Assistant Director of Nursing; ADON RN Behavioral Health

Assistant Director of Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN), Behavioral Health

Job Type: Full-time Days

Directs the department's activities and resources to achieve departmental and organizational objectives. Oversees nursing and hospital operations during assigned shifts, manages staffing and scheduling, provides direct nursing care, and supports department managers with education, discipline, and compliance.

• Develops and implements departmental goals, plans, and standards consistent with clinical, administrative, legal, and ethical requirements.
• Directs and evaluates departmental operations, including patient care delivery, information technologies, service level determination, and complaint management to achieve performance and quality control objectives.
• Plans and monitors staffing activities, hiring, orientation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and continuing education initiatives.
• Prepares, monitors, and evaluates departmental budgets; ensures compliance with allocated funding; coordinates and directs internal/external audits.
• Creates and fosters an environment that encourages professional growth.
• Integrates evidence‑based practices into operations and clinical protocols.
• Acts as a liaison between internal co‑workers and external customers, clients, patients, contractors, and vendors.

• Manages the work of others, including planning, assigning, scheduling, and reviewing work.
• Ensures quality standards, hires, terminates, trains, develops, and administers corrective action for staff.

• Business Mathematical
  
  Skills:
  
  adds, subtracts, multiplies, divides, computes rates, ratios, percentages, and interprets graphs.
• Moderate Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  uses electronic mail, word processing, data entry, spreadsheets, graphics; creates, maintains, incorporates simple functions into documents, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations.
• Complex Communication: communicates complex information, resolves delicate situations, motivates and persuades others.
• Varied Business Problems: analyzes and interprets complex varied problems, using knowledge, skills, general precedent and practices.
• Department Specific: decisions impact management and operations within a department; contributes to business and operational decisions.
• Functional Independent Judgment: sets goals and priorities; makes recommendations for policies and practices; makes decisions or resolves problems.
• Project Planning/Organization: handles multiple projects simultaneously with task delegation, oversight, and resource allocation.

Occasional standing, walking, sitting for extended periods, use of hands, lifting up to 20 pounds, repetitive motion of upper body for computer use. Vision abilities: near, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, focus adjustment.

Well‑lit, ventilated, climate‑controlled office environment. Hospital setting with exposure to blood borne pathogens, contagious illnesses, toxic chemicals, and biohazardous materials. Noise level typical for office/hospital. Minimum overnight travel (up to 10%) by land and/or air.

• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred; applicable work experience may be used in lieu of education.
• Certifications:
  
  BLS.
• Licenses: (list as applicable).

• Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulatory and compliance (e.g., HIPAA). Skilled in application of policies and procedures. Knowledge of Business Office Standards and Recommended Practices.