Director of Nursing

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Establishing and executing nursing policies, procedures, and best practices to uphold the delivery of high-quality residents’ care.

• Offering guidance and support to the nursing team, aiding them in achieving performance goals.

• Monitoring resident care outcomes and quality metrics, identifying areas for enhancement in the process.

• Effectively manage staffing levels to secure ample coverage while minimizing operational costs.

• Supervising training initiatives for new nurses and facilitate continuous professional development for existing staff.

• Working collaboratively to develop and implement a strategic business plan and budget for the facility.

• This involves maximizing occupancy and ensuring prudent cost controls across all departments while upholding quality standards.

• Collaborate directly with the Finance Controller (FC) and the finance department to ensure the punctual submission of financial information.

• ·Foster collaboration with other departments to facilitate effective interdisciplinary care.

• Ensuring strict compliance with all regulatory requirements pertinent to the nursing home setting.

• Minimum 3 years of experience within last 6 years, in a leadership role in a Nursing home

Leadership

• Embraces organisational change and initiatives.

• Convincingly communicates benefits of change to others.

• Shows strong initiative; can work outside of standard protocol when necessary.

• Able to bring new ideas/initiative to fruition.

Problem Solving & Decision Making

• Able to act quickly to address urgent matters.

• Demonstrates lateral thinking to generate non-obvious solutions to problems.

• Grasps how all decisions (both big and small) might affect others.

Planning & Organising

• Ensures most effective allocation and use of resources.

• Anticipates problems and issues and takes preventative action to address these.

• Can multi-task, without losing focus.

• Manages competing and changing priorities.

Essential Criteria:

• Registered on the Live Register in the General Division of the Register of Nurses as maintained by the NMBI.

• Management Qualification

• Minimum 3 years of experience within last 6 years, in a leadership role in a Nursing home

• Strong understanding of nursing practices, HIQA regulations, and industry trends

• Have a full understanding of the National Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People.

• Have wide general nursing experience and proven leadership qualities.

• Have experience/ qualification in /Gerontology.

• Evidence of consistent updating of clinical skills and knowledge.

• Demonstrable coaching & development skills within clinical practice

• Competent and confident IT skills.

• Has worked with or has a knowledge of caring for people with dementia

Key Competencies:

• Excellent organisational skills, self-motivated and self-starter

• Excellent verbal and communication skills

• Willingness to learn and work as part of a multi departmental team

• Dedicated, reliability and flexible approach to work

• Ability to set high personal standards of performance and delivery of desired results

• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills

• Ability to work on your own initiative

• Responsible and mature approach to work