RN

New Albany Healthcare Consultants, LLC; Belden (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

New Albany Healthcare Consultants, LLC seeks an experienced Director of Nursing to lead nursing care delivery, ensure regulatory compliance, and guide CNAs and licensed staff in daily resident care. The role requires strong leadership, clinical oversight, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary team.

The Director of Nursing will oversee rounds, care planning, staffing, and quality improvement initiatives, ensuring high standards of resident outcomes and safety in a long-term care setting.

Qualifications

• RN licensure in good standing is required.
• Experience leading nursing teams in long-term care.
• Knowledge of state/federal regulations and care standards.

Responsibilities

• Make rounds twice daily to monitor residents and care plans.
• Lead licensed staff and supervise CNAs in resident care.
• Coordinate admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and safety protocols.
• Develop and implement care plans with the medical team.
• Document resident status and communicate with families.
• Participate in staff training and committee meetings.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Clinical supervision

Regulatory compliance

Staff scheduling

Communication

Education

RN license

BSN preferred

Tools

EMR systems

Nursing software

Job description

To provide nursing care to the residents as prescribed by the physician and in accordance with established facility protocol and local, state, and federal regulations. To lead and/or direct CNAs in the delivery of direct resident care

Accountability: Director of Nursing Administrator

Duties And Responsibilities

• Make rounds twice daily to check all residents.
• Assess the overall status of the residents and document in the medical record, as indicated.
• Monitor the residents' activity and provide nursing care in accordance with physician orders, care plans, local, state and federal regulations, as well as established facility protocol.
• Coordinate, prepare for and assist with new admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Communicate with residents, family members, other disciplines and health care professionals regarding the status of the resident.
• Lead and monitor licensed personnel and other professional and non-professional staff in the delivery of resident care.
• Schedule job assignments and duties.
• Supervise, evaluate and discipline the overall performance of the nursing staff.
• Assist with the presentation of in-service training programs for facility staff, as needed.
• Monitor the environment and care practices of personnel in order to ensure compliance with established fire, disaster, safety, Infection Control and Blood-borne Pathogen programs.
• Assist with developing and implementing written care plans for individual residents.
• Delegate duties to nursing staff.
• Evaluate or assist with the evaluations of the nursing staff.
• Report occupational exposure in accordance with established facility protocol.
• Make daily rounds in order to observe nursing staff as they perform assigned duties in accordance with established facility protocol.
• Be knowledgeable about and promote resident rights.
• Prevent abuse, neglect and exploitation in the elderly.
• Promote a safe, clean environment in which the residents may live.
• Check the Twenty Four Hour Report daily in order to be aware of changes in the residents' conditions and/or plan of treatment.
• Assist with M.D.S.+ and Total Care Plan meetings, as indicated.
• Lab work, as ordered.
• Lab tracking to follow up on lab results.
• Assist on the floor, as needed.
• Weekly Medicare progress notes.
• Attend and participate in appropriate committee meetings.
• Become a participating facility team member with the residents as first priority.
• Review and document on Weekly Weights.
• Any other duties and responsibilities, as requested by the Director of Nursing or Administrator.

Requirements

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Hold/handle
• Lift
• Carry
• Reach -- at and below shoulder height
• Push/pull
• Grasp and handle -- pens, paperwork and small equipment
• Sit, stand and walk
• Twist, bend, stoop, kneel and squat
• Fine hand motor coordination
• Ability to read and write legibly
• Ability to comprehend and follow instructions

Cognitive And Sensory Requirements

• Talking: Communicating with residents, families, physicians, visitors and staff
• Hearing: Taking instructions from the Administrator, To respond to resident complaints and requests, To respond appropriately to disaster instructions and pages
• Sight: For performing job effectively and correctly
• Smell: For accurate detection and maintenance of facility odors
• Touch: in order to detect changes in temperature

Licensure Requirements

• Must be a Registered Nurse (R.N.) currently licensed and in good standing with the Board of Nursing in the State in which the facility is located.

Summary Of Occupational Exposure

Tasks and procedures performed by the employee involve risks classified by C.D.C. as Category I. (Direct contact with blood or other bodily fluids to which universal precautions apply.)

Other Considerations And Requirements

Must be able to tolerate a high pace as typical for a nursing facility. Must be able to take and give instructions well and enjoy working with the elderly. Although employee is able to sit, he/she must also be able to tolerate prolonged standing and walking.