Assistant Director of Nursing

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Assists Director of Nursing with directing, evaluating, and supervising patient care and initiating corrective action as necessary.
• Assists Director of Nursing with assessing patient care needs and the development of individualized plans of patient care.
• Assists Director of Nursing with assessing patient needs and making recommendations for special rehabilitation programs.
• Assists Director of Nursing with evaluating patient care as related to individualized patient needs, family involvement and the physician's plan of care for the patient.
• Assists Director of Nursing with conducting or provide that patient care conferences are conducted.
• Assists Director of Nursing with assessing patient responses to medication and treatment, and making appropriate recommendations for nursing action to be implemented.
• Assists Director of Nursing with providing medications, treatments, diets, rehabilitation and restorative care to patients in accordance with physician’s orders and the patient’s individual needs.
• Assists Director of Nursing with reporting problems to the Administrator, conducting daily patient rounds, and initiating corrective action as necessary.
• Assists Director of Nursing with directing and implementation of educational programs, quality assurance program and infection control program.
• Assists Director of Nursing with establishing open lines of communication with consultants and consistently taking follow up action on recommendations.
• Assists Director of Nursing with consistently making recommendations of level of care determinations based on physician’s documentation and plan of care.
• Assists Director of Nursing with coordinating the care planning/MDS process and committee meetings as necessary.
• Promotes the image and reputation of the System by exhibiting servant leadership and providing direct and open lines of communication.
• Contributes to the work of committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts of the System.
• Performs other duties as necessary to ensure the success of the System.

Skills And Abilities

• A minimum, two year(s) of experience in a supervisory capacity in a hospital or long-term care Nursing Center.
• Should have training experience in rehabilitative and restorative nursing practices.
• Should have education, training, and/or experience in one of the following: rehabilitative nursing, geriatric nursing and/or Psychosocial nursing.
• A RN nursing degree from an accredited college or university.
• A Georgia RN License.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: None.

Reasoning Abilities

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram format.
• The ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to sit, talk or hear.
• The associate frequently is required to walk.
• Use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• The associate is occasionally required to stand.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.