What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Assistant Director of Nursing position at Beckley Healthcare Center?
Nursing Leadership Opportunity
We are recruiting for an RN Assistant Director of Nursing to join our team at Beckley Healthcare Center, a member of the CommuniCare Family of Companies.
Purpose and Beliefs
The position of RN Assistant Director of Nursing is responsible for monitoring and providing personal nursing care and leadership to the nursing staff to ensure that care standards are met and the highest degree of quality resident care is provided at all times.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess the needs of new residents and inform staff of new resident arrivals.
- Make daily resident visits to observe and evaluate resident's physical and emotional status and revise care plan accordingly.
- Interact with medical staff, nursing staff, resident, family members, and other visitors regarding resident condition.
- Ensure that all resident care is provided in a dignified and respectful manner.
- Ensure that all nursing staff are knowledgeable of the residents' rights and responsibilities.
- Make daily unit rounds to determine unit functioning and evaluate needs and concerns.
- Assist the clinical managers in monitoring completeness and appropriateness of nursing staff documentation.
- Assist in emergency situations involving the residents.
- Interact with nursing staff, residents, families, and physicians.
- Participate in the nursing on-call rotation.
- Assist the nursing department in dealing with resident/family concerns promptly.
- Function as a RN Charge Nurse if indicated.
- Maintain a clean, comfortable, and safe environment for residents at all times and assure that resident needs are met.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you must possess:
- A current license as an RN in the state where the center is located.
- A minimum of 5 years prior RN Nursing Supervisory experience, preferably in a long-term care center.
- Current CPR certification.
- Knowledge of nursing and medical practices, standards of practice and state practice acts and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.
- The ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
- The ability to deal tactfully with team members, other staff, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies, and the general public.
- Leadership, teaching, and supervisory ability.
About Us
CommuniCare is a family-owned company that has grown to become one of the nation's largest providers of post-acute care. We offer competitive wages and PTO plans, as well as a menu of benefit options from life and disability plans to medical, dental, and vision coverage.
