Director Of Nursing Fairfax CA - Full-time / Part-time

CareMeridian

Founded in 1989, CareMeridian provides a continuum of high quality, cost-effective post-acute care and rehabilitation options to people of all ages with brain, spinal cord and other life-altering injuries and medically-complex illnesses. With program locations throughout the Western United States, CareMeridian offers a distinctive service delivery model, merging an experienced and skilled health care and rehabilitation team with state-of-the-art technology in community-based program settings designed to meet each individual’s unique needs at every stage of recovery.

CareMeridian is a partner of The MENTOR Network, a national network of local human services providers offering quality, community-based services to adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain and spinal cord injuries and other catastrophic injuries and illnesses, and to youth with emotional, behavioral and medically complex challenges as well as their families. With opportunities from coast to coast, when you join CareMeridian and The MENTOR Network, you’ll make a difference every day and help to provide quality of life enhancing services to individuals across the country.

CareMeridian is currently seeking an immediate need for a Director of Nursing (DON) to improve and sustain superior performance of the facility as evidenced by quality outcomes . A strong emphasis is placed on CareMeridian’s mission and values.

We are looking for a strong yet compassionate person, who will use their skills and experience in our home like facility located in Fairfax, Ca in Marin County.

This person should be able to demonstrate a desire for strategic patient outcomes, and the ability to manage personnel and staff while demonstrating key qualities of leadership.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan and organize the daily functions of the Nursing department.
• Participate in the development and updating of the interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Complete pre-admission resident evaluations at their current place of care.
• Ensure that all Safety Policies and Procedures are followed at all times, including timely completion and submission of all incident and accident reports.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory guidelines, licensing requirements.
• Reviews, manages and supervises case management to include:
• Admission process and resident business files
• Resident funding
• Additional funding resources
• Discharge planning
• Interdisciplinary team conferences
• Maintain staffing levels within regulations and budgetary guidelines with assistance of corporate assistance and with the support of the Regional Director for Northern CA operations.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced nursing professional that may be looking for the next step in their career in the nursing field or wants to grow and be the advocate to our residents while helping them achieve their goals.

Requirements:

• Current and active Registered Nursing (RN) license issued by this state.
• Preferably three (3) years experience working with medically complex individuals and in the nursing profession as an RN.
• Preferably three (3) years experience in a leadership/management role.
• Able to effectively communicate (verbally and in writing) with physicians, staff, residents, and their families and/or authorized representative, and other members of the community.
• Experience with spinal chord, brain injury and high acuity of care preferred but not required.

Founded in 1980, The MENTOR Network is a national network of local human services providers offering an array of quality, community-based services in more than 30 states to adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain and spinal cord injuries and other catastrophic injuries and illnesses, and to youth with emotional, behavioral and medically complex challenges as well as their families.

EOE/AAE