Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) *$10,000 Sign On Bonus!* Chicagoland (Various Locations) at Aperion Care

ADON

SUMMARY: The ADON will assist the Director of Nursing in planning, organizing, developing, and directing the day-to-day functions of the Nursing Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be directed by the Administrator, the Medical Director, and/or the Director of Nursing, to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times. Additional responsibility will focus on providing skin care to residents under the medical direction and supervisor of the residents' attending physician, the Director of Nursing, or the Medical Director of the facility, with an emphasis on treatment and therapy of skin disorders.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ Confer with the Director of Nursing and/or other licensed nursing personnel regarding the dermatologic disorders of residents in the facility

+ Examine the resident and his/her records and charts, and discriminate between normal and abnormal findings, in order to recognize when to refer the resident to a physician for evaluation, supervision, or directions

+ Provide assessment and diagnostic services to residents. Perform an assessment evaluation using techniques including observation, inspection, and palpation

+ Initiate requests for consultation or referral. Respond to requests from the resident, physician, or nursing staff

+ Identify, manage, and treat specific skin disorders and primary and secondary lesions, such as skin abrasions, foot problems such as corns and callouses, decubitus ulcers, bacterial, parasitic and viral skin infections, scaling popular diseases, and benign tumors

+ Assist in resident rehabilitation activities. Where require, perform range of motion, assist in ambulation, provide emotional support. Monitor the results of physical therapy activities.

+ Provide preventative health care services. Make recommendations to the resident concerning nutrition, prevention of common skin disorders, etc.,

+ Make written and oral reports/recommendations to the attending physician, Medical Director, or the DON concerning the status and care of the residents

+ Implement and maintain established policies and procedures relative to RN care treatments. Interpret these to the physician, resident family members, and public as appropriate

+ Assist the Director of Nursing in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing the day-to-day functions of the nursing department, in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the long-term care facility.

+ Participate in developing, maintaining, and updating our written policies and procedures that govern the day-to-day functions of nursing department.

+ Ensure that reference material maintained at the nurse's station is current. Recommend to the Director written material that will assist the nursing department in meeting the day-to-day needs of residents.

+ Develop and periodically update nursing service objectives and statements of philosophy.

+ Assist in developing and implementing a nursing organization structure. Make written and oral recommendations to the Director as necessary/required, concerning the operation of the nursing department.

+ Assist in developing methods for coordinating nursing services with other resident services to ensure the continuity of the residents' total regimen of care.

+ Ensure that all nursing personnel are following their respective job descriptions. Participate in the development, maintaining, and periodically updating the written job descriptions for each level of nursing personnel in accordance with pertinent laws and regulations.

+ Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as requested by the Administrator or Director of Nursing.

+ Assist the resident and Discharge Planning Coordinator in planning the nursing portion of the resident's discharge plan.

+ Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc.

+ Monitor the facility's QI, QM and survey reports and provide the Director with recommendations that will be helpful in eliminating problem areas.

+ Assist the Director in obtaining staffing information that must be posted on a daily basis.

+ Agree not to disclose resident's protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to Administrator.

+ Service on the Quality Assurance and Assessment Committee as directed.

+ Schedule, attend, and participate in developing the agenda for the Care Plan Team Meetings as required.

+ Assist the Director in determining the staffing needs of the nursing department. Recommend to the Director the number and level of nursing personnel to be employed. Assist the Director in the recruitment and selection of nursing personnel.

+ Ensure that a sufficient number of Licensed Practical and/or Registered Nurses & CNA's are available for each shift to ensure that quality care is maintained. Also ensure that all nursing assistants are enrolled in or have graduated from an approved nursing assistants program.

+ Develop work assignments and schedule duty hours, and/or assist nursing supervisory staff in completing and performing such tasks.

+ Delegate to the Charge Nurse and Nurse Supervisors the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary to perform their assigned duties.

+ Assist the Director in preparing performance evaluations as directed.

+ Make daily rounds of the nursing department to ensure that all nursing personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards. Report findings to Director.

+ Review complaints and grievances made or filed by department personnel. Make appropriate reports to Director as required or as may be necessary.

+ Ensure that departmental disciplinary action is administered fairly and without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, age, sex, religion, handicap, or marital status.

+ Interpret the department's policies and procedures to personnel, residents, visitors and government agencies as necessary.

+ Ensure that all nursing personnel participate in the facility's TB testing program.

+ Participate in the interviewing and selection of residents for admission to the facility.

+ Inform nursing personnel of new admissions, their expected time of arrival, room assignment, etc. Ensure that rooms are ready for new admissions. Greet newly admitted residents upon admission. Escort them to their rooms as necessary.

+ Review nurse's notes to ensure that they are informative and descriptive of the nursing care being provided, that they reflec