Director Nursing Services | Long Term Care

Avera; Norfolk (NE); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO from day 1

Employer 5% retirement match

Mentorship & career development

Job summary

Avera Creighton Care Center is seeking an RN leader to guide the department in delivering safe, efficient care. You will manage staff, coordinate with physicians and teams, and align operations with Avera’s mission.

Responsibilities include planning, staffing, training, and performance management while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations. A strong leadership background and willingness to mentor staff are essential.

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse with an active license in the state of practice.
• 4-6 years RN experience required.
• Leadership or healthcare administration coursework is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates staff and resources to reinforce the vision of Avera.
• Cultivates relationships across functions, departments, and the system.
• Develops short and long-range plans for the department and health system.
• Sets benchmark goals, analyzes data, and creates action plans to resolve discrepancies.
• Manages department and hospital resources to achieve outcomes efficiently.
• Builds positive relationships with physicians, patients, families, and referral sources.
• Promotes teamwork to improve operations and CARE standards.
• Ensures compliance with CMS, Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA where applicable.

Skills

Staff leadership

Communication

Team collaboration

Financial planning

Education

Registered Nurse license

Some College in leadership or healthcare administration

Job description

Creighton, NE

South Sioux City, NE

Sioux City, IA

Norfolk, NE

Full time

R-260025127

Location:

Avera Creighton Care Center

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

Located in Creighton, NE

This position may be eligible for a $15,000 sign-on bonus!

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Collaborates with appropriate interdisciplinary team members in assuring that services are provided in a safe, efficient, and cost effective manner that enhances patient, staff, and physician satisfaction. Accountable for department success through sound decision making, fiscal financial planning, maintaining appropriate staff levels, monitoring competency and quality of services.

What you will do

• Demonstrates the ability to facilitate staff and resources to reinforce the vision of Avera.

• Cultivates relationships across functions and departments of local facility, region, and system.

• Develops short and long range plans for the department, community and health system.

• Demonstrates the ability to establish benchmark goals to guide the department's activities and effectively deal with variances. This includes developing data, analysis, setting thresholds, and developing action plans which resolve discrepancies.

• Manages the resources of department and hospital in a way that provides effective outcomes while at the same time only using minimum resources to achieve those outcomes.

• Develops positive relationships with customers (physicians, patients, families, and referral sources) that help to promote Avera's referral base.

• Utilizes teamwork to help achieve objectives and improve operation within the department, hospital, and Avera.

• Maintains basic knowledge of Medicare reimbursement principles, understands and addresses to applicable laws and regulations, reviews and updates departmental policies and practices to reflect current regulations.

• Supports Avera's strategic goals and develops the departmental goals accordingly.

• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire

• 4-6 years RN

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Some College in leadership or healthcare administration

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.

• Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.

• Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.

• Maintain confidentiality.

• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.

• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.

• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement

• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to [e-mail].

At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward.

The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444.

Additional Notices:

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Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.