Director of Nurses (Registered Nurse)

Company: Mays Home Health
Location: Garden City
Posted on: May 29, 2023

Job Description:

$2500 Sign-On Bonus*

DIRECTOR OF NURSES (Registered Nurse)

Reports to Regional Director

About Us

At Health Watch, we take pride in the quality service that we provide our patients. If you have a passion for providing excellent care to patients, we want you to be part of our work family. Whether your field is nursing, therapy, personal care, administration, or marketing-at the end of the day, it is all about our patients that we get the honor of serving.

Full-time benefits offer medical, dental, and vision insurance; supplemental insurance including life; paid time off; and generous 401k match.

About the Position

The Director of Nurses (DON) is a Registered Nurse who supervises the provision of therapeutic services provided from all disciplines and is responsible for overall care and case management activities in their assigned branch office(s). The DON directs all branch operations, ensuring that care/services delivered by staff and contract disciplines meet patient needs and are compliant with agency policies, state and federal laws and regulations. The DON is expected to lead their branch office with distinction to excel at quality care, quality documentation, growth, and financial viability.

What's Required

--- Current RN license through the board of nursing in the state of practice

--- At least an associate degree in nursing

--- At least one year nursing experience within the last 36 months

--- Organized and detail oriented

--- Strong leadership and relationship building skills

--- Excellent communication skills

--- A team player who complies with accepted professional standards and principles

--- Licensed driver with automobile that is insured in accordance with agency requirements and is in good working order

Preferred Qualifications

--- Prefer at least one-year experience in home health

--- Knowledge of issues related to the delivery of home health services and the ability to problem solve effectively

--- Knowledge of Medicare guidelines governing home health agencies or experience/abilities that indicate that with training they would excel

--- Management or leadership experience

Duties and Responsibilities

--- Supervises staff and the day-to-day office/clinical/field operations, ensuring daily tasks are completed even during staff absences

--- Monitors daily workload and delegates responsibilities when required

--- Provides a positive work environment by consistently modeling in a positive way, the agency philosophy, mission, values, and standards of care, and providing a professional role model for other staff

--- Reads and adheres to all agency policies and procedures, and adheres to all state and federal laws and regulations

--- Adheres to HIPAA regulations and follows agency protocol maintaining confidentiality

This is not a full list of duties and responsibilities. A full job description will be provided.

Our agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.

*Sign-on Bonus: 1/2 paid following 30 days of employment; 1/2 paid following 6 months of employment; subject to repayment if employee terminates before 1 year of employment.

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