Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON)

Garden Healthcare; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Eastland Rehab & Nursing Center is seeking a compassionate Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) to work with the DON and support the nursing department in our rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility. The ADON will help lead infection prevention and ensure high levels of resident care.

The role emphasizes regulatory compliance, budgeting collaboration, and implementation of quality improvement programs, with responsibility for surveillance and reporting of healthcare-associated infections to

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Ohio RN license required.
• Experience as ADON or Unit Manager/Nursing Supervisor in Long Term Care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure nursing personnel comply with standards, practices, and regulatory requirements for quality resident care.
• Support development and implementation of nursing department budgets with facility administration.
• Implement compliance and quality improvement policies, programs and procedures.
• Perform surveillance, rounding, analyzing, reporting Healthcare-associated infections.
• Lead infection prevention efforts and serve as resource and educator for infection prevention.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Regulatory compliance

Infection prevention awareness

Education

Associate degree in Nursing (ADN) or higher

Job description

Eastland Rehab & Nursing Centeris seeking a compassionate and professionalAssistant Director of Nursing (ADON)to work in coordination with the DON to support the nursing department functions of our rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility. As Assistant Director of Nursing, you can take advantage of a unique opportunity to help us reach our goal of becoming a premier facility.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ADON:

• Ensure that all nursing personnel in our facility comply with established standards, practices, and regulatory requirements for the highest quality of resident care.
• Support the development and implementation of nursing department budgets in coordination with the facility administration.
• Implementing compliance and quality improvement policies, programs and procedures.
• Is responsible for surveillance, rounding, analyzing, interpreting and the reporting of healthcare-associated infections
• Supports the development of evidence-based organizational infection prevention policies/standards that meet state, federal, regulatory and accrediting agencies standard
• Leads in infection prevention and serves as a resource, educator, researcher and proponent of change in order to influence infection prevention improvement to provide quality health care within the organization

REQUIREMENTS OF ADON:

• As the Assistant Director of Nursing, you must possess strong interpersonal communication skills and the ability to deal effectively with patients, families, physicians, community resources, and the general public.
• Associate degree in Nursing or higher from an accredited school of nursing.
• Must have a valid Ohio RN license
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as an ADON preferred Unit Manager/Nursing Supervisor in Long Term Care experience may be considered