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Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here. If you're looking for a job to love, apply today. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Gundersen Health System is seeking a full-time, salaried Director of Nursing for Tweeten Care Center in Spring Grove, MN. What you will do: In collaboration with the Administrator, provide strategic leadership and administrative direction for the practice of nursing at Gundersen Tweeten Care Center Ensure the delivery of safe, resident/family-centered, evidence-based, culturally competent, age-relevant, high quality and efficient nursing care Ensure that long term care practice is consistent with professional nursing practice standards, applicable legal statutes and state regulations addressing nursing practice and the delivery of health care Manage and lead 53 staff including RNs, LPNs, CNAs, nursing assistants, and scheduler to ensure optimal functioning in day-to-day operations Rotating on-call approximately 1-2 times/every 2 weeks What you need: Graduate of an accredited RN program Minnesota RN License 3 years of geriatric nursing experience, with a minimum of two years of the three in a skilled nursing facility desired What you will get: Gundersen's generous compensation and benefit package, including our top-rated retirement plan Initial and ongoing leader development and support Gundersen Health System Hospital and Clinics comprises 7 hospitals and 33 clinics. We bring care close to home for our patients in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care and the right amount of love. We call it love + medicine and it's more than our practice. It is who we are Job Description: In collaboration with the Administrator and other appropriate leaders: Provides strategic leadership and administrative direction for the practice of nursing at Gundersen Tweeten Care Center. Evaluates, develops, recommends, and assists in implementing a Nursing Practice Model and Resident Care Delivery Model that provides for the delivery of safe, resident/family-centered, evidence-based, culturally competent, age-relevant, high quality and efficient nursing care across the system. Ensures the accomplishment of the organization's mission by ensuring that long term care practice is standardized and consistent with professional nursing practice standards, applicable legal statutes and state regulations addressing nursing practice and the delivery of health care that provides for congruent care standards that cross the continuum. Promotes and facilitates an interdisciplinary approach to patient care that encourages staff to perform to the highest level within their identified scope of practice. STRATEGIC RELEVANCE -- SUMMARY To advance its position as an innovator and leading health care system, Gundersen Health System (GHS) must continue to demonstrate superior outcomes, provide seamless delivery of care, and ensure competitive cost structures. It must also stay at the cutting edge of emerging technologies and new delivery models that will transform healthcare. The System must anticipate and respond effectively to evolving market and environmental trends, (e.g., shifts in payment models, value-based purchasing, transparency of outcomes and information technology) that will impact the delivery of health care services. The Director is responsible for proactively anticipating the impact of these forces and trends and developing and managing the effective response from their AOR (area-of-responsibility). The Director collaborates with others to establish and achieve GHS' strategic mission and goals: 1) demonstrate superior quality and safety through the eyes of patients and caregivers; 2) demonstrate superior service through the eyes of patients and colleagues; 3) attract, develop and retain a talented and engaged workforce; 4) demonstrate affordability of care; and 5) achieve programmatic growth. The Director serves as the direct link etween System strategies and the management and staff of their AOR. POSITION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The Director, in the context of the medical/administrative partnership, is specifically responsible for: 1.0 Organizational Strategy and Implementation -- Recognizing market trends, judging the impact on their AOR, contributing to responsive strategic plans, developing AOR operational plans, articulating these plans, and ensuring the understanding, alignment and commitment of all AOR staff. 2.0 Fiscal Management -- Effectively using established processes to ensure accountability for effective operations and resource management. 3.0 Human Resource Management -- Effectively using established processes to: select, align, develop, motivate, manage, and retain a team of highly skilled managers and staff. 4.0 Excellence in Service and Clinical Quality-- Achieving seamless delivery of quality patient care and safety, excellence in patient experience and customer service. 5.0 Organizational Leadership -- Providing leadership and accomplishing objectives by ensuring the integration of processes and initiatives while modeling collaboration KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Organizational Strategy and Implementation 1.1 Collaborates with Administrator and other Managers to study and understand external market financial, economic, and industry data, identifying market opportunities and threats. 1.2 Provides direction to AOR Managers and staff in the design and implementation of clinically and fiscally responsive program goals and objectives. 1.3 Ensures continuous improvement and evaluates and makes recommendations regarding changes required, taking into account trends in market demand, research, regulatory standards, and clinical practice. 1.4 Defines and establishes clear performance standards for their AOR, and monitors established management systems to ensure that continuous improvement forms the basis for all activities. 1.5 Collaborates with System leadership to ensure that resources are prioritized and in place (i.e., staff, facilities, equipment, supplies, technology, data, and processes, etc.) and properly utilized to achieve AOR objectives through the most effective and efficient operations. 1.6 Contributes to the development of and manages the implementation of processes to collect relevant clinical and financial indicator data which serves as a reliable proxy for clinical effectiveness, cost and quality. 1.7 In conjunction with AOR leadership, designs and implements improvement of AOR key processes and optimizes resources, leading to elimination of variability in cost and quality. Fiscal Management 2.1 Develops and manages AOR to meet fiscal targets, ensuring the delivery of cost-effective quality services. 2.2 Participates in financial forecasting and planning along with other members of the AOR management team. 2.3 Develops and presents comprehensive analysis for financial and programmatic recommendations for AOR management. 2.4 Communicates the rationale for financial decisions ensuring a high level of understanding among AOR management, staff, and clinicians. 2.5 Evaluates AOR for potential cost-effective change and manages the implementation of approved changes. 2.6 Through the medical/administrative partnership, ensures AOR management, staff, and physician compliance with financial decisions. 2.7 Tracks and monitors trends in AOR clinical practices and intervenes, appropriately, as it impacts the delivery of cost-effective, quality services. Human Resource Management 3.1 Provides vision and leadership to AOR management and staff in a collaborative environment that offers job satisfaction, performance recognition, and stimulates innovative thinking to accomplish objectives. 3.2 Ensures that AOR management, staff and clinicians understand their roles in... For full info follow application link. EEO/AA/Veterans/Disabilities