ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING (ADON) REGISTERED NURSE (RN)

Are you a registered nurse (RN) who is passionate about teaching others? The ADON nurse acts as the educator for the facility, conducts orientation and other in-service educational programs for the nursing staff. In addition, this nurse is responsible for designing systems and approving actions to prevent or control infections, based on surveillance reports of infections and infection potential among residents and staff. The Assistant Director of Nursing will facilitate the responsibilities and actions for the Director of Nursing’s in her/his absence.
The Assistant Director of Nursing will be provided sufficient training/guidance to grow with the operation/organization with anticipation of assume the role of Director of Nursing upon vacancy/availability.

At Ciena Healthcare, we take care of you too, with an attractive benefit package including:

• Competitive pay,
• Life Insurance,
• 401K with matching funds,
• Health insurance,

QUALIFICATIONS

• 1-3 years of experience in long-term care setting preferred
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state
• CPR certification
• or acceptable exemption required

Some of the responsibilities of the Staff Development Coordinator/Infection Preventionist include:

• Designs, plans and provides educational programs on all shifts and for all departments.
• Participates in the staff evaluation process by providing attendance records and observation of employee performance.
• Provides general facility orientation to all new employees and ongoing in-service education.
• Plans and provides a monthly and annual schedule of planned education programs.
• Ensures Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)/State Tested Nursing Assistants (STNA) meet the annual 12-hour in-service requirement.
• Actively participates in quality assurance and reports concerns to supervisor.
• Monitor healthcare-associated infections.
• Assess infection prevention problems and makes recommendations for corrective action.
• Initiate, review, and revise infection prevention policies and procedures.
• Conduct outbreak investigation and initiates control measures. And report communicable diseases to the state as required by law.