Assistant DON

Trio Healthcare•Glen Allen, VA

About The Position

This role requires a comprehensive understanding of fiscal operations, including accounting, budget planning, expenditure authorization, rate setting, and financial reporting. The position involves collecting, analyzing, and managing data, as well as directing, supervising, and evaluating the work of various personnel including medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, and maintenance staff. Communication is key, involving interaction with governing boards, medical staff, and department heads, attending board meetings, and coordinating interdepartmental functions. The role demands the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures for the Nursing Services department. This includes recruiting, selecting, hiring, training, evaluating, counseling, and supervising Nursing staff. The position requires reviewing and analyzing facility activities and data to support planning, cash and risk management, and to improve service utilization. It also involves planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating, establishing benchmarks, and directing professional and non-professional staff. Maintaining awareness of advancements in medicine, technology, regulations, insurance changes, and financing options is crucial. The role includes monitoring the use of diagnostic services, inpatient beds, facilities, and staff to ensure efficient resource utilization and to assess needs for additional staff, equipment, and services. Developing and maintaining computerized record management systems for data storage, processing, and report generation is also a responsibility. The position requires preparing activity reports for management on program status and implementation plans, and inspecting facilities to recommend modifications for emergency readiness, safety, access, and sanitation compliance. Developing and implementing organizational policies and procedures for the facility or medical unit, and consulting with medical, business, and community groups to address service issues, respond to community needs, enhance public relations, coordinate activities, and promote health programs are essential. The role involves developing instructional materials and conducting educational programs, as well as developing or expanding medical programs or health services that promote research, rehabilitation, and community health. Effective communication with physicians, Nursing staff, and other personnel is vital. Knowledge of nursing practices, procedures, and relevant laws, regulations, and guidelines for long-term care facilities is required. Leadership ability and a willingness to work harmoniously with and supervise personnel are necessary. Understanding and adhering to company policies, including harassment and complaint procedures, is mandatory. The role includes assisting in resident evacuation, assigning appropriate levels of CNAs and LPNs per shift, directing care provided by Nursing staff, and providing direct nursing care as needed. Concentration, reasoning skills, good judgment, and critical thinking are essential, as is the ability to communicate and function within an interdisciplinary team.

Requirements

Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Must be knowledgeable of nursing practices and procedures as well as the laws, regulations, and guidelines governing nursing functions in the long-term care facility.
Must possess leadership ability and willingness to work harmoniously with and supervise professional and non-professional personnel.
Must understand and follow company policies, including harassment and complaint procedures.

Responsibilities

Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting.
Collect, analyze, and manage data.
Direct, supervise, and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
Maintain communication between governing boards, medical staff, and department heads by attending board meetings and coordinating interdepartmental functioning.
Plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the Nursing Services department.
Recruit, select, hire, train, evaluate, counsel, and supervise Nursing staff.
Review and analyze facility activities and data to aid planning and cash and risk management and to improve service utilization.
Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, establish benchmarks, and direct professional and non-professional staff.
Maintain awareness of advances in medicine, computerized diagnostic and treatment equipment, data processing technology, government regulations, health insurance changes, and financing options.
Monitor the use of diagnostic services, inpatient beds, facilities, and staff to ensure effective use of resources and assess the need for additional staff, equipment, and services.
Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports.
Prepare activity reports to inform management of the status and implementation plans of programs, services, and quality initiatives.
Inspect facilities and recommend building or equipment modifications to ensure emergency readiness and compliance to access, safety, and sanitation regulations.
Develop and implement organizational policies and procedures for the facility or medical unit.
Consult with medical, business, and community groups to discuss service problems, respond to community needs, enhance public relations, coordinate activities and plans, and promote health programs.
Develop instructional materials and conduct in-service and community based educational programs.
Develop or expand and implement medical programs or health services that promote research, rehabilitation, and community health.
Communicate effectively with physicians, Nursing staff, and other professional and non-professional staff.
Assist in the evacuation of residents.
Assign appropriate level of CNAs and LPNs per shift.
Direct care provided by Nursing staff.
Provide direct nursing care as necessary.
Concentrate and use reasoning skills, good judgment, and critical thinking skills.
Communicate and function in an interdisciplinary team.