Assistant Director of Nursing

Nursing Director

The purpose of this position is to support the Director of Nursing in planning, directing and monitoring nursing activities for Pleasant View Nursing Home.

Essential duties and responsibilities including the following :

• Consult with nursing supervisors and staff regarding resident's condition and nursing staff concerns during daily rounds.
• Monitor trends in conditions, issues, and inefficiencies and conduct a root cause analysis and process improvement.
• Monitor or delegate monitoring of nursing guidelines through audits and on-site inspections.
• Maintain knowledge of current State, Federal and local laws, rules, regulations and ordinances regarding long-term nursing care.
• Initiate and complete process improvement projects for quality and regulatory compliance.
• Provide oversight and training to nursing staff for assessments and clinical documentation.
• Implement Correction Plans as regulatorily required in the survey process.
• Conduct Facility Reported Incident Investigations including implementing the needed corrective actions.
• Oversee the Infection Prevention Program.
• Provide backup support for Nursing Care Coordinators.
• Serve in the Director of Nursing role when the Director of Nursing is absent or unavailable.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time.
• Coordinate initial and on-going education with nursing supervisors regarding Pleasant View specific policies and procedures.
• Conduct performance reviews of clinical staff and develop goals and training plans in response to reviews.
• Monitor staffing levels for compliance. Approve overtime and compensation time as needed.
• Review time sheets.
• Review nursing staff incident / accident reports.
• Assign staff to light duty in consultation with administration and Human Resources.
• Coordinate nursing guidelines with other departments and services including social services, housekeeping, activities, therapists, and beauticians.
• Coordinate restraint and drug reduction programs for all residents.
• Review MDSs, quarterly reviews, and risk assessments for developing resident problems. Participate in the QA process in the area of nursing services.
• Participate in State and Federal nursing home surveys and recommend and implement deficiencies correction.
• Participate in on-call for nursing management problems.
• Represent nursing staff in community and professional activities.
• Maintain routine communication with residents / families and community as needed.
• Act as resident advocate.
• Participate in developing a nursing service budget and recommend equipment purchases.

Qualifications to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required :

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