Overview

Come see why Wesley Enhanced Living is Ranked #5 in the Nation as a Best Workplace in our industry!

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The Director of Nursing is responsible to make a compelling difference in the lives of our residents through providing excellence and innovation in aging services. The Director of Nursing is responsible for strategic leadership, program development and implementation, and overall administration of Nursing Services in accordance with community and resident needs, government regulations, projected industry changes, and WEL policies and procedures.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Assumes responsibility for the development of nursing service objectives, performance standards of nursing practice for each category of nursing personnel, and nursing policies and procedures.
• Directs, evaluates and supervises all resident care and initiates corrective action as necessary.
• Directs and/or assesses resident care needs and assists in the development of individualized plans of care.
• Evaluates resident care as related to individualized resident needs, family involvement and the physician’s plan of care for the resident.
• Directs staff and/or assesses resident responses to medication and treatment, and make appropriate recommendations for nursing action to be implemented.
• Reports concerns/problems to the Director of Long Term Care, conducts daily resident rounds and initiate corrective action as necessary.
• Conducts ongoing monitoring of incidents/accidents, identifies trends, implements corrective action or systems changes necessary.
• Monitors Infection Control practices, identifies trends, implements corrective action or systems changes necessary.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

Related Experience:

• Five years leadership experience in acute or long term care nursing.
• Long-term care preferred.

Education or Degree Requirements:

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing (BSN preferred).
• Currently registered with the State Board of Nursing Examiners.
• Advanced Degree Preferred (MBA, MHA, MPH or equivalent advanced Administrative degree).

Licenses, Certifications, Registrations:

• RN license in the state of Pennsylvania.

Additional Skills:

• Organizational development and leadership skills.
• Ability to interpret and implement DOH regulations.
• Ability to effectively work with and report on performance metrics
• Ability to development staffing plans and staff to resident ratios
• This individual must be able to speak and read the English language in an understandable manner in order to communicate with residents, employees, family members, volunteers and the public.
• Excellent analytic and problem solving skills including ability to think strategically, to think “out of the box”, and to develop and grow new program opportunities
• Excellent staff development, staff retention, and team building skills
• Handles detailed, complex concepts and problems and makes rapid decisions regarding administrative issues, planning and implementing personal care programs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.

At WEL, you will be paid at a competitive rate and enjoy a generous benefits package!

Some of our benefits include:

• Health Insurance (including prescription and vision)
• Dental Insurance
• 401(k) plans
• Wellness program
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Life insurance
• Other generous benefits

WEL is ranked #5 in the nation on the 2023 Fortune Best Workplaces in Aging Services list, and has been a Certified Great Place to Work for the past five years in a row. We got here because of our amazingly talented employees and their commitment to our mission of making a compelling difference in the lives of our residents!

We welcome your application and invite you to visit: www.wel.org to learn more about our 130+ year young organization, our enhanced living philosophy, and our award winning team of employees.

For the safety and protection of our residents, employees, and visitors our organization requires that all staff members receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

An Equal Opportunity Employer | A Mandatory COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Employer

A Drug-Free Workplace .

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