Assistant Director of Nursing​/Nurse Educator

Assistant Director of Nursing/Nurse Educator - Nursing Home

Located in Far Rockaway, NY

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Salary: $140K range

Responsibilities of the Assistant Director of Nursing/Nurse Educator:

• Provides educational leadership to patients and care providers to enhance specialized patient care within established healthcare setting.
• Assists patients and caregivers with educational needs, problem resolution, and health management across the continuum of care.
• Collaborates with medical providers, patient care staff, and unit management in the planning, implementation, and delivery of educational curricula.
• Performs resident assessments for appropriateness of resident’s care with regard to infection control and adherence to isolation policies and procedures.
• Performs clinical rounds for surveillance to verify the status of residents, treatment, and necessary follow-up for care needs and staff development.
• Lead, direct and monitor the delivery of health care and related health and medical services.
• Provide direct supervision to nurses.
• Plan, develop and implement procedures and policies that enhance the quality of life for people receiving services.
• Provide leadership to assure compliance with local, state and federal regulations and nursing practice standards.
• Develop and implement nursing department budgets in coordination with our management team.
• Provide effective nurse management that assures utilization of personnel to best meet the needs of the people receiving support and services.
• Develop and implement health care related training that assures the best possible delivery of health related support and services.
• Ensure that patient care plans contain accurate documentation and are amended as needed.

Qualifications of the Assistant Director of Nursing/Nurse Educator:

• Must have New York RN license
• Must have prior Assistant Director of Nursing experience in long term care
• Must have long term care experience
• Must have nurse education/in-service experience
• Proven ability to create and deliver engaging education, with strong coaching and leadership skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication; adept at building rapport across all levels

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