Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON)

Summary
The position works under the direction of, and collaboration with the Acute Care/Emergency Department, Director of Nursing, and providers to ensure quality patient care and compliance with regulatory standards for area. The position will provide oversight to nursing care while leading, coaching, mentoring and instructing clinical staff. This will include assistance in providing orientation and ongoing training and development. The ADON will provide clinical assistance during times of high volume, high patient acuity, or emergency call-ins until replacement can be determined. The job requires highly professional communication with patients, families, medical staff, ancillary departments and administration. Other major job functions include but are not limited to collection and reporting of quality data; documentation audits; rounding on patients and staff; and monitoring variances from expected outcomes. This position will always support best practices for quality of patient care and safety.
Job Duties
All duties are the essential functions of this job.

• Assists in the monitoring of day-to-day patient care, ensuring optimal quality of care exceeding patient expectations.
• Identifies opportunities for improvements in policies, procedures and processes related to patient care, offering solution orientated feedback, and following up with plans of correction to include researching up to date information.
• Assists in the monitoring of the ER and AC staff, identifying needs for improvements and work with the DON to provide training and education ensuring all staff are performing competently, safely and efficiently (while maintaining education files for employees).
• Provide support and assistance to DON in regard to improvement projects.
• Assist with implementing change and managing staff's response to change.
• Assists with the department quality assurance program.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the Chain of Command and the facilities Emergency Disaster Preparedness processes with the ability to respond and implement if the need arises.
• Communicates needed information and follow up with DON and staff.
• Communicates critical patient information to qualified personnel as needed.
• Assist in the through put of patients within system to include resource allocation.

Required Education and Experience

• Licensure as Registered Nurse in Minnesota
• Must have 3-5 years' experience in the acute care and emergency department.
• Minimum of 2-5 years' experience in a previous leadership or supervisory position.
• BLS, ACLS and one of ATLS/CALS/TNCC certification required.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Baccalaureate degree preferred or must achieve within 3 years

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Professional written and verbal communication
• Expertise with computer based data
• Customer/Client Focus
• Ethical Conduct
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Personal Effectiveness/Credibility
• Stress Management/Composure
• Teamwork Orientation
• Technical Capacity
• Thoroughness
• Time Management
• Quality and Safety focused

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
40 hours a week with variable shift requirements to support employees on all shifts.
Supervisory Responsibility
This position is an active member of the MLHS leadership team, which will assume responsibilities of DON his/her absence. Will work closely with DON in alignment with the MLHS mission and vision to lead the Acute care and Emergency Department. This includes but in not limited to activities such as hiring, training, evaluations, and discipline.