Assistant Director of Nursing

💼 Full-Time Position

📍Simpson Health Center

Purpose of the Position

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Purpose of the Position:

A unique and versatile position in the Stone Heights/Arbor Lane/Journeys Neighborhoods of the Friendship Haven campus. The co-ADON will be responsible for the household operating smoothly, promoting clinical, and quality excellence, social needs and fiduciary responsibility to enhance the resident’s wellbeing and ensuring a high level of customer service and satisfaction.  The ADON will collaborate with the team, residents and employees to determine what clinical and support services the neighborhood needs to live with faith, passion and purpose.

Essential Duties:

·        Responsible for coordinating the care needs for the ICF nursing residents from admission to discharge.

·        Provides education and performs care reviews to neighborhood team members.

·        Assists the neighborhoods with residents/family/staff concerns, as needed.

·        Assists neighborhoods in day-to-day nursing staff vacancies, as needed and able.

·        Assists in other various opportunities, as able and necessary, to meet the care needs of the residents.

·        Participates in the on-call rotation for in the clinical leadership team.

·        Provide Social Services such as one-on-one counseling, depression screening, reassurance and mental health referrals, as needed.

·        Work with various outside Agencies, as needed.

·        Serves on Friendship Haven Committees, as needed.

·        Supervises members of the IDT, as delegated.

·        Assists fellow Co-ADON with other area of Simpson Health Center as needed.

·        Other duties as assigned.

Care Plan and Documentation Functions:

•        Facilitates and completes all clinical portions of the care plan and portions of ICF MDSs, as delegated.

•        Participates in care plan conferences for all household residents and communicates all conference results with team members. 

•        Implements nursing/clinical interventions based on identified goals and updates plan accordingly.

•        Responsible for investigating and reporting all incidents and accidents.      

•        Audit clinical documentation to ensure proper entries by team members and checking for completeness, quality assurance documentation and maintenance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

·        Support the mission, vision and values of Friendship Haven.

·        Abide by Friendship Haven Standards of Personal Performance and Code of Ethics.

·        Ability to work effectively with co-workers in a team environment.

·        Proficiency in computer usage and related applications.

·        Ability to self-initiate with minimal supervision.

·        Demonstrate strong organizational/time management skills.

·        Ability to deliver excellent customer service and public relations.

Minimum Requirements

·        Education: Licensed LPN or RN, a background in Human Services is beneficial but not required.

·        Must be CPR certified.

·        Long Term Care experience preferred, but not required.

·        MDS certified beneficial, but not required.

Physical Demands

·        Sits, stands, bends, lifts and moves intermittently during work hours.

·        Willing to work beyond normal working hours, and on weekends and holidays when necessary.

Mental Demands

·        Subject to frequent interruptions.

·        May be subject to hostile and emotionally upset residents, families and visitors.