Job Description

Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON)

Looking to advance your nursing career?
Want to get into nursing management?
No previous management experience required

Responsibilities:

• Ensure adequate 24-hour nursing coverage in the facility
• Assist the DON in determining the staffing needs of the nursing service department
• Monitor staff education and conduct in-service training as necessary
• Resolve personnel problems and build into the nursing program maximum employee motivation, keeping employees informed of current changes that affect their ability in providing quality patient care
• Develop work assignments and schedule duty hours, and/or assist nursing supervisory staff in completing or performing such tasks
• Delegate to the Charge Nurse(s) and Nurse Supervisor(s) the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability to perform their assigned duties
• Supervise all admissions and readmissions for eligibility or denial of Medicare Skilled services regulations
• Notify all providers, in writing, within 24 hours of resident status of eligibility for skilled services and changes
• Make daily rounds of the nursing department to ensure that all nursing personnel are performing their work assignment in accordance with acceptable nursing standards. Report findings to DON
• Provide residents with a comfortable, clean, orderly, and safe environment
• Monitor medication passes and treatment schedules to ensure that medications are being administered as ordered and that treatments are provided as scheduled
• Provide direct nursing care as necessary
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
• Must possess, as a minimum, a degree in Nursing from an accredited school.
• BSN degree preferred.
• Two (2) or more years of experience as a supervisor in a hospital, long-term care facility, or other related health care facility required.
• Previous long-term care experience is preferred.