Comprehensive Job Analysis Report: Director of Nursing Position

This report presents a detailed job analysis for the Director of Nursing (DON) position, examining the role's responsibilities, required skills, and work environment. The analysis includes a job summary outlining the DON's role in facilitating standardized nursing services and ensuring efficient resource allocation. The report details job responsibilities such as coordinating tasks, setting objectives, implementing policies, managing budgets, monitoring issues, and participating in decision-making processes. It also outlines job specifications, including required education (diploma, associate's, or bachelor's in nursing), licensure, and essential knowledge and skills like customer service, psychology, active listening, and coordination. The report further discusses supervisory controls, complexity, scope and effect, personal contacts, and the work environment associated with the DON position, emphasizing the need for logical reasoning, standardized decision-making, and a focus on maintaining a healthy and ethical work environment. The assignment was conducted through an interview with a subject matter expert.

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Background Information For (Director of Nursing)
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Job Summary:
The Director of Nursing is associated with the responsibility, authority and accountability in
the facilitation of standardized nursing services. The Administration aims to allocate the
resources in the respective health care department efficiently and economically. The
administrative system in the arena of facilitation enables each resident to gain the highest
level of social well being in the dynamics of practical, mental, physical and psychosocial
domain. The job responsibility encourages in the system of collaborating with other health
care departments and also with leads of various medical professionals, health care
consultants, and agencies. The collaborations are encouraged with variant advocacy groups,
organizations and government agencies in order to support and develop the health care
process and system. The facilitation department also pays attention towards resident care and
other administrative functions. Education qualification at minimum requires a diploma,

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associate's or bachelor's degree in nursing provided with current state nursing license. The
task is marginal and could be performed by other employees. It aims to provide fundamental
nursing care. A registered nurse is required to spend 70% of the time in direct patient care
patient
Job Responsibility:
Coordinating task: The task of coordination involves various health care department
including medical professional such as consultants, physicians, community agencies, and
other organizations that aims to develop the services quality and resolve detected issues.
Set objectives: to meet the target regular objectives are to be set for the nursing department
Policy implementation: The implementation of policy determines the development,
maintenance, in the nursing procedures in order to attain good standards in nursing practices,
philosophy, facilities and operational policies.
Regulation of budgets: control budgets and monitor expenditures are to be assessed.
Monitoring the issues: initiative towards resolving issues and deficiencies needs to be taken
along with certain procedures practiced by nursing staffs. In addition, further monitors staff
practices are implemented as well.
Keeping a check on duties: Reviewing of 24-hour report from every sector of variant health
care domain. The responsibility involves monitoring and provide effective responses in times
of critical conditions.
Participation in concerning factor: Active participation in all admission decisions is
encouraged, and it may include visiting of prospective residents before admission. The
responsibility further involves the initiatives of management team meetings regarding the
matter of census changes, resident status, personnel complaints or any healthcare concerns.

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Part Three:
Job Specifications for Director of Nursing (DON)
Job Requirements:
Required Education: Diploma, associate's or bachelor's degree in nursing; master's degree
often required
License: State nursing license required
Knowledge:
Customer and Personal service: Excellency in the facilitation of customer need assessment,
standardized services and evaluation of the customer assistance and satisfaction.
Psychology: proficiency in Psychology of human behaviour and treatment of mental illness,
standardized quality in the deliverance of learning process and motivation, intensive care
towards individual difference in ability, personality and performance.
Skills:
Active Listening: paying attention to what people wants to express and understanding them
with accuracy
Coordination: coordination of actions with other actions.
Abilities:
Problem Sensitivity: ability to recognize problems or disorders
Oral Expression: excellency in the ability to communicate in order to deliver as well receive
the information.

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Part Four:
Narrative for (Director of Nursing)
Supervisory Controls
The supervisory controls ensure the delivery of quality care and standard nursing supervision.
It also pays attention in the arena of general cleanliness, maintenance of resident functions
and prevention of pressure wounds.
Complexity
The job requires people with sound sense of logical reasoning and must contain the quality of
standardized decision making.
Scope and Effect
The position is flexible if the employee has the ability to perform with proficiency and
excellency. It has broader prospects in the future in terms of scope.
Personal Contacts
The nature of the communication is preferably formal and negotiable.
Work Environment
The work environment involves innovative therapeutic methods and aims to retain healthy
and hygienic environment under the maintenance of organizational code of ethics.