Are you ready to elevate your nursing career? Palatka Center for Rehabilitation and Healing is seeking a dedicated and experienced Registered Nurse to join our exceptional team as the Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) / Risk Manager.

In this important role, you will support the Director of Nursing in overseeing daily operations, ensuring top-quality patient care, and managing risk assessments and safety protocols. If you’re ready for a new challenge and an opportunity to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

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Palatka Center for Rehabilitation Healing

Our focus is quality care in a supportive and friendly environment. Our facility offers a wide range of amenities, specializing in short-stay rehabilitation and long-term care. At Palatka Center, we believe in focusing on key initiatives to improve the quality of life, medical care, and outcomes for everyone. If you are looking to join a caring and supportive team, we would love to meet you!

We are located at 110 Kay Larkin Dr, Palatka

Why Work For Us? Because We Offer Our Employees:

* Health Insurance Plan Options
* Dental Insurance Plan Options
* Vision Insurance Plan Options
* Paid Time Off
* Holiday Pay
* 401k
* Direct Deposit
* Flexible Scheduling
* Paid Training and In-Services
* Full and Part Time Positions Available
* Development of Deep Personal Relationships with Patients and their Families

Job Summary:

Participates in internal audits of nursing practices and in developing and implementing a plan of correction when deficits are identified.:

Participates in ensuring all facets of the nursing budget are within established parameters.:

Participates in the quality assessment and improvement process and activities (ie. audit of MD orders monthly).:

Assists with tasks to ensure the nursing department is adequately staffed to provide quality care to patients/residents:

Establishes and facilitates effective employer/employee relations.:

Recruits and selects nursing service personnel based on facility needs, as directed by the Director of Nursing.:

Maintains employee hiring forms and processes and ensures completion for new employees.:

Maintains Nursing Department staffing at a level congruent with patient/resident needs, budgeted positions and employee requests.:

Schedules Nursing Department staffing levels to support individual and group activities for patients/residents out of the facility.:

Participates in orientation sessions for nursing service personnel.:

Evaluates performance for all levels of nursing service personnel.:

Participates in "on-call" schedule for nursing supervisory personnel to ensure 24/7 nursing support for staff nurses.:

Assists the DON in maintaining the provision of in-service/staff development programs to meet nursing objectives and policies and procedures in compliance with state and federal regulations. Note: If the full-time Staff Development Coordinator is available, then the ADON assists in the DON's absence.:

Ensures that all nursing assistants complete or have completed the certified training program.:

Ensures staff development programs address the needs of patients/residents and nursing staff.:

Evaluates processes related to staff development programs to determine success of the programs and future needs.:

Provides clinical expertise to facilitate and support the nursing process in patient/resident interventions in compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act for RN, LPN or LVN.:

Makes nursing rounds in a manner that identifies specific patient/resident problems and monitors plan of action implemented by nursing staff.:

Assesses technical skills of nursing personnel through observation of various nursing procedures, as directed by the Director of Nursing.:

Assesses nursing judgment made in specific situations to determine nursing staff competency and to identify nursing staff knowledge and performance deficits, as directed by the Director of Nursing.:

Acts as a clinical expert or facilitator in specific patient/resident situations.:

Identifies clinical problem areas on behalf of the Director of Nursing and assists with development of plans of correction.:

Acts as a clinical expert in facilitating the patient/resident care planning process.:

Assists in the development of daily patient/resident care assignments that meets patient/resident and facility needs.:

12. Safety concerns are identified, and appropriate actions are taken to maintain and assure patient safety and a sanitary environment for patients, residents, employees and visitors. Included but not limited to:

Participates in ensuring a safe environment for patients/residents, staff and families.:

Investigates all nursing department employee accidents in accordance with facility policies and procedures.:

Monitors and reviews patient/resident incidents to identify possible legal issues and to identify patterns that might require preventive intervention.:

Implements infection control policies and procedures as outlined in the company program, as directed (the SOC may also perform this task).:

Ensures that all Nursing Department staff members are educated and utilize infection control practices that protect employees, patients/residents and families:

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING QUALIFICATIONS:

Must be currently licensed Registered Nurse (RN). Must maintain an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing throughout employment.:

Must have strong leadership skills and be able to lead a team of nursing staff, as well as help foster a team atmosphere with the nursing division:

Liaisons with residents, families, support departments, etc. to adequately plan for resident needs:

Must have the ability to implement and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the facility: