What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Director of Nursing position at Century Center for Rehabilitation and Healing?
Century Center for Rehabilitation and Healing
Century is an 88-bed skilled nursing facility with private and semi-private rooms located in Century, Florida. Our focus is quality care in a supportive and friendly environment. Our facility offers a wide range of amenities, specializing in short-stay rehabilitation and long-term care. At Century Center, we believe in focusing on key initiatives to improve the quality of life, medical care, and outcomes for everyone. If you are looking to join a caring and supportive team, we would love to meet you!WHY WORK FOR US? BECAUSE WE OFFER:
- 401k
- Referral Bonuses!
- Comfortable staffing ratios
- Opportunities for Overtime
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Attendance Bonuses
- Paid Time Off
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision insurance
- Shift Differentials between $2-3 extra per hour
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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).
9.
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.
10.
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.
11.
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
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
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
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