Assistant Director of Nursing

Chaplinwood Health & Rehab

Join us at Chaplinwood Health & Rehab – a place where you'll be valued, recognized and rewarded for the vital work you do each day. We'll surround you with a strong team and leadership that supports every aspect of your life – both inside and outside of our centers. And you'll get to practice your passion in a non-profit, mission-driven organization that's known for the highest level of care in our communities.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Assists Director of Nursing with directing, evaluating, and supervising patient care and initiates corrective action as necessary.
• Assists Director of Nursing with assessing patient care needs and the development of individualized plans of patient care.
• Assists Director of Nursing with assessing patient needs and making recommendations for special rehabilitation programs.
• Assists Director of Nursing with evaluating patient care as related to individualized patient needs, family involvement and the physician's plan of care for the patient.
• Assists Director of Nursing with conducting or provide that patient care conferences are conducted.
• Assists Director of Nursing with assessing patient responses to medication and treatment, and making appropriate recommendations for nursing action to be implemented.
• Assists Director of Nursing with providing medications, treatments, diets, rehabilitation and restorative care to patients in accordance with physician's orders and the patient's individual needs.
• Assists Director of Nursing with reporting problems to the Administrator, conducting daily patient rounds, and initiating corrective action as necessary.
• Assists Director of Nursing with directing and implementation of educational programs, quality assurance program and infection control program.
• Assists Director of Nursing with establishing open lines of communication with consultants and consistently takes follow up action on recommendations.
• Assists Director of Nursing with consistently making recommendations of level of care determinations based on physician's documentation and plan of care.
• Assists Director of Nursing with coordinating the care planning/MDS process and committee meetings as necessary.

Promotes the image and reputation of the System by exhibiting servant leadership and providing direct and open lines of communication.

Contributes to the work of committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts of the System.

Performs other duties as necessary to ensure the success of the System.

Skills And Abilities

• A minimum, two year(s) of experience in a supervisory capacity in a hospital or long-term care Nursing Center. Should have training experience in rehabilitative and restorative nursing practices. Should have education, training, and/or experience in one of the following: rehabilitative nursing, geriatric nursing and/or Psychosocial nursing.

Minimum Qualifications

• A RN nursing degree from an accredited college or university.
• A Georgia RN License

Supervisory Responsibilities

None.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or associates of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram format. The ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Application Skills

This job requires proficiency with the following computer applications:

Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Please see minimum qualifications

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to sit, talk or hear. The associate frequently is required to walk. Use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. The associate is occasionally required to stand. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

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