Local Contract Nurse RN - Director of Nursing
Queens, NY
WCS Healthcare Partners
5x8 hrs, Days

WCS Healthcare has an exciting opportunity to work as a Director of Nursing with a large Social services agency in Queens.

Job Function:

• Day Shift
• Monday through Friday (8am - 4pm or 9am - 5pm)
• The Director of Nursing will ensure that quality health care is being administered to all Residential Program participants
• Directly supervises Residential RN’s in the assigned cluster
• Functions as a coach, collaborator, facilitator and support system for Residential Nurse's
• Provide orientation training of newly hired nurses, as assigned.
• Functions as a hospital discharge planner for hospitalized individuals in the assigned cluster. Initiates Surgical Review Committee (if indicated), conduct ongoing collaboration with hospital personnel, visits hospitalized individual regularly, and assist RN’s with discharge training of all staff.
• Participates and follows through on recommendations from committees as assigned (i.e., Training Committee, IRC, BRC and Directors Committee)
• Assumes basic responsibilities during RN vacancy to include report writing, incident reporting, and attendance at review meetings.
• Responds to emergency situations via 24 hours, Monday – Friday on-call status.
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Job Requirements:

• Minimum of five years of nursing experience with three of those years in the ID/DD field, required.
• Previous training and Quality Assurance experience preferred.
• Knowledge of OPWDD regulations.
• Valid driver’s license
• Experience working with people with Autism is preferred

Disclosure: The hourly rates and/or salaries listed may or may not reflect total compensation packages including bonus and fringe benefits, etc., nor are the advertisement(s) posted a guarantee of a certain compensation package for a position or bona fide offer of employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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