Assistant Director of Nursing

Job Description

Job Description

Peaceful Pines Senior Living is committed to providing exceptional care and service with compassion. Our community offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care.

The Assistant Director of Nursing is responsible for oversight of care staff, including but not limited to scheduling, training, developing, and coaching. The Assistant Director of Nursing will also be responsible for assessments, documentation, and oversight of care for the residents. They will partner with the Director of Nursing to provide excellent care.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO INCLUDE :

• Promotes and supports a positive work environment focused on team building and collaboration.
• Provides on-call backup to the community when not on duty.
• Maintains confidentiality of all pertinent personal or health information concerning residents and staff.
• Ensures that all the needs are met for the residents as well as supervises staff that are on the shift.
• Ensures that any incident reports are completed properly and promptly.
• Prepares necessary medical paperwork for all scheduled resident appointments.
• Assists with compliance in meeting regulations and is available for state licensure surveys.
• Maintains resident files and appropriate documents as required.
• Assists Medication Aides and Caregivers in service delivery and training as requested.
• Notifies DON of any new doctors' orders that are received and informs the DON of any med changes.
• Performs inventory management for medication administration by Medication Aides and checks new medications from the pharmacy.
• Communicates in staff communication book any information that staff needs to be aware of.
• Assist with picking up shifts on an evenly distributed schedule among nursing staff as needed.
• Actively available for on-call rotation.
• Schedules care conferences and updates care plans in accordance with regulations.
• Reviews, edits, and creates nursing policy drafts to be reviewed and finalized by the Executive Director and / or DON.
• Develops and updates codebook for assisted living and memory care.
• Obtains, administers, and documents prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques and facility standards of practice.
• Observes residents, records significant conditions and reactions, and notifies supervisor, family (responsible party), and physician of residents change in condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents.
• Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assess the condition of resident.
• Keeps resident family and physician informed of any changes in resident behavior, medications, or conditions of health.
• Other duties as needed.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

HME Care is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Applicants who would like to request reasonable accommodation to the application or interview process should call Human Resources at 1-605-736-2732 or email hrdept@hmecompanies.net.

Must be able to pass background check