Assistant Director or Nursing

Assists the Director of Nursing with Administrative duties as designated and the supervision or nursing staff not to exceed scope of practice.

Education:

? Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred.

Licenses/Certification:

? Valid RN license in the state employed preferred

? Valid CPR certification.

Experience:

? Seven years experience in nursing, two years of which was supervisory in a long-term care environment.

Essential Functions:

? Acts as liaison between nursing units, admissions and the DON.

? Plans and facilitates meetings and committees to address resident care issues.

? Monitor weekly and monthly weights.

? Monitors and evaluates nursing staff and makes recommendations for training or work modification to the

DON.

? Monitor meals and breaks to assure compliant by staff.

? Assists in preparation of departmental budget.

? Monitor meals and temperature of meal trays.

? Performs personnel management functions such as establishing personnel qualification

requirements, drafting procedure manuals, in-service programs, and installing record and

reporting systems.

? Monitor noise level and satisfaction of residents with care/or dissatisfaction.

? Performs studies to evaluate effectiveness of nursing services in relation to their objectives

and costs.

? Monitor and audit charts weekly for: Episodic; Medicare documentation; all assessments;

nursing summaries, MAR’s; treatment; flow sheets; residents profile for CNA’s.

? Ensures that annual competency evaluations and performance reviews are completed in the appropriate

time frame.

? Pro-actively addresses survey and/or standards of care issues.

? Follow up on residents/family/employee concerns in a timely manner.

? Plans and guides the professional development of nursing staff.

? Participates in nurse on call system.

? Represents the DON at meetings, in the community, and assumes responsibility for nursing operations in

the DON’s absence.