Director of Nursing Services - Fox Nursing Home

Bassett Healthcare Network • City of Oneonta, NY

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About The Position

The Director of Nursing Services plans, organizes, develops, directs, and evaluates the Nursing Services Department and its programs and activities at Fox Nursing Home. The role ensures that department operations comply with applicable federal, state, and local standards, regulations, and guidelines and that residents receive high-quality care. The Director works as directed by the Administrator and Medical Director and collaborates with the CEO/Administrator, Quality Assurance Director, committees, physicians, and other resident services.

The position oversees department policies, procedures, staffing, schedules, nursing personnel, training, quality assurance, infection control, safety, equipment, supplies, budgeting, care planning, and resident and employee concerns. It also supports resident admissions and ensures that staff uphold resident rights, dignity, privacy, confidentiality, and applicable HIPAA and HIV regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• Current New York State Registered Nurse licensure.
• Skills in reading, writing, and comprehension; interacting with people; goal setting; policy making; delegation; decision making; problem solving; team building; and people management.
• Ability to meet the stated physical requirements: light work, with occasional kneeling, lifting, pulling, pushing, and standing; frequent talking and fit testing; and constant typing/clerical work, dexterity, hearing, seeing/monitoring or computer use, and walking.
• Ability to work with frequent exposure to bodily fluids and bloodborne hazards.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the Nursing Services Department and its programs in accordance with applicable long-term-care regulations and guidelines.
• Develop, maintain, and update departmental policies, procedures, nursing personnel job descriptions, and procedures for verifying current professional nursing licenses.
• Coordinate nursing services with other resident services to support continuity of care, and participate in care planning and assessments.
• Perform administrative work, including medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, and charting; maintain a nursing reference library.
• Implement and maintain a departmental quality assurance program in cooperation with the Quality Assurance Director.
• Develop the nursing services organization structure and make written and oral reports and recommendations to the CEO/Administrator.
• Participate in facility committees, including policy, pharmaceutical, budget, and quality assessment and assurance committees; implement relevant committee recommendations.
• Help develop and update medication administration, storage, and control policies with the Pharmaceutical Services Committee.
• Determine departmental staffing needs, assign work, schedule duty hours, delegate authority and accountability, monitor absenteeism, and ensure adequate nursing coverage.
• Review employee complaints and grievances, report departmental performance, and ensure disciplinary action is administered fairly.
• Participate in resident admission selection and inform the CEO/Administrator about resident nursing needs and the department’s capacity to meet them.
• Encourage physicians to complete and sign progress notes and orders promptly and in accordance with regulations.
• Plan and participate in staff in-service training, maintain an effective employee orientation program, provide leadership training, and encourage supervisory staff to pursue outside training.
• Attend continuing education to remain current in the profession and maintain licensure.
• Monitor compliance with safety rules, departmental policies, dress codes, fire safety and disaster preparedness procedures, and infection-control practices.
• Ensure resident rooms and treatment areas are clean, safe, and sanitary; work with infection-control staff on aseptic techniques and programs for monitoring communicable and infectious diseases.
• Develop procedures for reporting hazardous conditions and safely operating equipment; recommend equipment and supplies and promote efficient use of supplies.
• Ensure care plans are presented and discussed at committee meetings, communicated to personnel, and used in daily resident care; maintain collaborative working relationships among care-plan participants.
• Prepare the Nursing Services Department budget and submit it to the CEO/Administrator for review and approval.
• Protect resident confidentiality and ensure residents are treated fairly, kindly, with dignity and respect, and receive nursing care in privacy.
• Ensure nursing personnel understand residents’ rights and responsibilities; review resident complaints and grievances and report actions taken to the CEO/Administrator.
• Ensure nursing aides are enrolled in or have graduated from an approved training program and comply with New York State rules and regulations.
• Attend required in-services, follow facility and department policies, and use personal protective equipment.
• Maintain confidentiality of resident-care and employee information and follow HIPAA and HIV regulations.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus: $20,000 for full-time RN positions, excluding management roles; Bassett Healthcare Network current employees are not eligible. Eligibility details are discussed during the interview process, and the program may be terminated or suspended at leadership’s discretion.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director