Director of Nursing Services

Sunrise Senior Living; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in senior living is seeking a Director of Nursing Services to lead skilled nursing operations. This pivotal role involves ensuring the highest quality of care for residents while managing a dedicated team. Responsibilities include overseeing clinical care delivery, maintaining regulatory compliance, and implementing quality assurance measures. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a passion for enhancing resident care. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to providing exceptional services and making a positive impact in the lives of seniors.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership skills with experience in managing nursing teams.
• Expertise in quality assurance and regulatory compliance in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Direct and supervise nursing operations ensuring quality care.
• Implement systems for consistent delivery of resident services.
• Monitor clinical settings for effective guest/resident care.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Care Management

Quality Assurance

Regulatory Compliance

Communication Skills

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) License

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

COMMUNITY NAME

The Fairfax

JOB OVERVIEW

The Director of Nursing Services is responsible for providing leadership and management to the skilled nursing operations. Responsible for planning, organizing and leading overall operations of nursing services in accordance with federal, state, and local standards and Sunrise Senior Living policies to promote the highest degree of quality care and services to our guests/residents.

RESPONSIBILITIES & QUALIFICATIONS

Responsibilities:

Sunrise Senior Living operates a number of different brands of communities for seniors. As a result, this position’s area of responsibility may differ among the various brands and states. Despite the differences in responsibilities between the brands and states, the following are a core set of duties common to this position.

Clinical Care Delivery Operations

• Directs, supervises the management of the team members in the skilled nursing center.
• Implements and monitors systems that ensure consistent delivery of quality guest/resident services.
• Implements staffing and scheduling patterns to maintain continuity of guest/resident care and regulatory compliance.
• Assesses and monitors clinical setting for effective and safe guest/resident centered care.
• Facilitates effective communication between cross functional teams and promotes a team approach in the delivery of guest/resident care.
• Maintains communication with guest’s/resident’s physician, family and or responsible party to ensure the guest’s/resident’s needs are being met.
• Identifies the on-going needs of guests/residents in order to maintain the highest quality standards for well-being.
• Ensures proper utilization of the Resident Care Plan by all team members.
• Ensures proper follow through and documentation of guest/resident care.
• Facilitates relationships with Hospice, Therapy, and other providers.
• Participates in community awareness activities and community relationship development.
• Assists in counseling guest/resident, family, or responsible party during difficult transitional care periods.

Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance

• Strives for excellent quality care and service delivery as measured in the Quality Services Review (QSR) process and institutes with follow up measures on corrective actions in a timely manner.
• Researches, documents, and reviews all incidents of abuse, neglect and misappropriation of funds; develops and implements plan of correction as appropriate.
• Ensures Quality Improvement meetings are occurring and may be designated as the Chairperson of the meetings.
• Analysis of Guest/Resident Care Standards of Care and Support Services to maintain quality guest/resident care and clinical practice.
• Reviews, develops and implements plans of correction for concerns and issues identified by pharmacy consultants.
• Reviews and develops plans of correction with interdisciplinary team to enhance the quality of resident care.
• Regularly monitors each resident’s medication & treatment profile and medication pass process to ensure each medication and treatment is administered as ordered and documented accurately.
• Reviews for accuracy and compliance all physician orders at time of move in and monthly thereafter.
• Acts as liaison with pharmacy to ensure effective services for the residents.
• Ensures pharmacy follows state regulations for labeling, distribution, and identification of medications.
• Develops a thorough working knowledge of current and evolving federal and state regulations, policies and procedures for resident care and services.
• Ensures that community follows all state regulations as it pertains to guest/resident care and services.
• Reviews, develops and implements plans of correction for concerns and or issues identified by regulators.
• Completes and submits all monthly and quarterly reports in a timely manner.
• Follows through on mock survey process.

Financial Management

• Assists in the presentation and value of Sunrise’s products and services for our residents, families and team members and targeted referral sources.
• Assists the executive director in completing the annual community budget.
• Understands and manages the department budget to include labor and other expenses and its impact on