Director of Care

Base Salary Range: $100000 - $105000

Job Title: Director of Care ( RN) 
Job ID: 71549
Location: Picton, Ontario


Overview:
As Director of Care, you are responsible for providing leadership to the care team to ensure exceptional delivery of care to the client's residents.


What you will be doing:

• Planning, directing, coordinating, and supervising the overall program for residents.

• Being responsible for the admissions and discharges of residents.

• Meeting with residents and their families to resolve problems/concerns/complaints and reviewing suggestions on a needs be basis.

• Maintaining contact with residents to ensure a high quality of care.

• Determining nursing staff requirements, where applicable, and selecting and hiring competent, qualified nursing personnel.

• Provides daily healthcare assists to residents as required

• Working in cooperation with the Executive Director to hire, direct, train and schedule nursing personnel and may reprimand, suspend or recommend discharge of employees.

• Completing required monthly reports for both the Executive Director and Senior Management.

• Being responsible for control and safekeeping of drugs and narcotics, and supervising the drug administration program, where applicable, including the administration of medication by all registered staff.

• Performing other duties, as required.

What you must have:

• Current registration as Registered Nurse (RN)

• Min of 3 years experience as a past Director of Care within a Long Term Care Facility. 

• Experience in geriatric, rehabilitation or long-term care nursing is desirable.

• Experience with Dementia/Alzheimer’s care is an asset.

• Knowledge of the nursing process.

• Possession of skill in planning, coordination and supervising a comprehensive nursing care program.

• Valid drivers license.

• Must demonstrate excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.

• Must demonstrate an active interest in ongoing education and participate in mandatory educational in-services.

• Must be computer literate.

Salary/Rate Range: $100,000 - $105,000


For more information about TEEMA and to consider other career opportunities, please visit our website at www.teemagroup.com