Assistant Director of Nursing at Midland

Focused Post Acute Care Partners•Midland, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Focused Post Acute Care Partners (FPACP) is seeking an Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) to join their team at Focused Care at Midland. FPACP is a dynamic company committed to delivering excellent long-term care to every patient daily. The company fosters a positive culture with its ROCKIN recognition program, ROCKStar, which acknowledges outstanding care and kindness among team members, residents, family members, volunteers, and business partners. The ADON, who must be a licensed LVN or RN, will work under the direction of the Director of Nursing. This role involves assisting in the supervision of nursing services and establishing care standards to ensure a professional, skilled program of care and treatment. The ADON is responsible for meeting the medical, physical, emotional, and psychological needs of each resident and for upholding the quality nursing care policies and objectives set by the Administrator and facility standards.

Requirements

Current RN or LVN license
Ability to understand, remember and carry out verbal and written instructions in English
Ability to speak clearly and hear well enough to communicate with residents and other team members
Must be capable of performing the Essential Functions of this job, with or without reasonable accommodation
Current CPR certification
Ability to safely transfer residents who cannot bear their own weight
Ability to safely perform movements such as pushing, pulling, lifting, bending, kneeling, reaching, and lifting in excess of 150 pounds with or without reasonable accommodations (for transferring residents)
Manual dexterity required performing tasks in assisting residents with their personal needs
Ability to safely ascend and descend stairwells and assist in an evacuation
Ability to safely perform movements such as pushing, pulling, lifting, bending, kneeling, reaching, and lifting up to 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodations (general physical requirement)

Responsibilities

To ensure resident safety
Review all new admissions for accuracy and completeness
Make daily rounds on the residents
Coach/mentor the licensed nurses
Answer call lights in a timely manner
Be alert to resident's comforts and needs; answer their requests promptly
Lift, move and transfer residents as required
Safely utilize equipment; report any equipment needing service or repair immediately
Participate in emergency fire or disaster drills and other in-service training as scheduled
Maintain regular attendance in accordance with facility absence policies
Use appropriate work place behavior and adhere to dress code at all times
Complete assigned training on time and/or attend training classes when scheduled
Uses tactful, appropriate communications in sensitive and emotional situations
Promotes positive public relations with residents, family members, and guests
Utilize electronic medical record (Point Click Care) for charting
Assist in ensuring nursing personnel staffing schedules are prepared and posted to ensure appropriate staffing levels are maintained
Assure attending physicians are given support by nursing personnel
Other duties as assigned