Assistant Director of Nursing

Sevita • Fort Walton Beach, FL • 1d ago

Status: Full-time

Hours: Monday-Friday/Days

Location: Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

Rate of Pay: $37 Per Hour

Mentor Community Services , a part of the Sevita family, provides community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Here we believe every person has the right to live well, and everyone deserves to have a fulfilling career. You'll join a mission-driven team and create relationships that motivate us all every day. Join us today, and experience a career well lived.

OUR MISSION AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

At Sevita, we believe that everyone deserves to live well. For more than 50 years, our team members have provided home and community-based health care for adults, children, and their families across the United States. Our extraordinary team offers innovative, quality services and support that lead to growth and new opportunities for the people we serve and for our employees.

SUMMARY

Assists the Director of Nursing in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing the day-to-day functions of nursing services, in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the facility.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below:

Directly manages all monthly risk management, quality improvement (CQI) and infection control meetings, documentation, and in-services for facility.

Assists the Director of Nursing in determining the staffing needs of the nursing services department.

Responsible for rotating all on-call schedules.

Fills in as floor nurse as needed.

Makes daily rounds of the nursing service departments to ensure that all nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards. Reports any findings to Director of Nursing.

Assists the Director of Nursing in the development of in-service training programs for the nursing staff.

Ensures that training programs meet the continuing education requirements which allow licensed personnel to keep their licenses in an active status.

May manage all Minimum Data Set (MDS) reports in compliance with state regulations.

Serves as a positive role model for all staff, service providers and the community at large.

Performs other related duties and activities as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Manages assigned personnel. Completes performance evaluations, orientation, and training. Makes decisions on employee hires, transfers, promotions, salary changes, discipline, terminations, and similar actions. Resolves employee problems within position responsibilities.

Minimum Knowledge and Skills required by the Job

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:

Education and Experience:

LPN/LVNs must complete a high school diploma and nursing vocational program. RNs must have an associate's or bachelor's degree in nursing.

Three years' experience working with people with developmental disabilities preferred

An equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed above may be substituted for the above education and experience requirements.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:

Current LPN/LVN licensure or RN licensure.

Additional certificates/licenses as required by the state.

Blood Borne Pathogen Category:

Job requires performance of duties that involve potential for exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues. Tasks that do involve exposure are an expectation of employment.

Other Skills and Abilities:

N/A

Physical Requirements:

Medium Work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face.

We've made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S.

As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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