Director Of Nursing Resume Examples

Provided oversight to weekly Medicare Utilization Meeting while increasing Medicare length of stay to a average of 45 days

Coordinated and supervised the nursing care rendered to geriatric patients in the 64 beds long term care units. Reported to the DON, and Nurse Administrator.

Assisted in building census to 90% occupancy from 60%

Direct oversight of 300 FTEs and 15 Direct Reports. Responsible for executive oversight of day-to-day clinical operations of a 114 bed transitional and residential care rehabilitation facility, 89 apartment assisted living facility, 12 bed hospice house and an average census of 170 patients within hospice home health. Additional responsibilities include quality, risk, and service excellence of all clinical and ancillary support units. Report directly to Executive Director of Health Services, Senior Leader. In this role, I have overall accountability and comprehensive decision making authority for clinical aspects for health services

Obtained and maintained 4 of 5 Stars.

Plan, direct, and coordinate all nursing services for a 170 unit assisted living facility; Duties and responsibilities include formulating policies; Managing daily operations; Coordinate staff; Facilitate interdepartmental communication; Allocate tasks and resources; Exemplify and uphold company ethics, operations, regulatory, safety and accounting policies and standards; Provide guidance and direction to 35 subordinate nurses; Ensure appropriate staffing levels and expertise; Monitor current status vs. budget and implement change as necessary; Serve as acting Administrator in the Administrator’s absence.

Responsibilities included, but were not limited to, accountability for the administration of long term care, short term/sub-acute, and hemo-dialysis populations for an 80 bed facility

Assisted in transitioning facility from a One Star CMS facility to a Five star facility

Initiated employment as RN Unit Manager, while progressively being promoted into clinical management positions.

Performed a comprehensive range of clinical and nursing functions in a 30-bed crisis stabilization unit and 32-bed Behavioral Health Hospital. Assessed patients, developed treatment plan, initiated guidelines for administering emergency treatments, seclusion and restraints, maintaining integrity of patient clients and responding to medical emergencies.

Established tighter clinical control through implementation of various new forms and staff meetings.

Responsible for the overall delivery of quality clinical care within the ADON job description.

Managed and supervised 140+ bed facility with more than 50 employees

Managed a 108-bed skilled nursing facility with three nursing units

Managed a 108-bed skilled nursing facility with three nursing units

Responsible for weekly QA, QI, Care Conference, marketing and directors meetings.

Manage a 123 bed facility with an acuity mix of trachs, tubes and therapy rehabs to LTC

Maintained systems that safely met residents’ needs.

Non profit private skilled nursing facility catering to the elderly.

Provided management and supervision of all nursing staff and day to day operations of long term care facility including staffing, scheduling, problem solving, patient care, medication administration and transportation. Enforced and maintained state regulations of facility and assisted with state inspections. Coordinated with therapy and dietary departments for patient care.

Responsible for nursing care and delivery for 117 bed skilled facility

Research of disease management guidelines, changes in state and federal law, Medicare, Medicaid and managed care guidelines to monitor regulatory changes applicable to home health care and ensure best practices.

Responsible for the oversight and management of nursing practice, education, professional development and nursing administration in a 156 bed state psychiatric hospital

Responsible for marketing our hospital services to physicians, hospital emergency rooms,
nursing homes, residential group homes, outpatient day programs, etc.

Directed the Practical Nursing and Associate Degree Nursing Programs

Manage, delegate, and assign tasks and duties to CNA and LPN employees.

Assisted in the development, maintaining, and updating of written policies and procedures for the facility to meet regulatory and facility standards. Completed chart reviews and assessment of patients to facilitate appropriate relocation and transfer.

Assisted the director of nursing in managing the needs and staff of 50+ complex pediatric patients requiring hourly staffed nursing care in the home. Most patients are ventilator dependent requiring high levels of nursing care.

Assumes Authority, responsibility, and accountability for the delivery of nursing service in the facility.

Supervised and Maintained Quality Resident Care

Licensed 120 LTC/Skilled Nursing Facility

Leadership to a 63 bed unit, QA monitoring, Staffing Concerns, Care plan documentation, Discharge planning, MDS

Day to day financial and clinical operation of a 2 room ASC

Responsible for management and overall function of the PSL office

Ensure quality nursing care for 80-108 inpatient beds, along with outpatient Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) with over 120 employees.

Began employment as a Unit Supervisor responsible for the medical management of 104 geriatric residents and daily coordination of nursing units. Promoted within the company to Clinical Nurse Manager, adding on responsibilities of developing inservice programs, working with Pharmacy services, and implementing and maintaining a high working knowledge of state regulations. As Assistant Director of Nursing, assisted Director of Nursing in managing 265 residents in their total health care, managing a staff of over 200, and total coordination of residents participating in Medicaid payment system.

Quality director, able to maintain 98% patient satisfaction, oversight of QAPI committee, Patient satisfaction, quality measures and benchmarks, as well as AHRQ Cohort for ASC setting

Assisted Director of Nursing with the daily operations of the nursing department

Directly supervising ADON, Unit Manager, Charge Nurses and Weekend Managers

Responsibility included overseeing nursing operations inclusive of monitoring the quality of care, promoting excellence in nursing clinical practice, managing the staffing office, reviewing all risk and compliant investigations, as well as participation in DOH survey preparation and Performance Improvement monitoring.

Responsible for the day-to-day operations, activities and successes of the patient care staff

Assist the Director of Nursing in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing the daily functions of the nursing service department, in accordance with current rules, regulations and guidelines that govern long-term care for a 126 bed facility.

Supervise all staff of a 5000 Inmate Jail (223 FTE’s) Medical, Mental health, staff Development, Q.I.

Liaison with care managers from various hospitals, nursing homes, and medical centers throughout Lehigh Valley to assign referrals and troubleshoot patient concerns

The Director of Nursing is responsible for Infection Control, sterile and non-sterile physical care equipment monitoring and surveillance, resident and employee health care education and prevention monitoring and surveillance, Medical Records and quality assurance to maintain compliance with JCAHO, CMS, State and local standards at the CHYC facility. In this capacity, he/she also monitors and evaluates resident services and nursing documentation, prepares employee schedules, assists in resident vaccinations and serves in the rotation of the Leadership on Call. May work as a staff nurse when necessary.

Managed and assumed 24-hour responsibility and accountability for resident care. Managed the facility in accordance with policy and procedure, State and Federal regulations to promote high quality care and service.