ADON FOR NEW SENIOR CARE IN SPEARFISH
Company: Peaceful Pines Senior Living - Spearfish
Location: Spearfish
Posted on: September 22, 2024
Job Description:
Peaceful Pines Senior Living is committed to providing
exceptional care and service with compassion. Our community offers
independent living, assisted living, and memory care.The Assistant
Director of Nursing It is responsible for oversight of care staff,
including scheduling, training, developing, and coaching. The
Assistant Director of Nursing will also be responsible for
assessments, documentation, and oversight of care for the
residents. They will partner with the Director of Nursing to
provide excellent care. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO INCLUDE:
- Promotes and supports a positive work environment focused on
team building and collaboration.
- Provides on-call backup to the community when not on duty.
- Maintains confidentiality of all pertinent personal or health
information concerning residents and staff.
- Ensures that all the needs are met for the residents as well as
supervises staff that are on the shift.
- Ensures that any incident reports are completed properly and
promptly.
- Prepares necessary medical paperwork for all scheduled resident
appointments.
- Assists with compliance in meeting regulations and is available
for state licensure surveys.
- Maintains resident files and appropriate documents as
required.
- Assists Medication Aides and Caregivers in service delivery and
training as requested.
- Notifies DON of any new doctors' orders that are received and
informs the DON of any med changes.
- Performs inventory management for medication administration by
Medication Aides and checks new medications from the pharmacy.
- Communicates in staff communication book any information that
staff needs to be aware of.
- Assist with picking up shifts on an evenly distributed schedule
among nursing staff as needed.
- Actively available for on-call rotation.
- Schedules care conferences and updates care plans in accordance
with regulations.
- Reviews, edits, and creates nursing policy drafts to be
reviewed and finalized by the Executive Director and/or DON.
- Develops and updates codebook for assisted living and memory
care.
- Obtains, administers, and documents prescribed medications and
treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques and
facility standards of practice.
- Observes residents, records significant conditions and
reactions, and notifies supervisor, family (responsible party), and
physician of residents change in condition and reaction to drugs,
treatments, and significant incidents.
- Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs
to detect deviations from normal and assess the condition of
resident.
- Keeps resident family and physician informed of any changes in
resident behavior, medications, or conditions of health.
- Other duties as needed.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Familiarity with PointClickCare software a plus.
- Previous experience in a leadership role in an assisted living
community.
- Holds an active LPN or RN license.
- Minimum of two years' experience in a healthcare facility.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication
skills.
- Ability to research and analyze several types of data,
especially compliance and regulatory standards.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to plan and carry out job
tasks independently.
- Must be able to exercise discretion and solid judgment.
- Ability to set priorities, manage multiple tasks simultaneously
and adapt efficiently to change.
- Effectively communicate with all levels of employees and
management.HME Care is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin,
disability, or status as a protected veteran. Applicants who would
like to request reasonable accommodation to the application or
interview process should call Human Resources at 1-605-736-1974 or
email hrdept@hmecompanies.netMust be able to pass background
check
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