Director of Nursing (DON)

Armor Health

$80K — $100K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Current unencumbered state license as an RN
  • Bachelor's in Nursing preferred
  • Previous nursing supervisory experience, preferably in correctional healthcare
  • Current CPR certificate
  • Proficient with electronic medical records
  • Ability to pass Level 2 clearance including background check and drug screen

Responsibilities

  • Direct, coordinate, and oversee administration of nursing and support staff
  • Plan, implement, and evaluate nursing services and administrative operations
  • Review and maintain patient care protocol and standards according to regulations
  • Establish and coordinate quality improvement, safety, and infection control programs
  • Review pharmacy utilization for formulary adherence
  • Implement organizational goals, strategic plans, and policies
  • Design and maintain an effective organizational structure for staffing and performance
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

  • Direct, coordinate, and oversee the administration of all associated nursing and support staff.
  • Plan, implement and evaluate all nursing services to include associated administrative operations and activities.
  • Review, establish and maintain patient care protocol and standards, ensuring that all federal and state, Armor, and facility policies, regulations, and guidelines for patient care are met.
  • Establish and coordinate quality improvement, safety, and infection control programs
  • Review pharmacy utilization to ensure adherence to the formulary.
  • Establish and implement short and long-range organizational goals, objectives, strategic plans, policies, and operating procedures
  • Design, establish and maintain an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the organization's goals and objectives, recruits, employs, trains, supervises, and evaluates professional and contract staff.

Qualifications

  • Current unencumbered state license as an RN
  • Bachelors in Nursing preferred
  • Previous nursing supervisory experience, preferably in a correctional healthcare setting
  • Current CPR certificate
  • Proficient with electronic medical records
  • Ability to pass pre-employment Level 2 clearance to include a background check and drug screen


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