Director of Nursing|129th Street, NYC
Monday through Friday (8am - 4pm or 9am - 5pm),
Life’s WORC has been a top nonprofit organization for more than 50 years supporting over 2,000 neighbors with developmental disabilities and Autism.
Give yourself a gift that gives back. A great opportunity for an RN looking for the next step in their career! As our Director of Nursing, you will ensure that quality health care is being administered to all Residential Program participants. We are offering a base salary of $105K plus a comprehensive benefits package.
This role will be covering one location with three, 8 beds IRAs in the upper west side of Manhattan as well as residential programs in Queens. This is a 40-hour workweek Monday through Friday (8am - 4pm or 9am - 5pm), though you must be able to work a flexible schedule as needed and to respond to emergency situations via 24 hours, on-call status Monday through Friday. Some responsibilities include:
· Directly supervise Residential RNs—function as a coach, collaborator, facilitator, support system
· Collaborates with RN Educator to ensure AMAP training, certification and supervision of AMAP’s
· Collaborates with RN Education to develop specialized medical training, including medical guidelines and procedures. Ensures a PCP approach to trainings and guidelines.
· Provide orientation training of newly hired nurses
· Ensures medical department regulatory compliance by the oversight of treatment and documentation.
· Functions as a hospital discharge planner. Initiates Surgical Review Committee
· Works closely with agency QA team to ensure a functional, effective QA system and ensure regulatory compliance and successful DQA audit outcomes.
· Participates and follows through on recommendations from committees (i.e., Training Committee, IRC, BRC and Directors Committee)
· Assumes responsibilities during RN vacancy to include report writing, incident reporting, and attending review meetings. Respond to emergency situations via 24 hours, Monday – Friday on-call status.
Life's WORC offers a great benefits package, including:
- Very affordable health and dental & vision insurance (this position includes family coverage)
- Company Matching 403(b) program
- Generous Paid Time Off policy
- Tuition and text book reimbursement
- Regular incremental bonuses
We require:
- Current NYS Licensed Registered Nurse; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Minimum of five years of nursing experience with three of those years in the ID/DD field.
- Training and Quality Assurance experience preferred.
- Knowledge of OPWDD regulations.
- Valid NYS driver’s license preferred.
- Experience working with people with Autism is preferred.
- Must obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing within 10 years of initial Licensure
For immediate consideration, email a resume to [email protected], Or, call to speak to a recruiter at 516.741.9000! We look forward to meeting you!
An EOE m/f/d/v
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $105,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
