Director Of Nursing-Tradition

Lead with Purpose. Elevate Care. Inspire Excellence at MorseLife.

About MorseLife

For more than 40 years, MorseLife Health System has been setting the standard for exceptional senior care in South Florida. As a nonprofit healthcare system, we are dedicated to enriching the lives of older adults through compassionate care, clinical excellence, innovation, and service.

We are proud to be recognized as a:

• Great Place To Work® Certified employer

• 5-Star Teaching Nursing Home

• Recipient of the Gold Seal Award from the Governor’s Panel on Excellence in Long-Term Care

At MorseLife, learning never stops. As a respected teaching organization, we proudly partner with leading colleges, universities, and healthcare training institutions to educate and mentor the next generation of healthcare professionals. Through our robust clinical rotation program, students gain valuable hands-on experience while working alongside experienced clinicians and interdisciplinary teams dedicated to excellence.

Our academic partners include:

• Academy for Nursing and Health Occupations

• Barry University

• Florida Atlantic University (FAU)

• Florida International University (FIU)

• Keiser University

• Lynn University

• Nova Southeastern University (NSU)

• Palm Beach State College (PBSC)

• South Florida Healthcare Institute

• South University

• University of Miami (UM)

Whether you’re beginning your career or bringing years of experience, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact every day.

MorseLife by the Numbers

• 40+ years of serving South Florida seniors and their families

• 1,700+ dedicated team members united by a shared mission

• 5-Star Teaching Nursing Home recognized for excellence in care

• Great Place To Work® Certified workplace

• Gold Seal Award recipient from the Governor’s Panel on Excellence in Long-Term Care

• 11 academic partnerships helping educate tomorrow’s healthcare professionals

• Comprehensive continuum of care, including Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing,

Short-Term Rehabilitation, Hospice, Home Health, PACE, and Community-Based Services

• Mission-driven nonprofit organization committed to excellence, compassion, and innovation

Position Summary

The Director of Nursing manages all nursing functions and operations for Tradition Assisted Living

and Tradition Memory Care while promoting care delivery in compliance with state and federal

regulatory guidelines. This role provides leadership and direction for all personnel, following

organizational and departmental philosophies, goals, and objectives. Additionally, the Director

manages and coordinates resident nursing care, employee relations, and business outcomes.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Develops, promotes, articulates, and interprets the care philosophy, goals, and objectives

for the nursing units. Assesses and evaluates all operations and identifies ways to

promote the highest level of physical and mental health and wellness as well as factors

that hinder optimum resident care outcomes.

• Motivates, trains, coaches, leads, hires, evaluates, disciplines, and coordinates training

for all staff while ensuring nursing staff maintain required licensure, competency

validation, mandatory education, and continuously meet and improve care standards.

• Exemplifies and promotes customer service behaviors such as respect for resident rights,

cooperative behavior with all coworkers, and a courteous, helpful style with residents,

families, and visitors.

• Supervises, supports, and monitors the completion of assignments for all shifts, including

documentation, medication administration, physician follow-ups, and other assigned

responsibilities.

• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe environment for residents and employees.
• Develops and implements departmental procedures, standards, and policies; updates

employees on changes; monitors compliance; and initiates corrective action when

necessary.

• Works closely in collaboration with department heads, physicians, ancillary providers,
• Sales, and other Nursing Directors to ensure appropriateness of resident placement,

continuity Of care, coordination Of services, and implementation Of organizational best

practices.

• Participates in the direct care Of residents, including completing assessments, formulating

and evaluating care plans, monitoring outcomes, communicating changes in resident

conditions to nursing staff, physicians, and families, and ensuring continuity Of resident

care and services.

• Oversees medication management compliance, including medication administration,

transcription of physician orders, controlled substances, pharmacy consultant

recommendations, physician follow-up, and monthly review Of clinical indicator reports

to ensure appropriate recommendations and documentation.

• Performs regular audits of the electronic medical record and monitors clinical

documentation for accuracy, timeliness, consistency, and compliance with company,

state, and federal requirements.

• Leads AHCA surveys, complaint investigations, plans Of Correction, adverse incident

reporting, abuse, neglect, exploitation, resident rights investigations, required regulatory

reporting, and maintains continuous survey readiness.

• Directs the Infection Prevention and Control Program, including surveillance, outbreak

response, infection control practices, and participates in emergency preparedness,

hurricane planning, evacuation, and disaster response.

• Ensures compliance with Florida ALF resident assessment and service plan requirements

and all applicable regulatory standards.

• Leads Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) initiatives, quality

improvement activities, outcome management, and monitors clinical quality indicators.

• Provides operational oversight of the on-site medical clinic and medical office, including

staffing, workflow, quality, regulatory compliance, coordination of resident care with

physicians and ancillary providers, and smooth daily operations.

• Ensures unit staffing, productivity, and census management are appropriate to resident

care needs.

• Works directly with residents and family members to ensure smooth transitions into the

unit and to other levels of care, maintains open communication and trusting relationships,

and ensures resident and family concerns are addressed and resolved in a timely manner.

• Provides timely responses and follow-up to long-term care insurance requests and claims.
• Manages the budget, incidental overtime, contract labor, inventory, and identifies and

implements solutions for operational inefficiencies.

• Monitors the timely completion of resident admissions, discharges, and transfers while

ensuring all required documentation is completed.

• Conducts daily purposeful rounding to ensure regulatory compliance, quality of care, and

adherence to infection prevention and control practices.

• Responds to emergent situations by actively participating and providing leadership and

guidance to staff.

• Champions a culture of excellence by collaborating with interdisciplinary departments to

deliver an exceptional luxury living experience that exceeds resident and family

expectations.

• Performs all other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Bring

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary function

satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or

ability required.

• Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school required;

Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Three (3) to five (5) years of progressively responsible nursing leadership experience,

including experience managing large teams, developing staff through training and

mentorship, and overseeing clinical operations.

• Possesses strong leadership abilities and experience with regulatory compliance, AHCA

surveys, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI), and Infection

• Prevention programs preferred.
• Possesses the decision-making and problem-solving skills to handle complex clinical and

operational issues.

• Experience with setting long-term goals for nursing services and improving patient

outcomes.

• Experience in managing budgets, staffing, and resource allocation for nursing

departments.

• In-depth knowledge Of nursing practices, healthcare regulations, and clinical standards.
• Excellent communication skills required to communicate with patients, families, nursing

staff, and medical professionals.

• Familiarity with quality improvement processes such as patient safety initiatives and

infection control.

• Proficiency in Healthcare software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid State of Florida Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) License.
• Valid CPR certification.