Lakeside Center is a 122-bed skilled nursing facility offering short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, palliative care, hospice services, and outpatient therapy. Our mission is to provide residents with high-quality care while promoting their overall health and well-being.
We are located at 11411 Armsdale Road, Jacksonville, FL 32218
If you're looking to be part of a caring, supportive, and uplifting team, we’d love to meet you!
Why Work For Us? Because We Offer Our Employees:
- Daily Pay – Work today, get paid today!
- Health Insurance
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Flexible Scheduling
- Direct Deposit
- Opportunities for Overtime
- Doctegrity– 24/7 telemedicine access for employees and families
- Wonderschool – Support for child care and early education options
- Panda Perks & Benefits – Financial wellness tools, employee discounts, and more
- Comfortable Staffing Ratios
- A Supportive Team Environment – where everyone is treated with respect, dignity, and compassion
Director of Nursing ( DON ) Job Summary:
The Director of Nursing ( DON ) is responsible to provide nursing management, set resident standards for all direct care providers and provide complete supervision and management of the nursing department. Has twenty- four (24) hour responsibility, authority, and accountability for the management of nursing care for residents and the supervision of the nursing staff.
Director of Nursing ( DON ) Major Duties/Critical Tasks:
- Assume responsibility for the development of nursing service objectives and performance standards of nursing practice for each category of nursing personnel.
- Assume accountability for the organization and implementation of approved policies and procedures.
- Interview, select, and hire staff both professional and non-professional clinical staff who will plan, provide, and evaluate care of the elderly and chronically ill residents.
- Evaluate the quality and productivity of the nursing workload.
- Analyze and evaluate nursing staff ratio based on acuity and resident’s needs.
- Interpret policy and procedure internally for nursing staff, all ancillary staff, and externally for community and regulatory agencies.
- Direct, evaluate and supervise all resident care and initiate corrective action as necessary.
- Plan and direct nursing staff orientation, in service education, and competency testing.
- Assess resident care needs and assist in the development of individualized plans of resident care.
- Assume responsibility for implementation of Clinical and Prospective Payment System Minimum Data Set completion schedule.
- Assess resident pre-admission and/or admission information and determine appropriate level of care.
- Assume responsibility for development and implementation of nursing rehabilitation and restorative programs.
Director of Nursing ( DON ) Required Education/Experience:
- Diploma from an accredited school of nursing
- Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN ) in the State of practice
- Management experience