Peaceful Pines Senior Living is committed to providing exceptional care and service with compassion. Our community offers a total of 30 independent living units, 29 assisted living units, and 32 memory care units located in the beautiful Black Hills.

The Director of Nursing (RN) is responsible for the overall implementation, delivery, and coordination of resident care at Peaceful Pines Senior Living. Directly supervises all caregiver staff in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. This position is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of resident care. The responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training caregiver staff; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Director of Nursing has direct support of the staff/care coordinator for staffing and scheduling needs.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO INCLUDE:

• Ensures the well-being and protection of every resident through the delivery of high-quality care including move-ins, evaluations, assessments, service planning, communicating with families and outside providers, interventions and behavior management, care conferences, nursing services, and documentation.
• Will promote and support a positive work environment focused on team building and collaboration.
• Involves being completely familiar with the state regulations governing Assisted Living and ensuring compliance in the department by regularly reviewing regulations checklist.
• Performs timely and accurate resident assessments utilizing assessment tools and communicating changes to the Administrator for billing purposes.
• Manages expenses within given budget parameters.
• Provides oversight with medication management to assure all MARs are correct and that the residents receive medications timely and accurately. Working with local pharmacies as needed to assure the community is in compliance.
• Ensures all charting is performed in a timely manner and in accordance with state regulations.
• Provides timely and honest communication with families to promote good relationships and to keep them informed about the resident's condition and community events.
• Provides marketing support within the community by participating in tours and discussions with potential residents and their families about the clinical needs of the prospect.
• Provides assessments for potential residents to determine their eligibility for Assisted Living.
• Creates positive employee relations through staff appreciation programs, recognition of excellent performance, and retention through regular feedback systems and promotional incentive programs.
• Provides appropriate guidance for employees by planning work schedules, assigning work duties while on shift, and directing the work daily.
• Provides on-call back up to the community when not on duty. Maintains confidentiality of all pertinent personal or health information concerning residents and staff.
• Ensures that any incident reports are completed properly and promptly.
• All other duties as assigned by the Administrator or Designee.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Previous experience in a leadership role in an assisted living community.
• Holds an active and unencumbered RN license.
• Minimum of two years' experience as an RN in a healthcare facility.
• Point Click Care experience would be ideal!

SALARY AND HOURS:

• Salary, Exempt, Position
• $80,000-$100,000 annually depending on experience
• Potential bonuses for meeting staffing budgets and occupancy goals.
• Typically, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm with some evenings, nights, weekends and holidays as needed.
• On call during non-business hours on a rotation.
• Health, vision, dental insurance, PTO, EAP, supplemental insurance, free meals, same day pay, 401K retirement with a company match.

Must be able to pass a background check.