Director of Nursing - Military Veterans

Springpoint at Home is seeking an experienced Director of Nursing to join our team!

Springpoint at Home provides private duty home care services to our clients. At Springpoint, our Director of Nursing is responsible for planning, developing, and directing the overall operation of the Health Services Dept. in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards and regulations, and to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is always maintained for our residents.

Responsibilities:

• Oversees medication administration for clients in independent living for the on-site clinic.
• Responsible for the supervision, instruction, support, and coaching of CHHA staff on providing quality assured home care services in an organized and cost-efficient manner.
• Actively seeks referrals within the community and visits/calls prospective clients and families to encourage/facilitate intake process.
• In the absence of an Intake Schedule Coordinator, performs and/or delegates associated tasks.
• Reviews and authorizes payroll entries and maintains timeline to assure completion.
• Adhere to corporate policies regarding pay adjustments and seek Director approval for any incentives/travel time/investigation time off pay or any 'non-productive' payments.
• Performing initial assessments within regulation timelines, including care planning and home safety assessments.
• Making 30-day phone calls to monitor client's health, discuss performance of aides, and update care plans (or more frequently as needed).
• Make 60-day client visits to perform re-assessments and observe/supervise home health aides.
• Ongoing monitoring and advocating clients' need and caregiver compatibility.
• Reviews client records for appropriate documentation at admission, recertification, and discharge.
• Conducts regularly scheduled multi-disciplinary client/case review conferences and is ongoing as needed.
• Monitors and ensures coordination and implementation of established patient care plans, discharge planning, and related activities.
• Is available and a resource to staff in matter of policies, procedures, regulations, and coverage issues and/or directs staff to appropriate resources to solve the problem.
• Directs clinical staff toward appropriate and available Springpoint and community resources.
• Supervises and ensures the timeliness, quality, and compliance standards of documentation of assigned staff.
• Collaborate with the scheduling team regarding staff utilization, retention, engagement, and schedule fulfillment.
• Monitors staffing patterns and needs using performance indicators and maintains appropriate staffing levels to assure timeliness and quality of services provided.
• Maintains an open line of communication with all levels of staff.
• Assists staff in orientation and staff development/in-service programs and monitor continuing educator efforts by CHHA staff as per regulations and policies.
• Coordinates efforts with other members of the management team to ensure ongoing development and improvement of agency-wide activities, including participation in Springpoint at Home's Quarterly Quality Improvement Planning meetings.
• Oversee infection control policies and procedures and any audits of such for Springpoint at Home.

• Highschool Diploma or equivalent
• Valid NJ RN License
• CPR Certified
• 2+ Years experience in LTC or sub-acute setting preferred

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Rx Plans
• PTO and Holidays
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Employee Bonus Referral Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program