Director of Nursing (DON)

• Supervise and direct all clinical services.
• Availability at all times during operation hours.
• Promote, review, and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of patient care practices.
• Revise nursing care plan for appropriateness and application of physician’s plan of care
• Maintain contact with patient and family via telephone and through patient care staff
• Review patient care through on-going communication with nursing staff & case mangers
• Review on-going evaluation of performance of personnel
• Review and act to resolve complaints made by patients/families regarding care provided relating to services, personnel, or policies.
• Receive and act to resolve complaints from caregivers regarding policies and procedures.
• Inform and confer with Administrator on all patient, personnel, and service management needs and problems.
• Participate in assigning personnel to patients based on patient need and physician’s plan of care.
• Assign personnel responsibility according to their education, area of expertise, personal preference, and patient needs

Position Qualifications:
     

• Must be a Registered Nurse currently licensed.
• Minimum of two (2) years general Pediatric nursing experience, with at least (6) months experience caring for medically fragile infants or children in a PICU/NICU/ED or similar setting during the past (5) years.
• Hold a current CPR

Physical Qualifications:
     

• Must be able to work a minimum of 40 hours per week.
• Must be able to speak and hear in a manner understood by most persons.
• Must be able to lift and transfer patients, using proper body mechanics
• Able to bend and stand an average of 6 hours per day.
• Lift up to 50 - 75 pounds.
• Able to write up to 3 hours per day.
• Able to work in a stressful environment.
• Assist with weekly laundry and maintaining a clean work environment.
• Able to assess and communicate with patients, co-workers, and general the public

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Health Plans
• Flexible scheduling
• Competitive pay
• Patient Care Coordination Services
• and much more!