Senior Director of Nursing

Job Type
Full-time
Description
King-Bruwaert House is a beautiful Senior Living Community located in Burr Ridge, Illinois. With the completion of our new State-of-the-Art Healthcare building, The Martin Jahn Pavilion and the construction for our new luxurious Independent Living apartments, The Gardens, opening in April of 2024. Come be a part of our wonderful historic and growing community.
We are currently looking for a Senior Director of Nursing. The primary purpose is planning, organizing, developing, and directing the day-to-day functions of the Nursing department, while maintaining quality standards set forth by Federal, State and Local agencies. (IDPH)
Responsibilities:

• Establishes and manages goals and objectives for the Nursing department through analysis and strategic planning consistent with the organization's mission.
• Oversees the development of the Nursing department structure and roles of each position.
• Proven effectiveness in retention, team building, shared governance, participatory, and highly collaborative environment.
• Drives ongoing CQI process, oversees milestone plans for performance improvement, and monitors clinical trends and outcomes.
• Experience with Quint Studer principles including 5 pillar goal setting, employee check-in quarterly, resident rounding daily, and thank you notes.
• Hires, educates and counsels a nursing leadership team to participate in clinical oversight.
• Ability to raise expectations and accountability while generating buy in for change.
• Resident focused environment with proven expertise with hardwiring behaviors to improve resident experience.
• Demonstrated follow-up and follow-through, and project completion.
• Empathy, mission focused, ability to create enthusiasm and a strong vision for nursing care.

Requirements

• RN license required in state of Illinois
• Nursing Home Administrator License, geriatric, dementia, and or restorative nursing (preferred)
• Master's level education (preferred)
• BSN required
• Prior DON experience required (2 to 5 years)
• Strong process improvement outcomes
• Prior Director/Manager in a magnet nursing environment is a strong preference

Salary Description
$100,000.00 - $124,000.00