DON

PACS Group•San Antonio, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Nursing (DON) is a registered nurse who oversees and supervises the care of all the residents. The DON also provides direct resident/patient care. This role involves the overall management of the entire nursing department and staffing levels, developing and implementing nursing policies and procedures, and ensuring resident safety and respectful treatment. The DON is also responsible for staff recruitment, hiring, training, and conducting in-services. This position acts as a liaison between the facility, physicians, and family members, and may be required to provide testimony in legal proceedings. Collaboration with other departments is essential for excellent resident care, as is managing department budgeting and reporting, and staying current with regulation changes. Participation in QA, Utilization Review, Patient Care conferences, and state surveys is also a key part of the role. The DON coordinates MDS and care planning, conducts employee appraisals, and handles disciplinary actions and terminations, while maintaining strict confidentiality of employee and resident information. Direct, hands-on resident/patient care is provided as needed.

Requirements

Graduation from an Accredited School of Nursing.
Must be in good standing with the State Board of Nursing and maintain all required continuing education/licensing requirements at all times.
Proficient in the Microsoft Suite products and Point Click Care (PCC).
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
Prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer.
Regularly required to sit, stand, walk and talk, read or hear.
Frequent use of all office related equipment to include: copier/scanner/fax, telephone, calculator.
Travel by auto or airline may be required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Minimum of 7 years nurse management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Overall management of the entire nursing department and staffing levels.
Develop and implement nursing policies and procedures and ensure compliance.
Responsible for ensuring resident safety and that all residents are treated with utmost respect.
Develop and conduct in-services for the clinical staff.
Responsible for the recruiting, hiring and training of nursing staff.
Coordinates pharmacy services and destruction of expired/discontinued medication.
Liaison between the facility, physicians and family members.
Being a witness at a trial in the event of litigation.
Work closely with all other departments to ensure excellent overall resident care.
Responsible for department budgeting and reporting.
Responsible for keeping current on any regulation changes and disseminating this information appropriately.
Participate in QA, Utilization Review and Patient Care conferences.
Actively participate in and assist with all state surveys and required follow-up activity.
Coordinate MDS and care planning.
Conduct employee appraisals and resolve problems including disciplinary actions and terminations.
Must maintain employee and resident/patient confidentiality at all times.
Provide direct/hands-on resident/patient care as needed.