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DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Title: Director of Nursing

FLSA: EXEMPT

Job Summary: •Plans, organizes, develops and directs the overall operation of the nursing department to ensure the highest degree of quality resident care in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations •Determines if resident is appropriate for admission and remains in our level of care •Manages the health care of all residents, including the dissemination of information to families and staff •Supervise staff who have been delegated and/or assigned nursing tasks •Educates and trains staff, develops on-going training materials for care staff and focuses on team development and appropriate delegation of tasks within the department •Review of all incident reports and follow up as necessary •Assures that TB and Hepatitis B tests are coordinated and completed in a timely manner •Notifies the Regional Director of Clinical Services when a resident has a change in behavior exhibited by aggression, combativeness in dementia, patter of frequent falls, and change of condition resulting in a move out •Assists residents with their daily medications, treatments and resident care as assigned and within the scope of practice, policy and procedures and state regulations •Responsible for maintaining a current accounting of all medications residents are taking and the documentation required for that process •Responsible for reporting all change in status of residents as it relates to assisting with medications •Communicates with physicians and family members as appropriate •Attends daily stand-up meetings; reporting any resident issues or concerns as documented in the electronic record •Perform other duties as assigned Qualifications: •Maintain a current RN or LPN license in the state of employment •Minimum of three years of experience in senior living care setting •Available to work a flexible schedule Anthology Senior Living

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