Assistant Director of Nursing

Envive Healthcare; Huntington (IN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Envive Healthcare in Indiana is seeking an Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) to oversee nursing staff and ensure high-quality patient care. The role involves hiring, onboarding, scheduling, coaching, and budget monitoring to maintain efficient operations.

You will lead rounds, review patient status, and ensure accurate patient records while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to support nursing excellence and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills to interact positively with staff, patients and families.
• Extensive knowledge of nursing best practices and healthcare laws.
• Strong written communication skills to compile reports and evaluations.
• Analytical skills to interpret diagnostic information and financial data.
• Coaching skills to help nurses improve performance.
• Time management and multitasking to handle many tasks daily.
• Problem-solving skills to maintain patient care and staffing coverage.
• Ability to use electronic health records and standard office software.

Responsibilities

• Hiring new nurses and overseeing onboarding and trainer assignments.
• Creating schedules to ensure nursing coverage for all shifts.
• Coaching nurses to improve performance and address issues.
• Monitoring expenses to keep within budgetary constraints.
• Holding staff meetings to review patient status.
• Conducting employee evaluations to identify strengths and improvements.
• Making rounds to assess patient status and observe nursing care.
• Checking patient records for accuracy and currency.

Skills

Excellent communication

Nursing best practices

Written communication

Analytical skills

Coaching skills

Time management

Problem-solving

EHR software

Tools

Word processing

Spreadsheet

Email software

Job description

Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) Duties and Responsibilities:

• Hiring new nurses and overseeing the onboarding process by training them or assigning them to a trainer

• Creating schedules to ensure that departments have adequate nursing coverage for every shift

• Coaching nurses to improve performance and handling discipline issues

• Monitoring expenses to ensure that the facility operates within budgetary constraints

• Holding staff meetings to discuss patient status

• Conducting employee evaluations that identify nurses’ strengths and areas of improvement

• Making rounds to assess patient status and observe nurses

• Checking patient records to ensure that they are accurate and up to date

Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) Qualifications and Skills:

• Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills to interact positively with staff, patients and patients’ families

• Extensive knowledge of nursing best practices and federal, state and local healthcare laws

• Strong written communication skills to compile reports and write evaluations

• Analytical skills to interpret diagnostic information and financial data

• Coaching skills to help nurses continue to improve their performance

• Time management and multitasking skills to complete many tasks throughout the day

• Problem-solving skills to overcome obstacles in delivering patient care and maintaining staff coverage

• Ability to use electronic health records, word processing, spreadsheet and email software

Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) Benefits:

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Retirement plan

• Paid time off