Director of Nursing (DON) (Registered Nurse)

Key Responsibilities

• To Direct, evaluate and supervise all resident care and initiate corrective action as necessary
• Assess resident care needs and assist in the development of individualized plans of resident care
• Conduct resident care conferences
• Report problems to the Administrator, conduct daily resident rounds and initiate corrective action as necessary
• Conduct staff meetings with all shifts
• Assume responsibility for nursing service compliance to federal, state and local regulations Direct allocation of nursing service equipment and supplies
• Supervision and Scheduling
• Conduct interviews and hire nursing service employees
• Coordinate resident admissions, transfers, and discharges
• Establish good public relations with hospital discharge coordinators
• Consistently demonstrate responsibility, accountability, and dependability
• Work cooperatively with facility administration, nursing personnel, ancillary personnel, all facility departments!