Director of Nursing

The Meth-Wick Community is a dynamic, active aging community focused on living life to its fullest. Recognized for the past 7 years as the Corridor Business Journal’s Best Senior Living Community, Meth-Wick residents enjoy 5 different styles of living on a beautiful 68 acre campus. Due to an upcoming retirement, we are seeking a full-time Director of Nursing

Responsibilities will include:

• Provide leadership to household teams to develop policies and procedures for clinical practices and household management that support the values of person-centered and resident-centered care.  Guide the development of clinical policies and procedures which ensure safe, sanitary and efficient practices supporting professional standards of nursing care.
• Mentors and guides household clinical staff to assure proper hiring, orientation, training, clinical competency, coaching, educating, counseling and performance appraisals are maintained in a manner support of team and professional standards of practice.

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate and direct the Nursing Facility, as well as its programs and activities, in accordance with current rules, regulations and guidelines that govern the long-term care facility.
• Assist the Quality Assessment & Assurance Committee in developing and implementing appropriate plans of action to correct identified deficiencies. 
• Make daily rounds of the nursing services department to ensure that all nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards. 

• Develop methods for coordination of nursing services with other resident services to ensure the continuity of the residents’ total regimen of care.

This position must be a graduate of an approved BSN program or must be a graduate of a state approved School of Nursing and be licensed in the State of Iowa as a Registered Nurse.  Must have, as a minimum, one (1) - two (2) years experience as a supervisor in a hospital, long-term care facility, or other related health care facility and have, as a minimum, one (1) - two (2) years in supervision and/or management services.