Director of Nursing / DON
5 days ago
Corpus Christi
Job Description Overview Join a team of passionate and caring clinicians who make a difference in people's lives. Our nursing group focuses on compassion and meeting the needs of our clients in a variety of settings such as Home Health, Hospice, Residential and Private Duty. If your passion is outstanding patient care coupled with a desire to help others live their best life, then come work for us. Apply today! Responsibilities • Planning, coordinating, delivering, and overseeing the delivery and outcomes of required healthcare related services/training programs on a routine basis in cooperation with Operations management; monitoring both skilled and non-skilled healthcare services, • Directly supervises clinical personnel, • Providing clinical teaching and conducting performance monitoring, identifying and reducing risks, • Participating in the Interdisciplinary team meetings, • Demonstrating fiscal accountability by monitoring operations to ensure compliance with Company policies and procedures, state licensure and regulations, Medicaid and Medicare standards, as well as state reimbursement regulations, • Leading case conferences and other client-related meetings, • Chairing committees as appropriate, safety, infection control, incident review, and human rights committees, • Facilitating communication and serving as a liaison between and among nursing and direct care staff, family and/or guardians, and community medical providers and professional consultants in cooperation with operations management, • Directly overseeing initial start of healthcare, assessment, and first home visit (or comparable) of all new contracts with clinical component, • Directly supervising the implementation, coordination, maintenance, evaluation, and termination of care plan and services, analyses outcomes, OASIS and ICD9/10, medical records, and physician orders, • Marketing of services in service area, • Other duties as assigned Qualifications • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Social Services, or related healthcare field of study, • Must have healthcare management experience with multiple age groups, • Working knowledge of local, state, and federal funding sources and other applicable, • Graduate of an accredited school/college with current registration of practice as a Registered Professional Nurse, • Excellent communicator with ability to handle concurrent tasks and responsibilities, • Ability to travel within assigned area, • Valid driver’s license and insurance