Evergreen Technologies, LLC.
Location
Atlantic City, NJ | United States
Job description
RN - Assistant DON
Overview:
- Job Category: Acute - Nursing - Travel
- Duties: Responsible for monitoring nursing staff, nursing activities, and patient care, as well as ensuring nursing activities follow federal, state, and local standards. A successful ADON is responsible, attentive, knowledgeable, and provides high-quality care to patients.
- Skills: Excel Proficiency
- Education: Licensed and currently registered to practice as a Professional Nurse in New York State, plus (2) or (3) below.
- A Master’s degree in Nursing Administration, Education or an equivalent field and a minimum of six years of satisfactory nursing experience, of which four years shall have been in a supervisory, teaching or administrative capacity; or,
- A Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing and seven years of satisfactory nursing experience, five years of which shall have been in a supervisory or teaching capacity; or,
- A satisfactory equivalent combination of education and experience. However, all candidates must be licensed and currently registered to practice as a Professional Nurse in New York State.
- Certifications & Licenses: RN License
Under the direction of the Director of Nursing (DON) or higher licensed medical professional, the Assistant Director of Nursing will be responsible for assisting DON in planning, developing, and directing the operation of the Nursing Department in compliance with all applicable nursing standards, local, state and federal regulations and laws. Assist in the overall responsibility for coordinating the health care services for facilities and carrying out the terms of the contract, Public Health, and ACA standards. In the absence of the Director of Nursing, oversee the nursing staff to ensure quality care.
- Assist in the recruitment, hiring, orientation, training, and supervision of all nursing personnel
- Perform employee coaching and evaluations and make recommendations for employee promotion/discipline
- Assist with nursing sick call and scheduling all shifts in the absence of DON
- Assist in carrying out physician/FNP/PA orders as needed
- Communicate to physician and FNP/PA any potentially significant medical complaint or observation discovered during routine duties
- Assist the on-site medical director and HSA/AHSA in the credentialing process for RN's working under standardized procedures
- Assist with clinical and administrative matters
- Assist the HSA and DON with establishing and maintaining Policy and Procedure and nursing standard procedure
- Management and control of Methadone as assigned
- Maintain employee personnel files and monitor compliance with licensure and certifications
- Recommend and participate in the development of organizational policies to include monitoring and enforcement of Infection Control policies and procedures; assist on organization committees such as QA and regular staff meetings
- Responsible for overseeing submission of monthly statistics as required
- Conduct Quality Management and monthly CQI studies audits as outlined in policies and yearly scheduled Adult Facilities Quality Assurance
- Monitor persons served with positive TB skin test results for appropriate care, treatment, follow up and referral to public health personnel upon release overseeing infection control nurse
- Oversee routine logs: medical equipment such as ER bag checklist, Narcotics & sharps logs, insulin vials logs, fridge temperature checks, spore counts logs, incident reports
- Relieve nurse supervisor position or staff nurse as needed
- Follow up persons served sent to ER, Out Patient Housing Unit patient acuity, and Intake, transfer, release flow
- Monitor nursing and medical assistant’s workflow
- Maintain biohazard regulation with sharps container and environmental inspections monthly
- Assist with responding to grievances as needed
- Responsible for the performance evaluations and successful training of direct reports
- Performs other duties as assigned.
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