Assistant Director of Nursing
Company: Primrose of Mishawaka
Location: Mishawaka
Posted on: May 8, 2022
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Job Description:
Full-time; Rotating If you're compassionate and enjoy helping
others, consider becoming a part of the Primrose Retirement Team.
Work with a team of caring individuals with a reputation for
providing exceptional care and an excellent assisted living
experience for seniors. This may be just the work-family you are
looking for. Primrose offers a competitive salary, a full benefits
package including a 401K match, 3 weeks of PTO, annual pay
increases, and so much more! Primrose Retirement Communities, LLC,
provides high-quality independent and assisted living communities
in over 32 locations and 17 states across the country.
Headquartered in Aberdeen, South Dakota since our founding in 1989,
our mission is to create a happy and healthy living environment for
seniors. Our motto "this is living!" guides us in every aspect of
our work from providing personalized attention and a full and
exciting activities calendar to our friendly and welcoming
atmosphere. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY The collaboration with the
Director of Nursing (DON) and the Executive Director (ED), the
Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) ensures the smooth and
efficient operation of the nursing and direct care staff. The ADON
assists the DON in coordinating and supervising nursing and direct
care staff to deliver care which will ensure that the resident's
needs are met through resident service plans, physicians' orders,
community policies and procedures, and federal, state and local
regulations. The ADON is directly responsible to the Director of
Nursing at the community level for the overall coordination and
execution of nursing services and resident cares. ESSENTIAL JOB
FUNCTIONS Assists the DON to ensure delivery of compassionate
quality care and nursing supervision as evidenced by adequate
services and staff coverage in the community.Provides oversight of
care implementation by direct care staff; recognition of deviation
from the service plan.Medication Management, including oversight of
medication storage and administration. Carry out physicians' orders
in a timely manner.Participates actively in the Primrose
community's quality improvement process, including regular
attendance at, and reporting to the Quality Committee. Participates
in ongoing facility efforts to improve the overall quality of the
nursing care, including efforts to evaluate and address the causes
of various care-related problems and deficiencies.Knowledgeable of
state and other applicable regulations and demonstrates ability to
implement and maintain compliance with these regulations governing
the community, resident care, and any applicable
reimbursement.Assists the DON in appropriate delegation of
non-licensed nursing staff as outlined by the State Board of
Nursing and specific State regulations.Proactively develops
positive employee relations. Promotes teamwork, mutual respect, and
effective communication.Assists the DON in monitoring care for
residents receiving services through third party providers,
assuring documentation requirements are met.Maintains
confidentiality within the workplace with all written and verbal
communications pertaining to residents, staff, and community
operations.Assists with orientation/training of new staff to job
responsibilities as needed.Assists in scheduling of nursing and
direct care staff.Implements and contributes to the evaluation of
the resident's response to service plan of care, medication and
treatment plans.Observes changes in resident status, needs or
preferences and documents and reports appropriately.If providing
care in a Primrose Memory Care community, actively engages and
assists in ensuring person-centered approaches with programming and
behavioral expressions are carried out per Primrose Memory Care
Program.
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