05/10/2021
Redwood Cove Healthcare Center provides a range of services, including skilled nursing care, short-term rehabilitation and outpatient therapy services with around the clock care. We are a 68 bed facility located in Ukiah, Ca.
At Redwood Cove Healthcare, we are looking for Director of Staff Development who would like to combine their love for people and strong work ethic
In return for your expertise, you will enjoy excellent training, industry-leading benefits and unlimited opportunities to learn and grow. Becoming part of the team, you will be in aligned in a company where getting you to where you want to be is our priority.
With us, you will have more than a job. You will be joining a family that prides itself on providing high-quality care services, wonderfully enriching, improving and enhancing the lives of our staff, residents and their families!
JOB DESCRIPTION
Director of Staff Development (DSD)
DEPARTMENT: Nursing
POSITION:
The Director of Staff Development is to plan, implement, direct and evaluate the educational program of all personnel in the facility based on identified resident needs, staff needs, and County, State and Federal laws and regulations, as applicable. In a facility based nurse aide training and competency evaluation program, the Director of Staff Development is under the general supervision of a registered nurse and reports to and is responsible for the program to the Director of Nursing.
REPORTING:
This position is responsible to the Administrator and Director of Nursing.
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
Education: AA Degree or better
License: Current, active RN/LVN license
DSD Certification
Work Experience: 1 year of full-time experience as a licensed nurse in providing direct nursing care in a long term care facility, in addition to one year experience in planning, implementing, and evaluating educational programs in the field of nursing, or
2 years of full time experience as a licensed nurse, at least one year of which must be in the provision of direct resident care in a long-term care facility. Within six (6) months of employment and prior to teaching a certification program, the Director of Staff Development is responsible to obtain a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education courses in planning, implementing and evaluation educational programs in nursing.
_Language Skills: _
_ _ • Must be able to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical information, and to be easily understood through verbal communication in the English language.
Mathematical Skills:
• Must be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement, and volume.
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_ Communication Skills: _
• Must have exceptional communication and customer service skills, and be empathetic.
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, responsible parties, staff and outside resources and agencies.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
• Maintain an acceptable standard of nursing practice and professional decorum
• Knowledge of County, State, and Federal laws and regulations, as applicable, governing long term care nursing facilities and training of nurse aides and facility staff
• Knowledge and implementation of the facility's policies and procedures
• Direct and conduct the orientation of new employees according to regulations which includes but is not limited to philosophy and objectives of care, resident rights, safety, infection control and the policies and procedures of the facility
• Coordinate in-service Education programs for all employees together with their respective department heads
• Identify facility staff needs for education together with the Director of Nursing and Administrator
• Plan and conduct meaningful in-service education programs according to regulatory requirements for nursing personnel and all facility staff to assure competency in existing and new skills, and as directed by the Administrator
• In a facility based program, plan, conduct and supervise classroom and clinical activities of nurse aide training and competency program including practical and return demonstration of procedures in accordance with approved program. Prepare and maintain all required records
• Insure that in-services are scheduled timely and posted in designated areas
• Maintain current records of orientation and in-service attendance for each employee
• Maintain department records in a complete and orderly manner
• Keys information into computer systems, including EMR
• Evaluate and plan in-service training program to enhance knowledge and skills learned in the certification program and which also addresses areas where in the facility received deficiencies following the last survey
• Plan and document content of educational programs
• Include residents and other resource persons, facility consultants from both within the facility and
