Nursing Director

Mentor Community Services

Mentor Community Services, a part of the Sevita family, provides community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Here we believe every person has the right to live well, and everyone deserves to have a fulfilling career. You'll join a mission-driven team and create relationships that motivate us all every day. Join us today, and experience a career well lived.

Our Mission And Performance Expectations

The MENTOR Network is a mission-based organization dedicated to providing high quality services to those we serve. Therefore, to deliver on our mission, The Network expects every employee to perform his or her job first and foremost in accordance with the Company's mission.

Summary

Directs a department or program responsible for delivering health care services to clients / individuals. Manages staff RNs, and works in tandem with those nurses to supervise and oversee the work of Licensed Practical Nurses. Implements, promotes, completes and evaluates all medically related services and supports.

Essential Job Functions

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below :

• Provides professional support and medically related guidance to employees, supervisors and office staff regarding medical policies and procedures.
• Assures the overall quality of services and supports of each person within the assigned area.
• Maintains a functional understanding of funding, managed care requirements, and licensing requirements for each person served.
• Completes medical quality assurance reviews of medically related services and supports.
• In collaboration with Staff RNs, supervises Approved Medication Assistive Personnel (AMAP), assures compliance with AMAP regulations, and maintains required documentation.
• Assures all staff nurses are trained in the ICF / MR, Waiver, licensure and AMAP rules and regulations and how they affect a nurse's scope of practice.
• Assures that all medical related records both staff and those served are kept organized, complete and confidential and that all timelines are met.
• Assists in developing and implementing person centered IPP.
• Maintains familiarity with emergency procedures and implements the procedures in the event of an emergency.
• Monitors and implements infection control / safety procedures and complies with all Mentor, OSHA, workman's compensation and labor department standards.
• Provides for admission and discharge planning as it applies to the medical component.
• Performs other related duties and activities as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Directs and supervises assigned staff including performance evaluations, scheduling, orientation, and training. Makes decisions on employee hires, transfers, promotions, salary changes, discipline, terminations, and similar actions. Resolves employee problems within position responsibilities.

Minimum Knowledge and Skills Required by the Job

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or abilities required to perform the job :

Americans With Disabilities Statement

External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodations to be determined on a case by case basis. Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face. We've made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.