RN Exempt - Assistant Director Of Nursing And Infection Preventionist

Luther Park Community is seeking a skilled, detail oriented, talented and experienced RN for the position of ADON and Infection Preventionist. We are combining the two positions into one to create this unique opportunity for the right RN. This position is located at our Trinity Center which specializes in Long-Term Care, Skilled Care and Alzheimer's and Dementia care. The Trinity Center at Luther Park Community is a 120 bed facility with 60 CCDI beds with an overall care philosophy of serving those in the dementia disease process.

The ADON responsibilities will involve clinical management leadership and direction to nursing personnel through planning, organizing and carrying out nursing services and will orientate all licensed personnel to the facility regardless of shift. The Infection Preventionist responsibilities will be to lead and implement the infection prevention and control program to control the spread of infections and/or outbreaks by providing education to staff, residents and visitors as needed.

This position will be responsible for instructing and supervising nursing personnel and comply with established policies and procedures.

• Attend daily clinical meetings, resident care plan meetings and monthly QA meetings
• Supervise daily nursing operations
• Evaluate individual care plans through resident care conferences
• Apply conflict resolution techniques working with staff conflict or family inquiries and ensure follow‑up has been conducted
• Keep the DON informed of resident status changes or other matters related to resident care or staff concerns
• Coordinate admissions/discharges and ensure all aspects of admissions and discharges have been completed
• Monitor that physician/family are informed of resident status change
• Monitor physician orders
• Monitor monthly medication review and follow‑up as needed
• Actively participate in RN/LPN and CNA/CMA meetings
• Review fall incident reports ensuring appropriate follow‑up and interventions are in place and care plans are updated
• Attend Monthly weight meetings and notify the physician, family of weight changes and ensure all interventions suggested by the Dietitian are in place and documentation completed
• Maintain reports and data as requested by the DON

• Develop and implement ongoing infection prevention and control program
• Develop and implement written policies and procedures
• Complete infection control audits for new hires and other employees
• Complete weekly NHSN reporting
• Implement annual infection control risk assessment process
• Provide education related to infection prevention principles, policies and procedures to staff, residents and families (where appropriate)
• Participate in on‑call rotation

Supervises: RN’s, LPN’s, CMA’s and CNA’s

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a current state of Iowa RN licensure
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing is preferred
• Minimum of 1-3 years of RN experience, preferably in a long‑term care setting
• Two years of previous management or supervisor experience preferred
• Knowledgeable of MDS process
• Knowledgeable of State and Federal regulations
• Infection preventionist preferred

• Competitive Salaries
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Company Paid Long Term Disability
• Voluntary Short Term Disability, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
• 401k Retirement plan with 4% company match
• PTO plus three extra days for birthday, work anniversary and floating holiday
• Referral Bonuses
• Discount Meals
• Uniform Stipend
• Continuous Training and Education as well as Tuition Assistance

Must pass background check, physical, drug screen and TB test

Luther Park Community is an Equal Opportunity Employer