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  This position requires travel

We build on trust, respect, customer focus, compassion, diplomacy, appreciation and strong communication skills to shape the culture in our workplace. Diversicare team members play a critical role in fostering an environment of Service Excellence, which we extend to all those we are privileged to serve.

If you wish to make a difference in the lives of our patients and residents, APPLY NOW!

Full Time Benefits include:

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Excellent 401k plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time
• Long and Short Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Referral Bonuses
• DiversICARE - employee hardship fund
• Pay advancement program - OnShift Wallet

Diversicare provides post-acute care services to patients and residents at 47 skilled nursing and long-term care centers in five states, primarily in the Southeast, Midwest and Southwest United States. Together, with our team of dedicated healthcare professionals, we leverage our diverse strengths to provide each patient and resident with healthcare serves that best meet their needs.

It is Diversicare’s Mission to “Improve every life we touch by providing exceptional healthcare and exceeding expectations.”

We are guided to excellence by five Core Values: Integrity, Excellence, Compassion, Teamwork and Stewardship, as well as 12 Service Standards.

We build on trust, respect, customer focus, compassion, diplomacy, appreciation and strong communication skills to shape the culture in our workplace. Diversicare team members play a critical role in fostering an environment of Service Excellence. Our Service Standards are in place to offer support. They lead us to what matters most to our company: creating a warm, caring, safe and professional environment for our customers and each other.

Our culture of impassioned service delivery is the Diversicare Difference.

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  Identifies clinical development opportunities for CQI Directors and facility staff.
• Provides information about clinical “best practices” to regional teams.
• Facilitates clinical accountability with management data, i.e., Key Indicator Reports, Monthly Skin Reports, Quality Measures/Quality Indicators, Risk Management Program, Performance Improvement visits and Site Visits; uses and analyzes this data to identify areas for improvement.
• Supports and facilitates DMS values, practice standards, and ethics policies and procedures.
• Schedules facility visits with Administrators, CQI Directors and RVPs based on facility needs.
• Assists with Regional DON Meetings as needed.
• Assists the VP of Quality Management and Clinical Services to coordinate and conduct clinically oriented training and meetings.
• Prepares for and communicates weekly on quality issues with VP, Quality Management and Clinical Services.
• Maintains knowledge of scheduled and current changes in Federal regulations.
• Reviews and updates facility/regional management teams on Federal, State, and Local regulations, as needed. Monitors compliance via site visits as needed.
• Reviews and updates facility/regional management teams on DMS’s Guidelines, Clinical Standards, new initiatives and Risk Management Standards.
• Assists in the monitoring, identification of trends and development of action plans to improve quality of care and quality of life for residents/patients.
• Monitors facility wide compliance with regulatory surveys on an ongoing basis.
• Collaborates with CQI Directors in the use of Key Indicator and Quality Indicator data and the development of strategies to improve outcomes of care.
• Communicates with regional team managers (e.g. dietary, finance, marketing, reimbursement, pharmacy, rehabilitation, etc.) regarding quality issues and customer satisfaction concerns.
• Follow up on site visit trends/recommendations made to facility that impact the quality of services.
• Attends stand-up meeting, department head meeting, Weekly Focus meetings, care planning conference, PPS meeting, Risk Management Meeting etc. and provides guidance to increase effectiveness of these meetings as needed.

• RN License in good standing in the practicing states or through the National Nurse Compact.
• Knowledge and understanding of LTC regulatory processes i.e. Federal, and/or State Regulations.
• Five (5) years previous clinical/management experience in Long Term Care with Director of Nursing experience required and regional experience preferred.
• Flexibility to travel. Overnight travel may be required secondary to regulatory, disaster preparedness issues or assignment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective management and leadership skills.
• Effective training skills.
• Business acumen.
• Computer literacy skills (Power Point, Outlook, Microsoft office, internet, etc).
• Public Relations skills.
• Prefer knowledge and understanding of the RAI Process and Medicare/Medicaid requirements.