Director of Nursing

Director of Nursing (DON) – Skilled Nursing Facility

📍 Location: Cooper River Post Acute in Charleston, SC
🕒 Job Type: Full-time
 

Make a Difference Every Day!

Are you a compassionate and dynamic nurse leader ready to inspire a team and elevate resident care? We’re looking for a Director of Nursing (DON)(RN) to lead our dedicated nursing staff, ensuring our residents receive top-notch care in a warm, home-like environment. This is more than just a job—it’s a chance to transform lives, mentor a fantastic team, and create a thriving culture of care.

What You’ll Do:

🏆 Lead with Purpose:

• Be the driving force behind an engaged and motivated nursing team.

• Hire, train, and support a skilled group of RNs, LPNs, and CNAs.

• Foster a positive and collaborative work environment where staff feel valued and empowered.

❤️ Champion Resident-Centered Care:

• Oversee exceptional clinical care, ensuring every resident receives personalized, high-quality support.

• Work closely with families to create care plans that prioritize dignity and independence.

• Lead efforts in infection control, safety, and compliance, making sure our residents and staff thrive.

📋 Keep Us on Track & Compliant:

• Stay ahead of state and federal regulations (CMS, state health departments, etc.).

• Manage audits and inspections with confidence, ensuring compliance at all times.

• Develop and implement innovative quality improvement initiatives.

🤝 Collaborate & Communicate:

• Partner with physicians, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to provide seamless resident care.

• Act as a trusted liaison between residents, families, and staff.

• Host engaging staff meetings and professional development opportunities to ensure everyone is growing and learning.

What We’re Looking For:

✅ Education: BSN or ADN required; MSN or healthcare leadership experience preferred.
✅ Licensure: Active RN license in SC in good standing.
✅ Experience: 3-5+ years of nursing leadership experience in long-term care or a skilled nursing facility.
✅ Skills: Passionate leader, strong communicator, problem solver, and mentor.
✅ Tech-Savvy: Experience with EHR systems and compliance reporting.
✅ Certifications: CPR/BLS required; additional certifications in gerontology or healthcare management a plus!

What’s In It for You?

💰 Competitive salary – $110-120,000 yearly with a $10,000 Sign on Bonus!!!
🩺 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance – for you and your loved ones.
🌴 Generous PTO & paid holidays – because work-life balance matters.
📚 Professional development & continuing education – grow with us!
👵 Make a real impact – in the lives of residents and staff alike.

💡 Are you ready to bring your passion for nursing leadership to our community? We can’t wait to meet you! Apply today and let’s build something great together.

Overall management of the entire nursing department and staffing levels. Develop and implement nursing policies and procedures and ensure compliance. Responsible for ensuring resident safety and that all residents are treated with utmost respect. Develop and conduct in services for the clinical staff. Responsible for the recruiting, hiring and training of nursing staff. Coordinates pharmacy services and destruction of expired/discontinued medication. Liaison between the facility, physicians and family members. Being a witness at a trial in the event of litigation. Work closely with all other departments to ensure excellent overall resident care. Responsible for department budgeting and reporting. Responsible for keeping current on any regulation changes and disseminating this information appropriately. Participate in QA, Utilization Review and Patient Care conferences. Actively participate in and assist with all state surveys and required follow up activity. Coordinate MDS and care planning. Conduct employee appraisals and resolve problems including disciplinary actions and terminations. Must maintain employee and resident/patient confidentiality at all times. Provide direct/hands on resident/patient care as needed.Supervisory Requirements The Director of Nursing is responsible for supervising and managing the ADON, and entire nursing staff either directly or indirectly. Qualifications Education and/or Experience Minimum requirements to perform this position include: Graduation from an Accredited School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred (BSN). Must be in good standing with the State Board of Nursing and maintain all required continuing education/licensing requirements at all times. Minimum of 7 years nurse management experience preferred. Language Skills Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees. Mathematical Skills Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations. Reasoning Ability Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations To perform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient in the Microsoft Suite products and Point Click Care (PCC). Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and talk, read or hear. Frequent use of all office related equipment to include: copier/scanner/fax, telephone, calculator. Travel by auto or airline may be required. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. Additional Information Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.