Govig Senior Care, the premier Executive Search firm in the Senior Care industry, is seeking a Health Services Director for an upscale retirement community.  This property requires a HSD who enjoys being a part of the community, interacting with the residents and their families, and can create an atmosphere of fun. This position is perfect for a nurse with strong mentoring and training experience and who has a good history of regulatory compliance and good surveys.  The management team is great and looking for the right HSD to complete the team!

Job Responsibilities:

• Overall direction, coordination and evaluation of the nursing department
• Assures that adequate strategies are in place to verify the current licensure and credentials of nursing employees.
• Schedules and performs Resident rounds to monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of nursing care.
• Maintains administrative authority, responsibility and accountability for the proper charting and documentation of care and medications and treatments
• Recommends to the Administrator the number and levels of nursing personnel to employed
• Develops and implements the written staffing plan and nursing schedule that reflects the needs of the resident population
• Participates in the budget process of the facility and maintains the nursing supply, equipment and nurse staff budgets
• Maintains current knowledge of applicable managed care, Medicare and state Medicaid regulations
• Follows JCAHO standards for long-term care
• Makes nursing diagnoses which serves as the basis for the strategy of care
• Develops a plan of care based on assessment, implementing nurse care
• Evaluates the residents responses to nursing interventions
• Designs, promotes and organizes resident education and counseling based on health needs

All potential candidates must have:

• A graduate degree of an accredited school of professional nursing is highly preferred
  Management or supervisory experience in long-term care, restorative or geriatric nursing his preferred
• A current Registered Nurse (RN License)
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, nursing/Resident progress notes and nursing procedures.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from department heads, customers (Residents, family members, physicians, etc.) and the general public.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, or, diagram or schedule form.

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Govig & Associates was founded in 1978 and we have been fortunate to be surrounded with outstanding people ever since. Our average tenure of 7 years speaks to our commitment to hiring talented people.

Keywords: skilled nursing, SNF, nursing home, Assisted living, RN, registered nurse, director of nursing, assistant director of nursing, DON, Health Service Director, HSD

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