ADON-(RN) Full TIme

## About the role - Assists the DON in planning, developing and supervising the activities of the nursing staff. - Assists in the development and implementation of nursing services, objectives, policies and procedures. - Works with the DON to recruit, hire and train nursing staff. - Assists DON with employee appraisals, and resolving problems including disciplinary action. - Acts as the back up for the DON, RN and LVN staff. - May be required to provide direct resident care as needed. - Oversees clinical operations, including making daily rounds and monitoring resident conditions. - Responsible for ensuring resident safety, and ensuring residents are treated with the utmost respect. - Liaison between the residents, family members and the physicians. - Attends staff meetings and conducts staff meeting if the DON is unavailable. - Provides reports and recommendations to the DON concerning the operation of nursing services. - Assists the DON in the design, implementation and evaluation of nursing systems that ensure consistent delivery of care and maintains and promotes resident rights. - Assists DON with conducting ongoing in services for the nursing staff. - Maintains confidentiality in all aspects of the position regarding residents and employees. - Must keep abreast of regulatory changes and communicate changes appropriately. ## Supervisory Requirements - Assists with the overall supervision and management of the nursing staff. ## Qualification Education and/or Experience - Minimum requirements to perform this position include graduation from an Accredited School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing preferred. - Must be in good standing with the State Board of Nursing and maintain all required continuing education/licensing requirements. - 3 5 years of nurse management, preferably in a long term care facility. ## Language Skills - Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. - Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. - Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees. ## Mathematical Skills - Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations. ## Reasoning Ability - Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. - Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. ## Certificates, Licenses, Registrations - To preform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient in the Microsoft Suite products. - Knowledge and experience with PCC preferred. - Must maintain all required continuing education/licensing. - Must remain in good standing with the State Board of Nursing at all times. ## Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. - Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. - Prolonged use of a desk top or laptop computer. - While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand; walk and talk, read or hear. - Frequent use of all office related equipment to include; copier/scanner/fax, telephone, calculator. - Travel by auto or airline may be required. ## Work Environment - The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. - Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. ## Additional Information - Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. - Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. - The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.