Assistant Director of Nursing

Assistant Director of Nursing

Jewish Community Center of Youngstown

Full-time

The primary purpose of this position is to assist the Director of Nursing services in planning, organizing, developing, and directing the day-to-day operations of the Nursing Service Department in accordance with current Federal, State and local standards, guidelines and regulations that govern Heritage Manor, and as may be directed by the Administrator, the Medical Director or the Director of Nursing, to ensure that the highest quality of care is maintained at all times.

• Assists in organizing and administering the Department of Nursing.
• Assumes responsibilities delegated by the Director of Nursing Service.
• Assists with Annual and 90-day evaluations.
• Assists the professional nursing staff in the development and utilization of the nursing care plan for all residents.
• Reviews nursing records to assure the nurses are documenting care given in accordance to state regulations –i.e.
  
  - admissions, discharges, changes in conditions.
• Organizes and administers orientation and staff educational programs for nursing personnel. Assuring needed yearly certification hours for State Tested Nursing Assistants.
• Attends and participates in all mandated committees, interdisciplinary conferences and Utilization Review. Assist in coordination of Residents short-term stay.
• Works with unit supervisors to schedule yearly influenza vaccines for residents, as well as staff.
• Maintains schedules for dental care, as well as eye doctors and assures documentation in residents chart for each visit.
• QA Infection Control Grievance Officer.
• Dr. Maiden and review dose reactions.
• Track call offs and attendance. Disciplinary actions.
• Assists with the admission/discharge of every resident in planning the nursing services portion of the residents stay at Heritage Manor. This begins upon admission through the role of admission Registered Nurse.
• Assist the Director of Nursing in determining staff needs of the nursing service department. Ensuring that a sufficient number of staff is available to each unit to ensure quality of care is delivered.
• Implements and updates resident care policies and procedures to personnel, residents, visitors, and Ohio State Department of Health, if necessary.
• Ensures that the Nursing Service Procedure Manual is current at all times. And reflects the day to day nursing care procedures used by Heritage Manor. Reports any changes to the Director of Nursing.
• Regularly reviews the department’s policies and procedures manuals, etc. and makes recommendations for revisions of policies, procedures, etc. to the Director of Nursing.
• Ensures that all Nursing service personnel are following their respective job descriptions. Participates in developing, maintaining and periodically updating the written job description for each level of nursing services.
• Assists in dining room at breakfast and as needed.
• Participates in the development, maintenance and implementation of Heritage Manor quality assurance program
• Serves on, participates in and attends various facility committees, as assigned.
• Makes daily rounds of the Nursing Services department to ensure all nursing service personnel are performing their assigned duties in accordance to Heritage Manor nursing standards, using audits to help improve the quality care of each resident.
• Participates in the selection/interviewing process of residents for admissions to our facility. This may require interviews at their home or hospital. Provides the facility with information as to the resident’s level of care.
• Develops, implements and maintains an effective orientation program that orients the new employees to the facility, it policies and procedures, and to his/her position.
• Assists the Director of Nursing in identifying, evaluating and classifying routine and job related functions to ensure that tasks in which there is a potential exposure to blood/body fluids, are properly identified and recorded.
• Ensures that all personnel involved in providing care to the resident are aware of the residents’ plan of care.
• Monitors nursing care to insure that all residents are treated fairly and with kindness, dignity, and respect and that confidentially of all resident information is maintained.
• Concerns herself/himself with the safety of all residents in order to minimize the potential for fire or accidents. Also supports that the facility adheres to the legal , safety, health, fire and sanitation codes.
• Investigates all nursing department employee accidents in accordance with the procedures outlined in the facility safety standard.
• Orders routine labs and receives copy of all lab orders.
• Runs new monthly orders for change over and audits orders.
• Maintains lab schedules and computer requests, classifies physicians orders and follows up on all orders.
• Tracks Relias completion.
• Interacts with Residents, families, facility and corporate staff.
• Carries out other tasks, as requested in situations where hands-on…