Interim Director of Nursing - ND Region | As Needed |
Interim HealthCare
- Fargo, ND
- Interim
- Full-time
- Pay Rate: Open/Negotiable - based on each individual contracts
- 8 HOUR / 10 HOUR SHIFTS / 12 HOUR SHIFTS
- 24/7 Contact with staff member within Interim Healthcare
- Contract Completion Bonus for every successfully completed contract
- Competitive Salary
- AFLAC Insurance
- Continued Education Credits
- 401K Retirement Plan (4% company match)
- Holiday Pay
- Referral Bonuses
- New Hire Bonus
- Loyalty Program
- Weekend/Night Differentials
- Direct, oversee and evaluate all nursing staff(registered nurses, LPN etc.)
- Guide staffing procedures
- Set long-term goals for nurses on staff
- Coordinate nursing and client care procedures
- Manage clients’ data and medical records
- Interact with doctors, clients and family members as necessary
- Develop and enforce policies to maintain legal compliance and high-quality standards
- Manage record-keeping procedures
- Collaborate with colleagues to streamline operations
- Share necessary reporting with upper management
- Previous experience as a director of nursing preferred but not required for the right candidate
- Valid nursing certification required
- Current CPR (American Heart Association) Certification
- Understanding of basic budgeting and financial reporting
- Great knowledge of legal regulations and healthcare best practices in healthcare
- Eagerness to stay up-to-date on the latest changes in nursing administration standards
- Strong leadership, organization and employee development skills
- Effective communication and people skills
- Must be respectful and compassionate with a good bedside manner
- Identify as a problem solver
- Meets applicable health requirements to provide patient care.
- If a state standard exists that is higher than these education/experience requirements, the state standard supersedes these qualifications.
- Demonstrated multi-tasking ability and effective organizational skills in order to meet short deadlines with finite resources.
- Demonstrated ability to develop, retain and manage an effective caregiver team.
- Able to engage in local and occasional out-of- town travel.
- Computer proficiency including the ability to utilize software programs for creating documents and data analyses.
- Meets applicable state and federal health screening requirements.
- Pass federal and state required criminal and abuse background checks where required.
- Verification of employment eligibility (I-9) in accordance with local, state, and federal law and regulations.
- Ensures that daily patient care and client services as well as related office activities are conducted in accordance with applicable law and regulation.
- Ensures patient care and paraprofessional services are provided in accordance with acceptable standards of care and Interim HealthCare performance standards.
- Ensures that Interim HealthCare policies and procedures are implemented and consistently followed.
- May have access to personal health information (“PHI”) necessary to fulfill the above duties and responsibilities. Access to use and ability to disclose PHI is further defined by each organization/department.
- Ensures the respectful treatment of patients and clients and family members.
- Provides leadership to the staff in the compassionate care of the patient/ family unit.
- Develops and motivates the clinical and paraprofessional team.
- In partnership with the General Manager or franchise owner, ensures recruitment and retention of qualified caregivers as well as the ongoing assessment of their performance, and ensures that these individuals are appropriately oriented, trained, supervised and evaluated, as well as competent to meet the needs of the population being served.
- Ensures access to appropriately qualified support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
- Ensures that appropriate action is taken to resolve identified caregiver or patient/ client concerns or complaints.
- Manages caregivers to achieve an acceptable level of patient/ client satisfaction.
- Identifies opportunities to improve the quality of patient care or client services, formulating and implementing an action plan and evaluating results.
- Develops processes and executes training to successfully implement changes in patient care or client service practices.
- Identifies issues and creates solutions in response to changing demands for caregivers, clinical skills, and availability of qualified staff.
- Implements pilot programs to support new business initiatives.
- Understanding current trends and advancements in the delivery of care.
- Manages the efficient use of the in-office and field resources related to patient care and client services.
- Completes other assignments as requested and assigned.
- Active Registered Nurse within North Dakota, BSN preferred
- Maintains required certification / qualifications and associated standards.
- Five (5) Years HealthCare Experience preferred as Registered Nurse within Skilled Nursing Facility within the last seven (7) years
- Three (3) years HealthCare experience managing caregivers within the last five (5) years
- Proof of vaccination documentation or declinations
- Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment and may require occasional work to be performed in facility.
- Ability to travel as needed.
- Ability to work flexible schedule including overtime and evening hours as needed.
- Able to frequently lift and carry up to 50 pounds in order to carry out daily job functions and related activities that may be required. Frequently walking or standing or sitting most of the time and using arms or legs to push/pull.