Assistant Director of Nursing

Life Care Services•Port Charlotte, FL

25d•Onsite

About The Position

South Port Square, a 40-acre campus in Port Charlotte, is seeking a hospitality-driven professional to join their growing team as an Assistant Director of Nursing. This role is for an RN who will assist with the management of the day-to-day healthcare operations of the community, ensuring residents' healthcare needs are met with respect and dignity, and quality care is provided as their needs change. The Assistant Director of Nursing will supervise licensed nurses and other direct care staff within the community.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
RN with a current license in Florida.
Two years’ experience in geriatric nursing with strong leadership skills required.
Basic computer proficiency.
Can generate a warm, friendly, and caring manner on first impression.
Can communicate effectively with residents, families, staff, and visitors.
Maintain the highest level of confidentiality.
Background screening through the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse.

Nice To Haves

Participation in professional organizations, dealing primarily in geriatrics preferred.

Responsibilities

Direct supervision of community-based license nursing staff (LPN/RN), the Med Techs/CNAs (if required by State regulation) and or Lead caregiving employees. May also supervise Resident Care staff.
Assign and direct work of subordinates; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Provide ongoing training, supervision, and monitoring of employees in the administration of medications as described/allowed in Nurse Practice Act, to include auditing of medication administration records.
Provide training and education to resident care employees on an ongoing basis with classroom in-services, and situation-specific training.
Supervise the maintenance of resident charts and reviews documentation performed by care giving staff.
As described and allowed in the Nurse Practice Act, assesses health, functional and psycho-social status of residents, initiates individualized service plans, proactively manages care and services for each resident, evaluates effectiveness and maximizes the resident’s opportunity to remain in their environment.
Manage the health care of residents, including the dissemination of information to families and employees.
Ensures that family members are aware of resident’s needs for scheduled appointments.
Participate in pre-admission screening of prospective new residents.
Assures that required documentation is completed prior to or upon resident admission, including nursing assessments, service plans, and other assigned forms.
Updates assessments as required by policy and as described/allowed in Nurse Practice Act.
Perform on-site evaluations of residents admitted to alternate care environments for treatment and maintains contact with resident families with the intent of returning resident to the Community.
Perform ongoing assessment/observation of resident’s physical and psycho-social needs and coordinates with other departments to assure quality, proactive care.
Evaluate residents; documents change in condition, and notifies executive director, physician and resident’s legally responsible party/family of resident’s condition and reactions.
Communicate with physicians regarding resident’s status and condition changes.
Ensures residents are prepared for physician appointments, prepares Physician Visit Form and reviews and updates resident charts.
Facilitate continuity of care for those residents receiving home health care, hospice services, and other third-party healthcare-related services.