Assistant Director of Nursing Services

Envive Healthcare; Beech Grove (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Envive Healthcare in Beech Grove, Indiana, is seeking an Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) to lead nursing staff, manage schedules, and drive quality patient care. This role emphasizes coaching, budgeting, and ensuring accurate records while maintaining regulatory compliance.

The ADON collaborates with leadership to optimize staffing, oversee evaluations, and monitor performance across shifts. A hands-on leader, you’ll participate in rounds and contribute to a positive, compliant clinical

Qualifications

• Excellent communication with staff, patients and families.
• Extensive knowledge of nursing practices and healthcare laws.
• Strong written communication for reports and evaluations.
• Analytical skills to interpret diagnostic information and financial data.
• Coaching to help nurses improve performance.
• Time management and multitasking to handle daily duties.
• Problem-solving for delivering patient care and ensuring staffing.

Responsibilities

• Hire new nurses and oversee onboarding, including training or assigning a trainer.
• Create schedules to ensure adequate nursing coverage for every shift.
• Coach nurses to improve performance and address discipline issues.
• Monitor expenses to keep the facility within budget.
• Hold staff meetings to discuss patient status and updates.
• Conduct employee evaluations to identify strengths and areas for improvement.
• Make rounds to assess patient status and observe nursing care.
• Check patient records to ensure accuracy and currency.

Skills

Communication

Nursing knowledge

Written communication

Analytical skills

Coaching

Time management

Problem solving

EHR proficiency

Tools

EHR software

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Email

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