Assistant Director of Nursing - Port Lavaca, United States - Bethany Senior Living

Description

Bethany Senior Living offers an exciting opportunity to provide world-class care to our residents. Our beautifully maintained and modern facility offers Onsite Therapy and Rehab services, Wound Care, Alzheimer's and Dementia care and more. We are passionate about continuing our tradition of providing high-quality care and helping our residents achieve their best quality of life. To accomplish this, we are seeking a qualified an dedicated
Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON), RN to join our team and make a positive impact and help enrich the lives of our residents, making every day vibrant with beautiful smiles and tender care. We are seeking a dedicated caregiver that will use their energy, creativity, thoughtfulness, and skills to help our residents live a life full of purpose, celebration and fulfillment through connecting with them each day.

The primary purpose of this position is to assist the Director of Nursing in planning, organizing, developing and directing the day-to-day functions of the nursing services department in accordance with current federal, state and local standards, guidelines and regulations that govern the facility.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Assist the Director of Nursing in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating and directing the day-to-day functions of the nursing services department in accordance with current rules, regulations and guidelines that govern the facility.
• Assist in developing and implementing a nursing services organizational structure.
• Work with the Minimum Data Set/Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS/RAI) Coordinator to schedule, conduct and submit resident assessments.
• Allocate resources efficiently while ensuring that residents obtain their highest practical physical, mental and psychosocial wellbeing.
• Collaborate with medical professionals, consultants and organizations including government and advocacy groups.
• Coordinate with other resident services to ensure continuity of resident care.
• Assist in the development of nursing policies and procedures which meet the current standards of nursing practice, comply with state and federal regulations, reflect facility philosophy and support operational objectives.
• Assist the Director of Nursing in obtaining staffing information that must be posted on a daily basis.
• Participate in developing, implementing and periodically updating the resident's written discharge plan.
• Ensure that reference material (i.e., Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR), regulations, professional standards of practice, etc.) maintained at the nurses' stations is current; recommend to the Director of Nursing written material that will assist the nursing services department in meeting the daytoday needs of residents.
• Monitor the facility's quality measure reports.
• Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as requested by the Administrator or the Director of Nursing.
• Participate in the development, maintenance and implementation of the facility's quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) program for the nursing services department.
• Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.
• Ensure that direct nursing care is provided by a licensed nurse, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and/or a nurse aide trainee qualified to perform the procedure.
• Greet newly admitted residents upon admission; escort them to their rooms as necessary.
• Make rounds with physicians as necessary.
• Monitor medication passes and treatment schedules to ensure that medications are being administered as ordered and that treatments are provided as scheduled.
• Participate in the interviewing and selection of residents for admission to the facility including the Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASARR).
• Provide direct nursing care as necessary.
• Provide the Director of Nursing with information relative to the nursing needs of the residents and to the nursing services department's ability to meet those needs.
• Report medication errors to the Director of Nursing.
• Report problem areas to the Director of Nursing; assist in developing and implementing corrective action.
• Schedule daily rounds to observe residents and to determine if nursing needs are being met.
• Assist the Director of Nursing in determining the staffing needs of the nursing services department.
• Assist the Director of Nursing in preparing performance evaluations as directed.
• Assist the Director of Nursing in the recruitment and selection of nursing services personnel.
• Review complaints and grievances made or filed by department personnel; make appropriate reports to the Director of Nursing as required or as necessary.
• Assist in planning and conducting inservice training.
• Attend continuing education programs as needed.
• Additional duties as assigned.

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