Director of Nursing - Long Term Care

Role Description: Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home Director of Nursing

Organization Overview

When it comes to caring for your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues, Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home is always ready to deliver exceptional and compassionate care. Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home is Hawaii's only post-acute care and rehabilitation service provider specifically designed to serve the special needs of Veterans. Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home is part of the East Hawaii Region (EHR) of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, which also includes Kau Hospital, Hale Hoola Hamakua, Hilo Medical Center and the network of primary and specialty clinics within the East Hawaii Health Clinics. To learn more about our recent accomplishments, view our Video Yearbook.

Why Join?

You will be relocated to paradise: waterfalls, white sand beaches, year round beautiful weather and breathtaking landscapes, just to name a few ALL WHILE DOING THE WORK YOU LOVE! Additionally, this opportunity offers you the opportunity to join a high-performing and tight-knit team committed to caring for the local community. You would benefit from an outstanding leadership and support team around you, helping to ensure you are equipped for success as you work to improve processes and uphold standards of clinical excellence.

Job Summary

The Director of Nursing is a Registered Professional Nurse who is responsible for Nursing leadership, planning, human resource management, quality of healthcare, the allocation of financial, physical, and human resources, compliance with regulatory and licensing requirements, promotion of the hospital, emergency planning and ongoing management of the Hospital clinical operations within. Nursing Services include all nursing functions and personnel. In addition to assisting the Hospital Administrator on a daily basis, this position assumes the administrative functions during his/her absence.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Graduation with a Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university. Masters degree preferred. Evidence of continuing education should be demonstrated including coursework in nursing.
• Ten to fifteen (10-15) years of long-Term Care nursing experience with sufficient previous nursing administrative experience.
• Candidates with either an Associates degree in Nursing or experience in acute or post-acute care while dealing with long-Term Care patient flow may also be considered, given they meet other requirements.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Certification in Advanced Nursing Administration is highly desirable.
• Possession of a license to practice as a professional nurse in the State of Hawaii required at time of hire. (NOTE can be obtained during final pre-hire stages).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Defines the overall philosophy and objectives of the Hospital Clinical services and interprets the same to the staff.
• Demonstrates personal commitment to the organization's vision and values through actions and decisions by taking initiative, measurable risks, and assumes responsibility for actions taken.
• Provides leadership and direction of Hospital Clinical operations to ensure compliance with established objectives, Standards of Nursing Practice, and goals for quality care.
• Demonstrates continuous employee communication as a core management value in addition to proficiency in verbal and written skills. Communicates appropriately to individuals and/or groups and is sensitive to cultural factors. ELCHCs strong financial standing, you would be stepping into a position you can be proud of while getting to work right away on making an impact.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with Administrator, nursing leaders, and other department heads and subordinates.
• Maintains high ethical professional standards and conducts self accordingly.
• Participates in short-term and long-range financial planning. Ensures that goals and plans of assigned areas adhere to the financial and strategic goals of the organization.
• Establishes staffing requirements to ensure appropriate staffing of Hospital Clinical Operations to meet the needs of patient care. Maintains and directs a staff education program for orientation, continuing education, and skill training programs for personnel.

MEDICAL/PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT

Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment physical examination, which includes drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, two-step tuberculosis (TB) screen. The cost for physical examinations, except the cost for drug screening, shall be borne by the applicant and not the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT ASSESSMENT

As part of our recruitment process for this position, we require candidates who do not currently work for our organization to take a series of pre-employment assessments after they have submitted their applications. Please look for an email confirmation containing instructions for the pre-assessment.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

To be considered for this position applicants must complete and submit the following items:

1. Candidates will interview with a Spirit Consulting recruiter for a pre-screening interview followed by an interview with the client manager from Spirit Consulting to determine if their qualifications meet or exceed those necessary for presentation to YOSVH.
2. Finalists will then be presented by Spirit Consulting to YOSVH. Candidates designated for interviews will have video and in person interviews coordinated with the YOSVH search committee.
3. Candidates are debriefed by the Spirit Consulting hiring manager after their on-site interview.
4. Candidates that progress to this point will have reference and background checks administered on them.
5. YOSVH will then determine a final candidate designated to be hired and extend an offer letter.