Assistant Director of Nursing

Lakeside Center for Rehabiliation and Healing is a 122-bed skilled nursing facility that offers short-term rehabilitation, long term care, palliative care, hospice services and outpatient rehabilitation. It is our mission as a team to provide our residents with high quality care while promoting their optimum health and well-being. If you are looking forward to joining a caring and uplifting team, we would love to meet you!

WHY WORK FOR US? BECAUSE WE OFFER:

• Competitive Pay
• Health Insurance with Family Plan Options!
• Dental with Family Plan Options!
• Vision with Family Plan Options!
• Tuition Reimbursement (Ask about our Bridge to LPN/RN Program)
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• 401k
• Direct Deposit

Job Summary:

 Participates in internal audits of nursing practices and in developing and implementing a plan of correction when deficits are identified.

 Participates in ensuring all facets of the nursing budget are within established parameters.

Participates in the quality assessment and improvement process and activities (ie. audit of MD orders monthly).

Assists with tasks to ensure the nursing department is adequately staffed to provide quality care to patients/residents:

 Establishes and facilitates effective employer/employee relations.

Recruits and selects nursing service personnel based on facility needs, as directed by the Director of Nursing.

Maintains employee hiring forms and processes and ensures completion for new employees.

Maintains Nursing Department staffing at a level congruent with patient/resident needs, budgeted positions and employee requests.

 Schedules Nursing Department staffing levels to support individual and group activities for patients/residents out of the facility.

Participates in orientation sessions for nursing service personnel.

Evaluates performance for all levels of nursing service personnel.

 Participates in "on-call" schedule for nursing supervisory personnel to ensure 24/7 nursing support for staff nurses.

Assists the DON in maintaining the provision of in-service/staff development programs to meet nursing objectives and policies and procedures in compliance with state and federal regulations. Note: If the full-time Staff Development Coordinator is available, then the ADON assists in the DON's absence.

 Ensures that all nursing assistants complete or have completed the certified training program.

Ensures staff development programs address the needs of patients/residents and nursing staff.

Evaluates processes related to staff development programs to determine success of the programs and future needs.

Provides clinical expertise to facilitate and support the nursing process in patient/resident interventions in compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act for RN, LPN or LVN.

Makes nursing rounds in a manner that identifies specific patient/resident problems and monitors plan of action implemented by nursing staff.

 Assesses technical skills of nursing personnel through observation of various nursing procedures, as directed by the Director of Nursing.

Assesses nursing judgment made in specific situations to determine nursing staff competency and to identify nursing staff knowledge and performance deficits, as directed by the Director of Nursing.

 Acts as a clinical expert or facilitator in specific patient/resident situations.

Identifies clinical problem areas on behalf of the Director of Nursing and assists with development of plans of correction.

Acts as a clinical expert in facilitating the patient/resident care planning process.

Assists in the development of daily patient/resident care assignments that meets patient/resident and facility needs.

12. Safety concerns are identified, and appropriate actions are taken to maintain and assure patient safety and a sanitary environment for patients, residents, employees and visitors. Included but not limited to:

Participates in ensuring a safe environment for patients/residents, staff and families.

Investigates all nursing department employee accidents in accordance with facility policies and procedures.

 Monitors and reviews patient/resident incidents to identify possible legal issues and to identify patterns that might require preventive intervention.

Implements infection control policies and procedures as outlined in the company program, as directed (the SOC may also perform this task).

Ensures that all Nursing Department staff members are educated and utilize infection control practices that protect employees, patients/residents and families

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING QUALIFICATIONS:

Must be currently licensed Registered Nurse (RN). Must maintain an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing throughout employment.

Must have strong leadership skills and be able to lead a team of nursing staff, as well as help foster a team atmosphere with the nursing division

Liaisons with residents, families, support departments, etc. to adequately plan for resident needs

Must have the ability to implement and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the facility