Assistant Director of Nursing

Job Description​

The Opportunity:

If you are looking for an extremely rewarding career and want to build close relationships with a variety of wonderful and interesting people, you should consider working in Senior Care.  Saint Luke’s Bishop Spencer Place has a fantastic opportunity for a full-time an Assistant Director of Nursing/Supervisor who will help oversee and manage the delivery of Nursing services in the skilled nursing and assisted living units, including direct supervision of the nursing assistant staff.  The Supervisor Skilled Nursing also serves as a facility wide education and infection control resource.   

Saint Luke's Bishop Spencer Place is Kansas City’s premier non-profit Life Care retirement community. Located between Westport and the Plaza we offer our residents a special place to live and our employees a truly wonderful place to work.

The Work:

In this Supervisor role, you will have a wide variety of interesting and challenging responsibilities.  Some of your specific responsibilities would include:

• Assists the Director of Nursing in organizing and directing the day-to-day functions of the Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living units.
• Serves as interim Director of Nursing in the absence of the Director.
• Conducts nursing rounds and provides direct nursing support to residents.
• Performs administrative duties such as completing reports, medical forms, charting, etc.
• Provides direct supervision to Certified Nursing Assistants, Restorative Aids, Certified Medication Technicians, and Level 1 Medication Aides.
• Assists with the selection of new staff by completing job requisitions, reviewing applications and interviewing candidates.
• Arranges employee orientation for new staff and ensures they are properly trained.
• Monitors employee performance and competencies.
• Conducts staff perform evaluations and provides feedback to direct reports.
• Ensures that that are properly scheduled to work their standard work week and ensure staffing levels meet stated objectives.
• Provides education leadership and evaluation for skilled areas, including non-nursing staff that support those areas.
• Educates technical and patient care staff on the application of policies, procedures, and legal requirements and how they apply in the clinical setting.
• Trains and evaluates staff on technical competencies and demonstrations in the use of new equipment, supplies, and instruments.
• Responsible for online learning program through Relias Learning.  Determines annual content for compliance and assigns courses.
• Helps prepare staff for state survey.
• Runs reports and communicates with staff to ensure compliance with training requirements.
• Works within skilled units to identify, investigate, monitor, and report healthcare –associated infections.
• Collaborates with management and staff to create infection prevention strategies, provide feedback, and sustain infection prevention targets.
• Collects date for risk management and quality purposes.  Reports with SLHS infection prevention team to report healthcare-associated infections or an outbreak to local and state health departments.
• Assists with the development and implementation of quality improvement initiatives.

Why Saint Luke’s Bishop Spencer Place?

We value our nurses’ knowledge, experience, and expertise to improve patient outcomes and provide quality care. Our nurses are compensated fairly for their hard work and dedication to our patients, we offer competitive salaries and benefits packages to all eligible employees:

• Medical health plans
• Continuing Education Assistance and Tuition reimbursement
• Leave of Absence, PTO, Extended Sick Leave, and various Welfare plans
• Retirement contributions
• Employee Assistance Program
• Clinical Advancement Program – Shared Governance, Unit Based Project, Career Advancement

Saint Luke’s Bishop Spencer Place provides exceptional retirement living in the heart of Kansas City, with convenient access to culture, cuisine, and activities. The community offers independent living and a full spectrum of on-site health care, including private duty caregiving services, assisted living, long-term skilled nursing, and short-term rehabilitation. Residents enjoy first-class services and convenient amenities in a hospitality-focused, close-knit environment. Bishop Spencer Place is the only life plan community in Kansas City that is part of a major health system, with means residents have access to excellent health care from the area’s best providers.

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Registered Nurse (MO) - National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NURSYS)

Job DetailsFull Time

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The best place to get care. The best place to give care. Saint Luke’s 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke’s means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.

Join the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer.