Director of Nursing

Director of Nursing (DON) Pelican Valley Senior Living seeks a Director of Nursing (DON) to join our skilled nursing team at our Care Center.
The position is full time, salaried at 80 hours per two week pay period.
Pelican Valley Senior Living is a three building senior living community in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota.
We have a 33 bed care center, and two distinct assisted living communities that provide enhanced assisted living services and memory care assisted living.
We have been a proud member of the Pelican Rapids community for more than 65 years.
Scope: Manage all functions within the Nursing Department including resident cares, nursing staff and training.
Manage day to day functions of the nursing department in accordance with current federal and state regulations to ensure quality of care is provided at all times.
Nurse Managers, MDS Coordinator, and Medical Records, RNs, LPNs and CNAs report to the DON.
Has frequent contact with care center department managers, residents, family members, nursing staff and various members of the medical community.
Key Responsibilities: Interview, train, orientate, evaluate, recognize and discipline staff as needed.
Provide day to day work direction and problem solving as issues or conflicts arise.
Continually communicate expectations with staff.
Ensure staff complies with online education training.
Follow and enforce organizational Human Resource policies.
Develop and maintain staffing and scheduling systems reflecting quality, cost, and appropriateness, based on workload, skills, availability of support services, infection control issues and safety considerations.
Provide regular staff meetings and ongoing employee educational and development opportunities which meet regulatory requirements and increase knowledge.
Create and maintain a work environment for employees that is conducive to high productivity and morale.
Establish and maintain effective communication systems with employees.
Responsible for coordinating the effort of a variety of internal and external resident care services and discipline to meet the needs of the resident.
Participate with the resident admission process.
Will participate in quality assurance meetings.
Ensure effective utilization of all resources.
Initiate studies to evaluate effectiveness of nursing services in relation to their objectives and costs.
Responsible for identifying trends and setting standards through benchmarking targets.
Assist with benchmarking, key performance indicators to achieve highest quality and lowest cost.
Participate in decision making and budgeting for the nursing department.
Coordinate various surveys initiated by the Department of Health (annual survey, case mix audit, quality of life audit and any OHFC survey).
Responsible for initiating investigations regarding Vulnerable Adult issues and appropriate reporting of any such events.
Coordinate and establish and/or delegates policy development for resident care plans, standards of practice, and departmental policies and procedures.
Responsible for learning, understanding, and implementing legal and regulatory mandates as it affects residents, their care and staff.
Need to have excellent knowledge of and ensure licensed staff follows all Medicare and Medicaid guidelines.
Foresee, establish, and/or communicate changes to policies and procedures to meet internal or external demands.
Conduct, attend, or facilitate work related meetings as needed.
Participate in off-site work related marketing and presentations to community members.
Participate in and assist with resident evacuation procedures in case of fire, disaster or other occurrences requiring the resident be moved or evacuated.
The duties and responsibilities listed above are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive.
Leadership Competencies: Accountability and Trust - Relentless about accomplishing company priorities.
Identifies what needs to be done and proactively takes prompt action to accomplish objectives and achieve goals.
Has a strong sense of urgency about solving problems and striving for excellence in performance to company strategies and goals.
Instills mutual trust and confidence; creates a culture that fosters high standards of ethics; behaves in a fair and ethical manner toward others and demonstrates a sense of corporate responsibility, confidentiality and commitment of service.
Customer First Attitude - Makes the customer experience a primary focus of one’s actions; is accessible and provides prompt service.
Develops and sustains mutually beneficial customer relationships.
Quickly and effectively solves customer problems.
Inspires, motivates, and guides others toward goal accomplishments.
Consistently develops and sustains cooperative working relationships.
Encourages and facilitates cooperation within the organization and with customer groups; fosters commitment, team spirit, pride, trust.
Empowering Leadership - Create and follow up on development plans to ensure employee development is progressing and is aligned with company direction.
Sets clear goals for the employees and the work unit, communicate performance standards that are specific and measurable.
Use effective training techniques to help others develop their capabilities Maintains methods to track employees’ progress and performance.
Provides specific performance feedback as soon as possible after the event or action.
Leading Change While Maintaining Quality Standards - Initiate, sponsor, and implement organizational change and quality standard improvements.
Creates a clear and compelling vision for change and shares vision through effective department meetings.
Fosters an environment of change and drives employee commitment to change.
Manage Across Boundaries - Work effectively with other departments and teams.
Understands needs of the organization and works with others to achieve priority initiatives.
Builds relationships with departments across the organization.
Understands, at a high level, the priorities and processes of other departments/teams.