Director of Nursing - Children's Habilitation Center
Harvey, IL
About the Job
Pediatric Habilitation and Long-Term Care
Children's Habilitation Center provides critical care for infants and children with complex medical needs. Our highly trained staff has been recognized throughout the state of Illinois and include Respiratory Therapists, Trach Wound Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), Physical Therapists, Certified Occupational Therapist Assistants, a Registered Dietitian, and a Psychologist.
As part of our long-term pediatric care/MCDD, CHC also provides onsite educational services to our children, with Doris Zollar playing an instrumental role in the creation of the educational program. The program is certified by the Illinois State Board of Education and has accreditation by the National Association of Special Education Teachers. Even our youngest children, those under the age of 3 years old, receive educational services in our early childhood development programs.
CHC is the largest member of the national Pediatric Complex Care Association in the United States to provide ventilator care, and continues setting the highest standards and providing the best cost-to-benefit holistic care of children with complex medical needs requiring ventilation than any other facility in the country.
We operate our pediatric habilitation and critical care under three guiding principals- compassion, innovation, and holistic care.
Title: Director of Nursing
Company: Children's Habilitation Center
Website: https://childhabcenter.com/
Compensation: Commensurate with experience
Classification: Full Time; Exempt
Reports to: Administration
Supervisor Responsibilities: Nursing Department
Location: 121 W. 154th Street, Harvey, IL
Shift Options: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, as needed
Purpose: Director of Nursing (DON) manages the services provided by the nursing personnel of a healthcare facility. Overseeing the nursing personnel and patient care, as well as administrative tasks such as record keeping and budgeting.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and lead all nursing personnel operations
- Develop short and long-term goals for the entire nursing department
- Establish new policies and update existing policies to improve the standard of patient care
- Plan and oversee nursing, and patient care processes.
- Respond to any nursing-related issues in a timely manner
- Oversee all record-keeping processes and ensure all necessary documents are accurate and up to date
- Hire and train new nursing staff members
- Evaluate staff performance and prepare accurate reports detailing your findings
- Ensures nursing department is staffed appropriately
- Oversee the staff schedule
- Maintain department budgets and record all expenses
- Monitor equipment and supply usage
- Serves on committees, as assigned
- Supervise the quality and content of medical records
- Review all resident evaluations, IEP and IPP for appropriateness and completeness
- Participates in preadmission and discharge evaluations
- Serves as liaison with hospitals, physician offices, and schools providing services or programs to CHC
- Assure facility compliance with local, state, and federal regulations
- Evaluate patient room assignments for appropriateness
- Monitor incident reporting and provide follow-up as needed
- Attend workshops & seminars as needed
- Participate in quality improvement activities
- Monitor activities of pharmacy and medical records consultants
- Perform other duties as needed
- Abides by CHC policies
- Oversee educational plan for resident and family
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or master's degree in nursing, healthcare administration or a relevant field
- Must be a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois
- At least 3-5 years of management experience in a hospital or nursing home
- Pediatric experience desired
- In-depth knowledge of legal policies and regulations in the healthcare industry
- Certified nursing and CPR qualifications
- Aptitude for problem-solving
- Excellent leadership and people skills
- Outstanding written and verbal communications skills
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401K, Tuition Reimbursement, Short- & Long-Term Disability, and other benefit options
Children's Habilitation Center is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and drug free workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
Children's Habilitation Center will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
***This job description is not intended to represent a complete list of all duties and responsibilities. There may be unplanned activities and other duties assigned. ***