Nursing Director & Care Quality Leader

Skilled Nursing Facility; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Skilled Nursing Facility is seeking a Director of Nursing to lead nursing services, ensure regulatory compliance, and oversee staffing, budgeting, and quality resident care. The role reports to the Administrator and acts as the Quality Assurance Coordinator.

The Director will supervise ADON, charge nurses, and rehabilitation services, ensure licensure compliance, and implement policies to maintain high standards of care for all residents.

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing and hold a current Registered Professional Nurse's license in the State of Illinois.
• Must have working knowledge of nursing services, nursing administration, rehabilitation, general nursing, and geriatric nursing.
• Must be qualified to assume the position by training and/or previous experience of a supervisory status, preferably in a health care facility.
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions and mature judgments.
• Must have training in rehabilitative and restorative nursing practices.
• Must have the ability and the willingness to supervise and work harmoniously with professional and non-professional personnel.
• Must have the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, procedures, etc. of the Nursing Department.

Responsibilities

• Support the facility's philosophy of care and strive to achieve its goals and objectives.
• Assist in developing and maintaining nursing service objectives, standards of nursing practice, and the nursing policies and procedures manual with the assistance of the Administrator to achieve the greatest degree of care for each resident.
• Participate in the development and implementation of resident care policies.
• Obtain staff by recruiting, interviewing, verifying references, and criminal background, in order to employ the number and kinds of personnel needed.
• Decide and propose the staffing needs and organization of the department and submit to the Administrator for approval.
• Supervise scheduling of sufficient staff to ensure uninterrupted service to the residents at all times.

Job description

Skilled Nursing Facility is seeking a Director of Nursing to lead nursing services, ensure regulatory compliance, and oversee staffing, budgeting, and quality resident care. The role reports to the Administrator and acts as the Quality Assurance Coordinator.

The Director will supervise ADON, charge nurses, and rehabilitation services, ensure licensure compliance, and implement policies to maintain high standards of care for all residents.