Pivotal Health Care is a family of retirement communities dedicated to providing quality and innovative senior living communities. We focus on enriching the lives of our residents through purpose, passion & joy in life! Here at Pivotal, we believe our team members are a vital role in our communities success! If you're in search of a family based organization with a culture of care and you have the passion for providing quality services to seniors - keep reading!

Our beautiful, 5 star, boutique style communities offer several levels of living including: independent living, assisted living, short-term rehab, and long-term care. With our smaller boutique style model, we are able to strive to have favorable staff to resident ratios which allows our team members to have the time to build meaningful relationships with our residents.

Role:

We are seeking a dedicated Director of Nursing to join our Westchester Village team! The Director of Nursing is responsible for planning, coordinating and managing the nursing function in the designated Continuing Care Retirement Community.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and implements the written staffing plan and nursing schedule.
• Oversees and manages the MDS function.
• Evaluates current residents and potential admissions to ensure that we can provide appropriate level of care.
• Assists with hiring and onboarding, training, development and retention of nursing staff.
• May be designated to assume responsibilities of daily operations of the facility in the Executive Director's absence.
• Ensures nursing staff is providing quality and appropriate resident care that meets or exceeds regulatory standards.
• Initiate preventive and restorative nursing procedures for each resident so as to achieve the highest possible degree of function, self-care, and independence based on resident choice, where practical.
• Promotes positive public relations with residents, family members and guests.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by the Executive Director.

Qualifications:

• The Director of Nursing Services (DON) must be a Registered Nurse from an accredited college, be currently licensed in the state* applying to without encumbrance, and be responsible for maintaining professional licensure and CEU requirements.
• Must have at least 3-5 of supervisory experience, preferably in a geriatric setting.
• Current CPR certification required.

Pivotal Health Care's family of Retirement Communities include:

• Colonial Village, Overland Park, KS
• Maggie's Place, Overland Park, KS
• Westchester Village, Lenexa KS
• Linden Woods Village, Gladstone, MO
• Prairie Vista Village, Altoona, IA
• Terrace Glen Village, Marion, IA
• Cedar Ridge Village, West Des Moines, IA
• Northridge Village, Ames, IA
• Kennybrook Village, Grimes, IA
• Scenic Living Communities, Iowa Falls, IA

Pivotal Health Care is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability of any other characteristic protected by law. The Pivotal Health Care family of companies is proud to be a tobacco-free campus, including but not limited to electronic cigarettes. Pivotal Health Care follows CMS and CDC protocols when considering COVID-19 vaccination.