action to correct identified deficiencies.
• Develop, maintain and periodically update written job descriptions for each level of nursing personnel.
• Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.
• Maintain a reference library of written nursing material (i.e., PDR’s, Federal and State Regulations, etc.).
• Develop, implement and maintain an ongoing quality assurance program for the nursing service department.
• Participate in surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies.
• Make written and oral reports/recommendations to the Administrator, as necessary/required concerning the operation of the Nursing Services Department.
  

Duties & Responsibilities

• Determine the staffing needs of the Nursing Services Department necessary to meet the total nursing needs of the residents.
• Recommend the number and level of nursing personnel to be employed.
• Assist the Administrator and/or the Director of Human Resources in the recruitment and selection of nursing service personnel.
• Assign a sufficient number of nursing assistants for each tour of duty to ensure that routine nursing care is provided to meet the daily nursing care needs of each resident.
• Delegate to nursing service supervisory personnel the administrative authority, responsibility and accountability necessary to perform their assigned duties.
• Make daily rounds of the Nursing Services Department to ensure that all nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards.
• Monitor absenteeism to ensure that an adequate number of nursing care personnel are on duty at all times.
• Make appropriate reports to the Administrator as required or as may be necessary, including departmental performance evaluations.
• Ensure that disciplinary action is administered fairly and without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, age, sex, religion, handicap or marital status.
• Provide the Administrator with information relative to the nursing needs of the resident and the Nursing Services Department’s ability to meet those needs.
• Review nurses’ notes to ensure that they are informative and descriptive of the nursing care being provided and that they reflect the resident’s response to the care.
• Schedule daily rounds to observe residents and to determine if nursing needs are being met.
• Provide direct nursing care as necessary.
• Authorize the use of restraints when necessary and in accordance with our established policies and procedures.