Director of Nursing - DON - RN

Sylvan Shores Health & Wellness•La Porte, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Nursing (DON) supports Sylvan Shores Health & Wellness’ mission and Core Values by ensuring quality care through associate engagement, excellent clinical services, and customer satisfaction within the community. The DON leads the Nursing department, develops and implements departmental policies and procedures, and ensures nursing associates understand and follow them. The role involves coordinating interdisciplinary patient care, maintaining adequate staffing, monitoring clinical outcomes and regulatory compliance, and ensuring nursing interventions address each patient’s personal, physical, and cognitive needs while promoting self-care, independence, choice, and social interaction. The DON also oversees staff orientation, onboarding, training, and in-service education; participates in daily resident rounds; addresses deficiencies identified through quality reviews; and oversees investigations and incident reviews. The role includes maintaining patient confidentiality, promoting infection-control practices, resolving complaints, and ensuring appropriate use of budgeted resources. The position is based in LaPorte, Texas, in Harris County, between Deer Park and Webster.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing.
Valid RN license in Texas or a Compact State.
Three to five years of progressive management or supervisory experience in long-term care, acute care, restorative, or geriatric nursing in Texas and in Skilled Nursing.
Two to three years of DON experience in Skilled Nursing or Veterans Homes.
Proficiency using Electronic Medical Records (PCC).

Responsibilities

Establish and direct implementation of written policies and procedures reflecting Nursing department goals, objectives, and requirements; ensure nursing associates understand and follow them.
Work with the corporate clinical team to develop and implement departmental policies and procedures.
Communicate changes to the Nurse Practice Act to nursing personnel and report violations to the State Board of Nurse Examiners.
Ensure resident rounds are completed daily and participate in daily rounds.
Maintain confidentiality of pertinent patient-care information and protect patient rights.
Coordinate interdisciplinary patient-care management efforts.
Ensure effective organization and adequate staffing of the Nursing department.
Ensure nursing interventions meet patients’ personal, physical, and cognitive needs and maximize self-care capacities, identity, independence, choice, and social interaction.
Monitor nursing-service outcomes and staff performance; ensure compliance with community and regulatory standards, policies, and procedures; coordinate community committees; and monitor efficient use of budgeted associates, supplies, and equipment.
Ensure Nursing department associates follow applicable state and federal employment laws and guidelines.
Ensure Nursing department associates are appropriately oriented, onboarded, and trained according to company policy and procedure.
Develop and deliver training and in-service presentations.
Discuss and implement plans of action to correct deficiencies identified in quality reviews.
Oversee investigations involving patients and Nursing department associates.
Monitor and review patient incidents to identify potential legal issues and patterns that may require preventive intervention.
Ensure nursing staff are educated in and use infection-control practices that protect staff, patients, and families.
Ensure complaints regarding the Nursing department or community are resolved.
Maintain patient confidentiality and protect patient rights.

Benefits

Very competitive pay.
Eligible for bonus plan.
Generous paid time off (PTO) and holidays.
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Company-paid life insurance.
Company-paid LTD/AD&D insurance.
Short-term disability.
Supplemental insurance options, including hospital indemnity, cancer policies, and legal plans.