Assistant Director of Nursing

• Perform daily reviews of residents' conditions in consultation with Social Services and the Director of Nursing (DON).

• Consult with nursing staff on residents' conditions and concerns during rounds.

• Assist with maintaining communication with hospitals and other referring agencies.

• As a backup to the MDS duties, monitor care plans to ensure their effectiveness. Ensure all interventions comply with Medicare requirements and SCHCC policy and procedures.

• Develop and implement individualized care plans, assessing, monitoring, cleaning and dressing wounds while maintaining sterile techniques, performing specialized procedures like debriding and negative pressure wound therapy wounds, documenting wound assessments, treatment plans, and progress, and collaborate with other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal healing and prevent complications.

• Conduct and document nursing and nursing assistant training sessions and arrange competency testing to ensure the highest standards of care, per federal and state regulations, are being maintained.

• Screen new employees upon hire and staff annually, under the direction of the Medical Director, for communicable diseases including but not limited to tuberculosis and then deliver vaccinations to employees and maintain employee vaccination records.

• Assist Administrator, DON, and Medical Director to develop, implement, and update policy and procedures.

• Maintain Occupational Health considerations (e.g., employee vaccinations, exposure control plan, tuberculosis prevention, and work exclusions)

• Maintain resident and staff infection control line list.

• Gather data and submit reports at QAPI meetings.

• Ensures that education and counseling on infection prevention is available for staff, volunteers, medical staff, patients and visitors.

• Support and participate in interdisciplinary performance and quality improvement process.

• Maintains current knowledge of federal, state and local regulations and ensures that the facility leaders are informed of appropriate issues. Understands and complies with infection control, safety and OSHA procedures and regulations.

• Complete and maintain fit testing records for all staff.

• Report required NHSN data and all COVID regulatory management duties: testing, vaccine, and exemptions. Be up to date on implementations of regulations/policies.

• Obtain logins to WIR and NHSN.

• Perform routine nursing tasks during employee shortages.

• Act as DON in their absence, completing and uploading state report as needed and directed.

• Develop and implement infection control policies and procedures to all HCC employees, prepare infection control audits, oversees compliance with infection control program and maintain infection control line lists.

• Complete various reports and assessments on resident's and facility condition.

• And other duties as assigned.

Sauk County