This job participates in activities that support high quality nursing care and ensures adherence to the highest standards of nursing care and practice. Focuses on coordination of education, training, and competency assessment for the clinical staff; regulatory compliance; patient education; safety organizational operations and performance improvement activities. Job Description To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company’s discretion. Education Required - Bachelor's degree in healthcare, business, nursing or related field. Work Experience Required - 5 years of related experience. Certifications Required - Current RN license in the state of practice. Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association. Preferred-Certification in clinical specialty area. Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) - Knowledge of nursing practice, regulatory requirements, and Nursing Practice Acts, clinical skills, and ability to perform nursing responsibilities. - Professional attitude and skills to relate to executive management. - Computer skills and dexterity required for data entry and retrieval of patient information. - Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to present information clearly and professionally to varying levels of individuals throughout the patient care process. - Proficient with Windows-style applications, various software packages specific to role and keyboard. - Good organizational skills. - Good leadership, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills and ability to demonstrate good judgement in performing duties and conflict resolution skills. Job Duties - Develops processes that ensure overall safety of patients and employees. - Strives to continuously improve all aspects of the business operation through quality improvement initiatives. - Monitors the practice of nursing and ensures safe nursing practice. - Provides monitoring and oversight for clinical and quality indicators. - Develops and implements strategies to drive engagement while also ensuring accountability. - Determines appropriate staffing levels and interviews, hires, and conducts performance reviews of employees as necessary. - Works with healthcare providers, nursing staff, and management staff to ensure training issues are addressed for new and existing services provided. - Manages monthly financial statements for fluctuation in variable expenses, identifies trends and makes - recommendations. - Prepares for reviews and approval of preliminary capital and human resources budgets. - Performs other related duties as required. The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. They are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills. Other duties may be added, or this description amended at any time. Remains knowledgeable on current federal, state and local laws, accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensures compliance with all such laws, regulations and standards. Physical and Environmental Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.   (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. NOTE: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible. Normal routine involves no exposure to blood, body fluid or tissue and as part of their employment, incumbents are not called upon to perform or assist in emergency care or first aid. The incumbent has no occupational risk for exposure to communicable diseases. Because the incumbent works within a healthcare setting, there may be occupational risk for exposure to hazardous medications or hazardous waste within the environment through receipt, transport, storage, preparation, dispensing, administration, cleaning and/or disposal of contaminated waste. The risk level of exposure may increase depending on the essential job duties of the role.