ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides professional working conditions for employees.
• Ensures the nursing department staff performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Assists with development of the budget for the nursing department in collaboration with the CEO and Controller. Manages costs associated with personnel, equipment and supplies.
• Responsible for staffing plans, management of nursing hours per patient day, and quality of work of nursing staff.
• Assures compliance with nursing scope of practice and HIPAA.
• Enforces compliance of the nursing department with education/in-service requirements/orientation and competencies.
• Leads monthly staff meetings and communicates information to/from management and leadership.
• Promotes rehabilitation nursing philosophy and practice; encourages staff development, including acquisition of CRRN for qualified registered nurses.
• Assists to review and evaluate risk and quality indicators, patient satisfaction results, and outcomes in order to continually improve performance and outcomes; communicates this information to the nursing department.
• Performs management activities including interviewing, hiring, evaluating, counseling, and performance evaluations of staff in the nursing department.
• Assures occurrence of appropriate documentation, including documentation of medical necessity, by staff in medical records; monitors completion and revisions to the Interdisciplinary Care Plan.
• Assures education and training is provided to nursing staff on Quality Indicators (QI); assures timely and accurate QI assessments and scoring is performed.
• Assures nursing attendance and participation in team conferences.
• Ensures that patient charges are accurate and entered on a timely basis.
• Other duties as assigned