Head of Nursing jobs in Oklahoma City, OK

This job description is not inclusive of all duties required, this is only a few of the essential job duties.

• Collaborate with other health care professionals including consultants, government agencies and advocacy groups in the development and support of resident care, administrative functions, and facility mission.
• Maintain knowledge of all current state and federal regulations and facility policies.
• Oversee the staff development program to ensure nursing team members have the tools, training, and resources to properly care for residents in accordance with facility policies and the resident assessment.
• Monitor the facility’s quality measure reports; develop and implement performance improvement plans.
• Perform administrative duties such as auditing the electronic health record (EHR), completing forms, compiling reports, producing, and approving evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.
• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the nursing services department as well as its programs and activities in accordance with current rules, regulations and guidelines that govern the nursing care facilities.
• Monitor residents for preventable decline including weight loss, pressure ulcers, loss of activities of daily living (ADLs), incontinence, dehydration, pain, etc.
• Monitor the nursing 24-hour and change of shift reports to ensure timely and effective responses to significant change in residents’ condition, transfers, discharges, new restraints, unexplained injuries, falls, incidents, accidents, behavioral management episodes and/or medication errors.
• Ensure that medical and nursing care are administered in accordance with the resident’s wishes including the implementation of advance directives.
• Ensure the facility has sufficient nursing staff with the appropriate competencies and skill sets to provide nursing and related services.
• Educate the nursing team on facility policies and procedures, monitor staff practices and implementation of facility policies; ensure team members are trained in advance of implementation of new facility policies.
• Ensure that nursing services personnel follow established infection prevention and control procedures.

Full job description with risk exposure matrix will be provided at time of onboarding if hired for this position.

Requirements: Board of Nursing RN License at a minimum

No convictions deemed by the State of Oklahoma as un-licensable or un-hirable