Job Description:
DIRECTOR OF NURSING
Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers, Inc. is seeking a Director of
Nursing for a very successful and very busy Federally Qualified Health
Center in Southern New Jersey. We are looking for an experienced and
enthusiastic leader with the ability to teach, motivate and inspire
our primary care nursing staff. The ideal candidate is someone who
will embrace our mission to remove barriers to health care and to
provide high quality care to underserved, uninsured and
underprivileged populations.
Summary: The Director of Nursing is
responsible for the overall direction, coordination and evaluation of
nursing care and services provided to patients in seven community
health centers. The Director ensures that quality care is provided in
accordance with organizational and regulatory standards and in a
culturally sensitive manner.
Position Responsibilities/Duties:
* Develops and maintains written objectives, philosophy,
organizational plan and evaluation plan for nursing services; assists
in the development of patient care policies
* Ensures nursing
department is compliant with federal, state and local
regulations
* Serves as a clinical leader in various projects and
forums
* Participates in strategic planning
* Supervises
RN, LPN and CMA; develops and monitors performance plans; monitors and
evaluates nursing activities and takes corrective action where needed
* Helps facilitate integration of nursing services with other
patient care services in the facility, and ensures nursing staff
patterns are implemented
* Assists in the recruitment,
development and orientation of nursing staff
* Identifies
educational and clinical needs of the nursing staff and schedules
in-services to address them
* Organizes and facilitates regular
meetings of nursing department
* Ensures care of patients through
health promotion, maintenance, restoration and prevention of
infection, accident and injury; Monitors quality and appropriateness
of patient care
* Provides nursing care services as needed,
including but not limited to administering medications; assesses
patient’s response to treatment and nursing care
* In conjunction
with the Director of Clinical Compliance, leads immunization and lab
diagnostic tracking
* Promotes the role of the patient and
practice within a Patient Centered Medical Home
* Serves as an
agent for change by constantly seeking opportunities to shape the
environment in support of SJFMC’s mission, and facilitates change by
providing direction and support.
* Other duties as assigned
