Position: Assistant Director of Nursing, ADON

Do you enjoy connecting with your patients while getting to know them and their family? Do you enjoy working in a family - oriented atmosphere? Come join our family -oriented team as the Assistant Director of Nursing at West Meade Place! NHC fosters an environment of teamwork and provides opportunities to use your comprehensive Nursing Tools.

The ideal Registered Nurse candidate for this position should possess excellent time management, superior organization skills, be an exceptional communicator, and with some understanding of Long-Term Care regulations. Ideal candidate is very organized, works well with a team, is able to educate to all types of backgrounds, and wants to maintain a safe environment for our residents' patients and employees.

Position Highlights:

• Monitors to see that treatments and medications are administered as ordered
• Maintains a system to insure knowledge of patient status (such as: makes daily rounds of all patients).
• Ability to plan and direct nursing service in an interdisciplinary team environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with the medical/health care community, patients and families.
• Is responsible for maintaining clinical competency as evidenced by application integrated nursing knowledge and skills, leadership and communication skills.
• Utilized the nursing process in assessment, planning and implementing care.
• Exhibits organizational ability related to work flow, prioritizing to meet patient care needs.
• Practices continuous quality improvement thinking and problem solving skills.
• Serves as a member of management team and develops effective working relationships with the director of nursing, administrator and the medical director.
• Participates in the development of center goals
• Develops positive partner relations policies and environment to achieve firm, fair, consistent supervision and a department team
• Administers policies and formulates procedures for the nursing department
• Involved in the recruitment, selection, training, evaluation and retention for all nursing staff
• Promotes consistent assignment scheduling to meet patient care needs.
• Formulates, implements and evaluates a department plan for orientation and partner development
• Promotes and delegates accountability for maintaining an effective performance appraisal system for nursing
• Promotes resolution of conflicts through delegation and accountability for positive supervision
• Promotes and delegates personnel policy compliance with supervisors
• Assesses supplies and equates needs for Nursing Department and sees that units are adequately stocked and maintained.

Why NHC?We offer a culture of recognition, empowerment, and fun. At NHC, we are all partners (employees) in a family -oriented work atmosphere where growth and opportunities are promoted. We provide competitive compensation with performance wage rate increases.

Job Type: Full Time

Experience-Must have Tennessee Registered Nurse (RN) license
-Must have superior communication skills & be an effective leader
-Must be flexible, caring, compassionate, and a team player
-Prior experience in LTC/ SNF preferred

BenefitsEarned Time Off
Holiday Incentive Pay
Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance
401k with generous company contributions
Competitive Pay
Uniforms
Tuition Reimbursement
Advancement Opportunities

Work Location: West Meade Place1000 Saint Like Drive
Nashville, TN 37205

If you are interested in working for a leader in senior care, share NHC's values of honesty and integrity, and have a heart for the geriatric patient, please apply today and find out more about us at nhccare.com/locations/west-meade-place/

EOE