Director of Nursing, Skilled Nursing

The Director of Nursing (DON) is responsible for direction of all skilled nursing services at University Crossing.

 May at times provide direct patient care to adult patients by utilizing the nursing process and accepted standards of practice.

The DON is an active member of the patient’s interdisciplinary treatment team.

Supervises and assists to implement the patient's plan of care.

This position is located at our University Crossing location, Joint Commission certified, three-story, 82,000 square-foot facility with 111 beds, serving patients with both short and long-term rehabilitation needs.

If you are passionate about serving patients with a goal to provide the best care possible and an excellent patient experience, we invite you to join our award-winning, innovative organization.

Job Responsibilities:


* Plans, directs, coordinates and monitors the delivery of all direct and indirect clinical 
services to Agency home care clients.


* Participates in the organization's strategic planning activities.


* Assists in the planning and development of Agency structure, clinical and administrative 
policies and procedures.


* Develops organizational policy and procedures and assures compliance.


* Reviews policies and updates as necessary.

Communicates changes to all staff.


* Monitors Agency HHRG scores and appropriate service utilization.


* Stays up to date with current Benchmarks and Agency outcomes. 


* Establishes, implements, and maintains systems to inform clients and their families of the scope and nature of home health care services and community resources.


* Maintains liaison relationship with community physicians. 


* Identifies admission criteria for new clients and evaluates eligibility for home health care benefits.

Provides clients and families with information about covered services as well as those services requiring private pay. 


* Implements and evaluates the orientation program for new Agency personnel.


* Provides direction and resources to coordinators and supervisors to assist in continuous improvement of services provided by Agency staff. 


* Assists supervisors in managing clinical teams and planning. 


* Oversees Case Conferencing to comply with the COP’s. 


* Evaluates the performance of clinical supervisors and assists them in developing skills and techniques to evaluate performance of staff that report to them.


* Plans and implements in-service and continuing education programs to meet specific and ongoing training needs of Agency personnel.

Schedules and directs agency Staff Meetings. 


* Assures clinical records are maintained in compliance with state and federal laws including Medicare, ACHC standards and conditions. 


* Oversees data collection for quality management, statistics and reports for evaluating Agency performance. 


* Participates in hiring, evaluating, and terminating Agency personnel. 
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