Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON)
Carthage, New York
RN
Posted Aug 29
- Unit
- Rehab
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- On call
- Setting
- Skilled Nursing
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 3+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in New York is $40/hr, across 878 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Carthage Center is hiring an Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) in Carthage, NY!
Duties
Assist the DNS with management responsibilities and in maintaining the quality of care
Responsible for Wound/Skin Rounds weekly
Assist with compliance and ensure effective communication with all levels of nursing staff
Meet the nursing medical needs of all residents
24 hours on call
Coordinate and direct the total planning for nursing services
Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of general nursing theory and practice
Responsible for the accurate and timely completion of medical records
Assist with interviewing, hiring and orienting of new nursing staff
Oversee daily staffing process
infection control
Maintain flexibility with work schedule to address unpredictable needs
Requirements
Current State RN license required
Min. 3 yrs. exp. in Long-Term Care settings
2 years of management experience preferred
1-year staff education experience preferred
Excellent Communication Skills required
Evidence of basic leadership skills and supervision
Flexible hours required
About us
Carthage Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is a 90-bed rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility located on the outskirts of the historic village of Carthage. Excellence is our goal and good outcomes in recovery and rehabilitation are our daily measures of progress. We will maintain a comfortable, dignified environment where our residents can enjoy an engaged, healthy lifestyle that will be a constant steady source of peace of mind to their families. Carthage Center will maintain our residents’ bonds to their community by extending ourselves to our neighbors and to the society we serve. Carthage Center is a proud member of the Centers Health Care Consortium.
Equal Opportunity Employer –M/F/D/V
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Requirements
- Current State RN license required
- Min. 3 yrs. exp. in Long-Term Care settings
- 2 years of management experience preferred
- 1-year staff education experience preferred
- Excellent Communication Skills required
- Evidence of basic leadership skills and supervision
- Flexible hours required
Place
- City
- Carthage, New York
- State price level
- 8% above the national average
New York index 107.9, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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You would clock in on a skilled nursing and rehab floor where the work is residents, not a hospital unit: hygiene, meals, transport down the hall, and turning someone who cannot turn so they do not get a bedsore. The…
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