Director of Nursing Opportunity at Meadow Lakes

Registered Nurse (RN)

Meadow Lakes is seeking an experienced and compassionate Director of Nursing (DNS) to lead our clinical team and oversee the delivery of high-quality resident care within our skilled nursing community. This leadership role is responsible for directing nursing operations, supporting staff development, maintaining regulatory compliance, and ensuring excellence in clinical outcomes.

The Director of Nursing plays a vital role in creating a safe, supportive, and resident-centered environment while partnering with interdisciplinary teams to promote quality care and operational success.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight of nursing services within the community

• Support, mentor, and develop nursing staff to maintain high standards of care

• Promote a positive, collaborative, and accountable work environment

• Ensure delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality resident care

• Oversee clinical operations, regulatory compliance, and quality initiatives

• Collaborate with department leaders, physicians, consultants, and regulatory agencies

• Maintain open and effective communication with residents, families, staff, and customers

• Support the organization’s mission and commitment to senior care excellence

Skills and Qualifications

• Supportive Presence: Creates a welcoming and compassionate environment for residents and staff

• Leadership: Guides, inspires, and supports nursing teams while driving clinical excellence

• Collaboration: Works effectively across departments and with external partners, including regulatory agencies

• Strong Clinical Skills: Demonstrates sound clinical judgment, critical thinking, and nursing expertise

• Teamwork: Builds strong relationships focused on excellent resident care

• Interpersonal Communication: Maintains respectful, honest, and effective communication with staff, residents, and families

Requirements

• Current, valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana

• Required: Previous leadership experience in a skilled nursing or long-term care setting

• Minimum of three years of clinical nursing experience in long-term care/geriatric care

• Minimum of one year of management or supervisory experience in a skilled nursing environment

• Strong passion for geriatric nursing and commitment to senior care excellence

• Ability to work varying hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed

• Demonstrates C.A.R.E. values in interactions with residents, families, customers, and staff

Benefits and perks include:

• Competitive Compensation: Access your earnings before payday. Take advantage of lucrative employee referral bonus programs, 401(k), FSA program, free life insurance, PTO exchange for pay programs and more.
• Health & Wellness: Medical coverage as low as $25, vision and dental insurance. Employee Assistance Program to help manage personal or work-related issues, as well as Workforce Chaplains to provide support in the workplace and Personalized Wellness Coaching.
• Life in Balance: Holiday pay and PTO with opportunities to earn additional PTO. Employee Discount Programs that allow you to save on travel, retail, entertainment, food and much more.
• Career Growth: Access to preceptors and mentorship programs, clinical and leadership development pathways, education partnerships with colleges and universities across the state like Ivy Tech and Purdue Global, financial assistance for continuing education, company sponsored scholarship programs, and tuition reimbursement.
• Team Culture: C.A.R.E. Values: Compassion, Accountability, Relationships and Excellence carrying a legacy for improving the lives of Seniors across Indiana. Celebrate the hard work you and your team put in each day through employee recognition events and monthly and annual awards.

*Full-Time and Part-Time Benefits may vary, terms and conditions apply

About American Senior Communities

Compassion, Accountability, Relationships and Excellence are the core values for American Senior Communities. These words not only form an acronym for C.A.R.E., but they are also our guiding principles and create the framework for all our relationships with customers, team members and community at large.

American Senior Communities has proudly served our customers since the year 2000, with a long history of excellent outcomes. Team members within each of our 100+ American Senior Communities take great pride in our Hoosier hospitality roots, and it is ingrained in everything we do. As leaders in senior care, we are not just doing a job but following a calling.

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