Assistant Director of Nursing (Nashville, TN Area)

General Purpose

Assists the Director of Nursing in directing activities of licensed and non-licensed personnel whom provide health care and nursing services to residents on a 24-hour, 7- day per week basis.

Essential Duties


* Assists the DON in planning, developing and supervising the activities of the nursing staff.


* Assists in the development and implementation of nursing services, objectives, policies and procedures.


* Works with the DON to recruit, hire and train nursing staff.


* Assists DON with employee appraisals, and resolving problems including disciplinary action.


* Acts as the back-up for the DON, RN and LVN staff.


* May be required to provide direct resident care as needed.


* Oversees clinical operations, including making daily rounds and monitoring resident conditions.


* Responsible for ensuring resident safety, and ensuring residents are treated with the utmost respect.


* Liaison between the residents, family members and the physicians.


* Attends staff meetings and conducts staff meeting if the DON is unavailable.


* Provides reports and recommendations to the DON concerning the operation of nursing services


* Assists the DON in the design, implementation and evaluation of nursing systems that ensure consistent delivery of


* care and maintains and promotes resident rights.


* Assists DON with conducting ongoing in-services for the nursing staff


* Maintains confidentiality in all aspects of the position regarding residents and employees.


* Must keep abreast of regulatory changes and communicate changes appropriately.

Supervisory Requirements


* Assists with the overall supervision and management of the nursing staff.

Requirements/Experience


* Graduation from an Accredited School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing preferred.


* Must be in good standing with the State Board of Nursing and maintain all


* required continuing education/licensing requirements.


* 3-5 years of nurse management, preferably in a long term care facility.

Language Skills


* Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals,


* professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.


* Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.


* Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from


* managers and employees.

Mathematical Skills


* Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability


* Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete


* variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.


* Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations


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