Assistant Director of Nursing

DEPARTMENT

Nursing

Director of Nursing

Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Certified Nurses Assistants

Responsible for the planning, organizing, motivating and coordinating of nursing personnel in the nursing department to the end that all residents receive high quality nursing care by staff under the supervision of the Director of Nurses (DON). The DON will direct all nursing services provided to residents of the facility. This includes the development and daily functioning, nursing care, staff training, communication with other departments and coordination with the medical staff.

Additional responsibilities include the development of the departmental budget and the development of nursing philosophies, objectives, policies and procedures that potentially will enhance the functioning of the department within the overall organization.

Functions and tasks cover five major areas:
Administrative, teaching, clinical, legal and human relations.

• Assist with the development of goals and objectives for the department in conjunction with the Administrator and physicians.
• Assist with the development of policies and procedures for the department in keeping with the overall philosophies and objectives of the Home.
• Assist with the development and/or the keeping of current policy and procedure manuals for the nursing department.
• Assist with the keeping of goals, objectives, policies, and current procedures by assuring at least annual review and revision as necessary with the approval of administration.

• Attend all management meetings and other coordinated meetings.
• Meeting individually with the other department managers when necessary.
• Serves as the liaison with the Pharmacy and keep the pharmacist updated on all changes in resident conditions/pay status/transfers/discharge.
• Meet with Medical Director weekly after the MD visits the facility if the DON in unavailable.
• Participates in the selection of prospective residents in terms of the nursing services needed and nursing competencies available to meet the needs of the resident.

• Evaluate employee performance annually on facility forms.
• Monitor productivity, regularly reviewing productivity for management reports related to nursing services.
• Oversight of the medical records department for the facility.
• Aids the unit charge nurse to when transferring a resident out of the facility in emergency situations.
• Monitors that all biohazard equipment and supplies are maintained in a safe and hazard free environment.
• Participate and chair the Infection Control Committee.
• Will coordinate staffing to ensure coverage under the supervision of the DON.
• Oversee that all equipment is safe and in good working conditions.
• Assist with the investigation of any allegation of abuse, neglect, or the misappropriation of resident property.
• Ensure that Nursing Practice meets standard guidelines according to the Standard of Practice for Nursing and according to facility protocol.
• Ensure that the physician on call is notified when a resident’s condition changes.
• Supervise and evaluate the performance of all nursing personnel under the direction of the DON.
• Monitor all charting by licensed nursing staff and certified nurse’s assistants.
• Oversee the reporting of any or all missing residents from the facility.
• Monitor all employee accidents and incidents and report all such incidents as they occur to the DON.
• Oversee room transfers and new admissions as announced by the Admission or Social Services.
• Maintain participation in the facility on-call rotation and provides after-hours telephone response and direction in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Any other assigned duties as assigned by the DON and/or Administration.