Avera Health

Director Nursing Services | Long Term Care

Avera Health$80K — $95K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active RN license in the state of practice
  • 4-6 years of RN experience
  • Some college education in leadership or healthcare administration preferred

Responsibilities

  • Facilitates staff and resources to align with Avera's vision
  • Cultivates cross-departmental relationships to enhance collaboration
  • Develops short and long-term plans for department and health system
  • Establishes benchmark goals and addresses performance variances
  • Manages departmental resources for effective outcomes
  • Builds relationships with physicians, patients, and referral sources
  • Utilizes teamwork to achieve departmental objectives
  • Maintains knowledge of Medicare reimbursement and relevant regulations
  • Responsible for employee management including hiring, training, and performance appraisal

Benefits

  • PTO available from day 1 for eligible hires
  • Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
  • Career development through hands-on training and mentorship
  • $15,000 sign-on bonus
Full Job Description
Location:
Avera Creighton Care Center

Worker Type:
Regular

Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

This position may be eligible for a $15,000 sign-on bonus!

A Brief Overview

Collaborates with appropriate interdisciplinary team members in assuring that services are provided in a safe, efficient, and cost effective manner that enhances patient, staff, and physician satisfaction. Accountable for department success through sound decision making, fiscal financial planning, maintaining appropriate staff levels, monitoring competency and quality of services.

What you will do
  • Demonstrates the ability to facilitate staff and resources to reinforce the vision of Avera.
  • Cultivates relationships across functions and departments of local facility, region, and system.
  • Develops short and long range plans for the department, community and health system.
  • Demonstrates the ability to establish benchmark goals to guide the department's activities and effectively deal with variances. This includes developing data, analysis, setting thresholds, and developing action plans which resolve discrepancies.
  • Manages the resources of department and hospital in a way that provides effective outcomes while at the same time only using minimum resources to achieve those outcomes.
  • Develops positive relationships with customers (physicians, patients, families, and referral sources) that help to promote Avera's referral base.
  • Utilizes teamwork to help achieve objectives and improve operation within the department, hospital, and Avera.
  • Maintains basic knowledge of Medicare reimbursement principles, understands and addresses to applicable laws and regulations, reviews and updates departmental policies and practices to reflect current regulations.
  • Supports Avera's strategic goals and develops the departmental goals accordingly.
  • Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:
  • Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire
  • 4-6 years RN

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:
  • Some College in leadership or healthcare administration

Expectations and Standards
  • Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
  • Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
  • Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
  • Maintain confidentiality.
  • Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
  • Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.


Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.
  • PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
  • Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
  • Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

About Avera Health

Avera Health is a regional health system based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It provides healthcare services to communities in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska. Avera Health operates 33 hospitals, 208 primary care clinics, and 40 senior care facilities. The health system employs over 19,000 people and serves over 1 million people. Avera Health is committed to providing high-quality, affordable healthcare to its patients.
Learn more about Avera Health
Size
19,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1993

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Avera Health

More Hospitals & Medical Centers Jobs

Find similar Director Nursing Services | Long Term Care jobs: