Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON)
The Assistant Director of Nursing assists the Director of Nursing with the administration of assigned nursing units, including policy development, organizational planning and the direction of the delivery of geriatric nursing care, as well as the development and monitoring of standards of gerontological nursing practices. This position also requires promoting public relations, education and consultation within assigned units.
Essential Job Specific Duties/Responsibilities:
Assists the Director of Nursing in day-to-day functions of the Nursing Department in accordance with Federal, State, and organizational rules, regulations, and guidelines.
- Collaborates to develop methods for coordinating nursing services with other resident services to ensure the continuity of the residents’ total care.
- Makes recommendations to the Director of Nursing as necessary concerning the operation of the Nursing Department.
- Participates in the development, maintenance, and implementation of the facility’s Performance Improvement Program as assigned.
- Admits, transfers, and discharges residents as required.
- Completes administrative functions, including receiving and recording physician orders; completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies and charts; and accident/injury reports.
Attends committee meetings as assigned.
- Assists in the preparation of reports to submit to committees as directed.
- Provides information to the Performance Improvement committee as required.
- Implements recommendations from established committees as instructed by the
- Director of Nursing or Administrator.
Assists in the management of nursing staff.
- Completes daily rounds of the assigned units to ensure that all nursing staff are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards and Federal, State, and organizational rules, regulations, and guidelines, including the use and disposal of supplies and personal protective equipment.
- Ensures that all Nursing Assistants are under the direct supervisor of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse
- Reviews complaints and grievances made or filed by department staff and reports as appropriate.
- Meets with unit staff on a regularly scheduled basis to assist in creating improvements in the service provided to residents.
- Participate in employee performance evaluations.
- Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility’s policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.
- Assists in planning clinical supervision for newly hired Nursing Assistants.
Completes nursing care functions for the facility.
- Informs nursing staff of new admissions, their expected time of arrival, room assignments, etc. and ensures that rooms are ready for new admissions.
- Greets new residents upon admission.
- Makes rounds with physicians as necessary.
- Visits seriously ill residents throughout the shift to observe and evaluate each resident’s physical and emotional status.
- Ensures that direct care is provided by a registered or licensed nurse, a certified or state-tested nursing assistant, and/or a nursing assistant trainee qualified to perform the procedure.
- Reviews nurses’ notes to ensure that they are informative and descriptive of the nursing care being provided, that they reflect the resident’s response to the care, and that such care is provided in accordance with the resident’s wishes.
- Assists Director of Nursing in identifying areas of improvement and developing and implementing corrective action.
- Monitors medication passes and treatment schedules to ensure that medications are being administered as ordered and that treatments are provided as scheduled.
- Informs family members of the death of a resident.
- Provides direct nursing care as needed.
Satisfies all educational in-service requirements mandated by CHI Living Communities, the department, external accrediting, and regulatory agencies.
- Attends all mandatory in-service programs.
- Adheres to facility policies and procedures.
- Completes yearly online education program by deadline.
- Attends employee meetings on a regular basis.
In addition to the essential job-specific duties listed above, the Assistant Director of Nursing shall be required to perform all duties (essential and non-essential) in a manner consistent with the mission and values (compassion, excellence, inclusion, integrity, collaboration) of CHI Living Communities and will be evaluated on such basis. Furthermore, every employee must abide by all campus, departmental, and safety policies, rules, and regulations.
Benefits:
We recognize our employees’ contributions to CHI Living Communities by offering benefit programs to enhance and preserve their work/life balance and help them protect, plan, and prepare for today and tomorrow. Benefits vary for PRN, part and full-time employees, you can always check with the Human Resource Director at the Center for information. We truly believe that home is here for our residents and our employees.
Professional and Personal Growth Opportunities
CHI Living Communities supports employees’ professional and personal growth with opportunities on and off campus.
- Tuition Reimbursement Program for full and part time employees
- Online Campus Learning with Relias Learning
- Dedication to identifying and promoting people from within
Work/Life Balance
CHI Living Communities recognizes that employees need time away from work to rejuvenate and have a balanced work/life.
- Employees accumulate paid time off based on hours worked
- New employees can begin to accumulate up to 160 PTO hours off
- PTO increases with additional years of service
- Time and a half is paid for work done on holidays
- Company-paid time off for jury duty
- Company-paid time off for bereavement
- On-Demand Pay
Health Protection for You and Your Family
CHI Living Communities offers a comprehensive health benefit package to help you improve and maintain your health and the well-being of your family with special programs for weight loss and exercise. The following benefits are available to employees working 30 hours or more a week.
- Employee medical coverage with the majority paid by CHI Living Communities
- Multiple health insurance plan options so you can select the one that works best for you and your family
- Dental Option Plan with 75% paid by CHI Living Communities - Click here to learn about Superior Dental Care Value Added Benefits
- Vision Option Plan - Learn about a special hearing aid discount program connected with the plan
- 100% Company-Paid Short-Term Disability
- 100% Company-Paid Long-Term Disability
- Learn about our Virtual Physician Visit Program
- Earn money for your HSA just by walking every day - Read more about the Motion® Program here
Plans for You and Your Family’s Future
We value our employees’ futures.
- Full-time employees benefit from company-paid life insurance valued at two times their annual salary
- All employees are eligible for the Fidelity Investments 401K Plan
- Automatic employer contribution for employees who meet the 1,000-hour requirement and are active at the end of the calendar year
- All employees are eligible for the Employee Assistance Program through Mutual of Omaha that provides confidential assistance for employees and their immediate families, if ever in need