ADON - Quality CARE- Miller

Overview

Assistant Director of Nursing–Quality Care assists the Director of Nursing in designing, implementing and evaluating nursing systems that ensure consistent delivery of a high standard of quality care and promote a positive patient experience. Serves as role model, team builder, mentor and geriatric nurse specialist. Promotes a positive, calm, effective work environment and facilitates an atmosphere of open communication and problem solving.

• Ensures staff has equipment and supplies to perform their responsibilities – storeroom, equipment.
• Initiates ‘huddle’ for all incidents/accidents and assists with documentation in Verge.
• Meets with parties and initiates, manages the implementation of process changes needed to resolve patient, family, physician issues/concerns.
• Documents and reports to DON, administrator.
• Demonstrates knowledge of infection control – communication and surveillance with infection control practices and implementation, trends in illnesses, exposure with DON and Administrator.
• Oversight of staff:
  Assures implementation of care plan – restorative – walking, ROM, bathing/linen changes, grooming/hygiene, weights, VS, dining room.
• Conducts investigation – initiates, documents, administers coaching, oral and written disciplinary action immediately upon discovery.
• Assists in providing evaluation of staff performance – ongoing and annual review.
• Provides surveillance to identify hazards and initiates immediate corrective action. Reports to Administrator.
• Liaison with pharmacy – investigates delays, incomplete scripts, clarification with physicians, etc.
• Provides oversight/hand‑on assistance with IV administration – starts, IV tubing changes, site observation, dressing changes/documentation, lab draws discontinuation.
• Observes medication pass – cart and med room checks for outdated meds, pharmacy returns, and narcotic count/destruction accountability.
• Resource nurse for discharges – documentation complete, take out of Vision.
• Assists staffing coordinator in determining staffing needs – acuity, placement of patients, IVO resource to staff: orientation – oversight of transition to unit – evaluates and provides orientee with progress reports on performance/competency at touch points during orientation period – assists educator with ‘Just in time’ training of employees in new policies, new equipment, processes.
• Rounding with Purpose – patient/family – assist in resolving concerns; provide education, care plan conferences liaison, behaviors, restraint compliance.
• Physician/NP – round with MD/NP, prepare for and make rounds with Dr. Amare monthly.
• Staff – ensure they have equipment and supplies, JIT educational needs, patient condition changes.
• Complex Care Team – round/report on progress.

• Graduate from an approved School of Nursing.
• Current registration with the Illinois Board of Examiners and the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation and Education.
• Current CPR certification required.

• BSN preferred.

• Chemicals:
  Copy machine toner, fax machine toner, household cleaners.
• Video Display Terminals:
  Extreme.
• Blood and Body Fluids:
  Some potential due to vomit, coughing, but the use of Universal Precautions and protection reduces risk.
• TB or Airborne Pathogens:
  Exposure to patients.

• Speech:
  Needed for presentations/training, telephone communication, facilitate meetings.
• Vision:
  Needed to read memos and literature.
• Smell:
  Electrical/fire safety.
• Hearing:
  Needed for telephone communications, meetings, and listening to employee concerns.
• Touch:
  Need to write, do computer entry, filing.

• Sit: 80%
• Twist: 0%
• Stand: 10%
• Crawl: 0%
• Walk: 5%
• Kneel: 0%
• Lift: 2%
• Drive: 0%
• Squat: 1%
• Climb: 0%
• Bend: 2%
• Reach above shoulders: 1%

• Sit: 10
• Twist: 1
• Stand: 10
• Crawl: 0
• Walk: 3
• Kneel: 0
• Lift: 1
• Drive: 0
• Squat: 1
• Climb: 0
• Bend: 1
• Reach above shoulders: 2

• Simple grasp up to 10 lbs. Normal weight: 70%
• Pushing & pulling Normal weight: 50-200#
• Fine Manipulation:
  Writing, calculator, and computer keyboard.

• Inside hours: 8
• Outside hours: 0
• Temperature:
  Normal Range
• Lighting:
  Average
• Noise levels:
  Average
• Humidity:
  Normal Range
• Atmosphere:
  Odors
• Special Hazards:
  None

USD $44.97 - USD $59.65 //Hr