Assistant Director of Nursing

Position Summary

The Assistant Director of Nursing ensures that standards of professional practice are developed and maintained on a 24-hour basis, 7 days a week to achieve excellence and continuity in resident care on the unit in a manner that is reflective the ESCC Core Values. The Assistant Dir. of Nursing will ensure that nursing care goals are established for each resident and provides guidance for the clinical care team to work toward established goals, ensuring that appropriate nursing care is provided and required documentation is completed.

Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities

• Understands and promotes Elizabeth Seton Children’s Mission, Vision, and Core Values to ensure application with organizational policies and procedures and everyday practices.
• Lead the planning, development, organization, implementation and evaluation of the neighborhood to facilitate a child/young adult and family-centered environment that promotes the theme of “children come first”.
• Create and maintain good physician, resident/parent, employee and vendor relationships.
• Identify and remedy patient care issues by placing a strong emphasis on quality patient care and customer satisfaction.
• Knows and enforces infection control policies and procedures.
• Assure that staff schedules are consistent with the resident needs and provide the accountability of established standards of care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Review clinical services policies, procedures, manuals, job descriptions, etc., at least annually, and participate in making and implementing recommended changes.
• Facilitate identification of neighborhood quality and safety concern and/or issue for study and improvement.
• Provide follow up and corrective action for audits (including medication errors, quality audits, medical record audits, mock survey etc.).
• Ensure all purchase requisitions and purchase orders are properly prepared, signed and submitted as required.
• In collaboration with neighborhood staff, ensure adequate and appropriate par levels of supplies and linen.
• Perform administrative requirements such as completing forms, reports, etc., and submitting to the Director of Nursing as required.
• Establish a least restrictive environment where restraints are only used after the care plan team agrees that all other alternatives have been exhausted.
• Responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance for completion of MDS and Care Plans for each resident according to the pre-determined schedule.
• Assures that all documentation is completed by established deadlines. Ensures coverage for completion of MDS/Care Plans when assigned staff are unavailable.
• Cookordinate and oversee the Care Plan meetings.
• Responsible for ensuring completion and follow up of occurrence reports, medication error forms, skin care forms and continually work on reducing occurrences and medication errors through root cause analysis, education and quality improvement processes.
• Rounds on Neighborhoods for the purpose of obtaining clinical information on residents, to support and educate staff, to assist with family issues and endorse complete information to next shift.
• Promotes 24 x7 accurate, objective clinical and administrative reports.
• Responsible for review of EMR status board and other variance reports and follow up with staff on outstanding items.
• Establish a schedule for and coordinate neighborhood meetings. Assure that information is disseminated to all appropriate parties timely.
• Review complaints and grievances and make oral/written reports to the Director of Nursing and Vice President of Operations. Coordinate investigations as necessary including gathering statements, interviews, review of cameras, photos, disciplinary proceedings and remedial education as appropriate.
• Coordinate with Talent Management as necessary.
• Collaborates with clinical educators to ensure all required educational opportunities for staff are attended and that mandatory clinical skills competency requirements are completed.
• Maintain accurate and clear records regarding changes in shift assignment in accordance with rules of the Center and the 1199 bargaining unit contract.
• Monitor the performance of ANM, ANCC and charge nurses to ensure that they meet facility and regulatory standards in regards to care provided, leadership growth, professionalism, interpersonal skills, team building.
• Establish a protocol for the interviewing process and orienting new members to the neighborhoods.
• Facilitate self-staffing in collaboration with neighborhood staff and Staffing Office.
• Manage budget for neighborhood.
• Participate in research, evidence-based practice and demonstration of new products/equipment for the Children’s Center.
• Represent the Children’s Center at and participate in meetings as required.
• Participate in the establishment and/or review of center wide policies, procedures and long-term care regulatory requirements and assure all team members are knowledgeable in these areas.
• Stay current with regard to changes in policies and regulatory requirements and update staff at monthly meetings or as necessary.
• Support a system for recognition and rewards for service excellence in the neighborhood.

Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Bachelor of Science degree in nursing or related field. Master of Science degree (required)
• New York State Nursing License and Registration Certificate
• BCLS/ PALS
• Experience: Minimum five (5) years RN experience with at least three years in a supervisory role. Experience in pediatric and adolescent chronic and restorative nursing modalities preferred.