Director of Nursing $10,000 Signing/Retention Bonus

**Now Offering $10,000 Signing/Retention Bonus for Qualified Candidates**

Who We Are:

Located just outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Smoky Mountain Lodge offers a serene mountain setting that's perfect for a peaceful road to recovery. With residential and outpatient programs, our customized and compassionate care is provided in a therapeutic environment that promotes well-being, recovery, and personal motivation. Minutes away, The Stables are located on a beautiful farm where residents have the opportunity to interact with many different therapy animals on a weekly basis. The retreat-like setting helps individuals on the autism spectrum to explore the vulnerabilities that interfere with self-awareness, acceptance, and growth, ultimately creating a unique opportunity to develop life strategies and the inner-strength necessary for sustained success.

What We Offer:

• Team driven culture based on our 5 Star Service Commitment
• Multiple Development Pathways
• Company Supported Continuing Education & Certification
• PPO & HDHP Health Plan Options
• Flexible Dental & Vision Plan Options
• 100% Company Paid EAP Emotional Well-Being Support
• 100% Company Paid Critical Illness (with health enrollment plan)
• 100% Company Paid Life & ADD
• 401K with Company Match
• Company-Sponsored HSA, FSA, & DSA Tax Savings Accounts
• Six Annual Paid Holidays Plus One Floating Holiday
• Generous Team Member Referral Program

How You Will Contribute:

The Director of Nursing (DON) is responsible for coordinating and supervising the facility's nursing staff. The DON shall interact with the residents during the shift and assist the residents with functional needs. The DON shall always ensure a safe and therapeutic environment. The DON shall take physician orders, prepare, and administer resident medications, and facilitate outside diagnostic or medical services that are ordered by the physician. This position will serve as the Infection Control Designee.

Essential Responsibilities

• Actively participates and engages residents in the milieu and outside activities throughout the workday.
• Therapeutically interacts with the resident in one to one-situations, community and group meetings maintaining, appropriate boundaries and modeling appropriate social behavior. Reacts therapeutically in crisis situations.
• Have thorough knowledge regarding facility rules and regulations and maintain consistency in implementation.
• Provides a comprehensive nursing assessment identifying resident needs, problems, capabilities, and limitation.
• Records and transcribes physicians written and verbal orders. Carries out or delegates STAT orders immediately.
• Coordinates facility infection control program: ensuring staff and residents meet policy and procedure requirements.
• Provides clinical supervision and accountability to nursing staff.
• Coordinates nursing staff schedule.
• Ensures follow up with referral sources following admissions, discharges, and during treatment process.
• Complies with the facility safety procedures as outlined in the policy and procedure manual. Assumes assigned role in fire drills, evacuation procedures and internal/external disaster plan.
• Follows proper procedures and timely preparation of Incident Reports and notifies additional staff if required.

What We Are Seeking:

• Maintains an active Registered Nursing license in the state of Tennessee. Prefer three (3) year experience as a Registered Nurse. Prefer one (1) year in psychiatric nursing. Knowledge of current nursing procedures, the nursing process, medications, and their correct administration. Must have knowledge of human development over the life span. 
• Current CPR certification. Requires valid State Drivers license and State license as a Licensed Registered Nurse

Pasadena Villa provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Pasadena Villa reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires.  This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise.  The employment relationship remains “At-Will.”  

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