Director of Nursing - DON - Home Health

Capital Health Care Network; Ashtabula (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

401(k) match

Health Insurance

Company paid life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Capital Health Care Network in Ohio seeks a Director of Nursing (DON) to oversee coordination, delivery, and management of patient care and services in our home health program.

This leadership role requires a proven background in supervision, regulatory compliance, and clinical guidance to clinicians to ensure excellent patient outcomes and top-tier customer service. You will drive quality improvement and policy initiatives within the agency.

Qualifications

• RN with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the State.
• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
• Prefer management or supervisory experience in a health care setting, preferably home care.
• Must be a licensed driver with automobile insured and in good working order.
• Maintains current CPR certification.
• Demonstrates excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Reviews case referrals and assigns clinicians to cases.
• Evaluates services provided by clinicians and guides performance for quality home care.
• Reviews patient diagnoses, medications, procedures and clinical course.
• Assists in setting goals and developing care plans.
• Holds case conference meetings to coordinate care.
• Oversees staff and provides direction on performance improvement strategies.
• Ensures quality of patient care and customer service.
• Performs record reviews and communicates findings to agency personnel.
• Assists in interviewing and orientation of new staff.
• Supports in-service and continuing education programs.
• Contributes to policy formulation and strategic planning.

Skills

Registered Nurse

CPR certification

Leadership

Communication skills

Driver's license

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

We offer a comprehensive Benefit package to Full Time Employees:

• PTO


• 401-k with Company match


• Health Insurances


• Company Paid Life Insurance


• Tuition Reimbursement

Job Description Summary

The Director of Nursing (DON) is responsible for ensuring that patient care and services is coordinated, delivered, and managed appropriately.

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities

• Reviews case referrals. Reviews available patient information related to case, including disciplines required to assist in determining home care needs. Assists scheduling dept with the assigning of appropriate clinicians to case.


• Reviews and evaluates each case by reviewing the services provided by clinicians, conferences, record review, discusses and verifies impressions, instructs and guides clinicians to promote more effective performance and delivery of quality home care services, and is available at all times during operating hours to assist clinicians as appropriate.


• Reviews patient’s clinical diagnosis, medications, procedures and clinical course.


• Assists clinicians in establishing immediate and long-term therapeutic goals, in setting priorities, and in developing plan of care.


• Holds case conference meetings with agency personnel to facilitate coordination of care.


• Oversees and meets with clinical staff to disucss performance and provides direction on performance improvment strategies.


• Assures quality of patient care delivery and excellent customer service is delivered.


• Conducts regular record reviews and communicates findings and recommendations to appropriate agency personnel.


• May assists in the screening and interviewing process of new agency personnel and make recommendations for employment of individuals. Assists in the orientation of new agency personnel.


• Assists in the planning, implementation and evaluation of in-service and continuing education programs.


• Assists in the formulation, revision, implementation, and evaluation of policies and procedures, as well as strategic goals and objectives.


• Complies with accepted professional standards and principles.


• Supports public relation and community activities that promote the organization’s role as an effective member of the health care delivery system.


• Promotes customer service orientation to all agency personnel.


• Performs other duties and activities as delegated.

The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job related tasks other than those stated in this description.

Position Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the State.


• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.


• Prefer management or supervisory experience in a health care setting, preferably home care, but would consider a seasoned home care field RN looking for an opportunity to move into a clinical leadership role.


• Complies with accepted professional standards and practice.


• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and organization requirements and is in good working order.


• Complies and maintains current CPR certification.


• Demonstrates excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills.