Director of Nursing

Independence Village•Ames, IA

About The Position

The Director of Nursing is responsible for the overall direction, administration and coordination of clinical resident care services by delivering a 1440 experience, optimizing performance and leading employee connections within our community.

Requirements

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Registered Nurse (RN) registered within the State required.
CDP required prior to or upon hire within 90 days.
Proven ability to manage revenue and financials successfully.
Proven high performer.
Ability to work successfully through complex issues; problem solve.
Applying knowledge of our business and competition to advance organization.
Managing complex situations
Building strong resident relationships, 1440 Care Standards.
Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.
Planning, scheduling and prioritizing to meet community needs
Building strong teams and applying a diverse skill set to achieve goals
Managing conflict resourcefully while minimizing drama.
Sharing our vision and strategy to motivate others to action.
Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
Understanding our organizational structure and navigates through policies, regulations, functional, community and home office team relationships.
Communicating clearly and frequently.
Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.
Being open to try new things and learns from successes and failures.

Nice To Haves

Assisted Living/Memory Care experience preferred.
Leadership experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead, manage, and overall accountability for your team and their performance.
Revenue for Wellness, Evaluations & Care Conferences and Service Plans: Responsible for ensuring right care, at the right price with the right staff.
Alzheimer and Dementia Program Coordinator.
Understanding and leading to our 1440 care standards.
Clear Communication of Vision: Ability to translate how our organizational, community and wellness goals relate to our team, staff and residents.
Community Leader Partnership (including skilled care): Leading relationships with fellow community leaders and external partners by meeting and following through on action items.
Wellness Marketing: Own the relationships with your Executive Director and Sales Team and market wellness throughout the community by increasing, visibility, credibility and trust.
Perform admission and ongoing evaluations of residents every 6 months, upon return from Hospital or skilled environment, or change of condition (initiate care conference) and use this information to set measurable goals and outcomes for residents that meet the physical, mental, and psychosocial needs.
Manage all appropriate state regulations and auditing to ensure our community is in compliance.
Obtain written orders for any necessary changes to care plan.
Verification of MARS/TARS and communicate with pharmacy to assure accuracy of medication and treatment administration.
Reviews incident reports submitted by staff members to determine if an assessment/care conference needs to be performed on an existing resident & address any personnel issues which are identified.
Communication of all emergency policies and provision of updated information to staff.
Work toward continual improvement of the overall organization.
Available to work a flexible schedule including on call, weekends, and holidays when necessary.
Perform other duties as assigned