Job Description
Our clients Sligo Nursing Home is a luxurious, custom-designed, nursing home and one of our most popular nursing and residential homes. The home has 62 beds with 30 private luxury ensuite rooms and 16 luxury double rooms for those preferring to share.
Now looking to recruit an Assistant Director of Nursing.
Position Overview
The post of Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) is a senior clinical position which reports to the Director of Nursing. The role will be responsible for providing clinical leadership, managing the day-to-day clinical practices in the home, appropriate staff rostering, delegation and supervision, performance and development, clinical governance and assessment of risks.
Duties And Responsibilities
Clinical Practice: To Ensure The Delivery Of The Highest Standards Of Nursing And Social Care Which Meet The Individual Needs Of Each Resident By
* Ensuring that the home policies and expected clinical standards are read, understood and practiced at all times.
* Conducting ward rounds to ensure that the best clinical outcomes are achieved on a continuous basis.
* Reviewing nursing documentation to ensure this reflects the care and treatment required by each individual resident and that assessments and care plans are completed appropriately within agreed timeframes and reviewed as required.
* Reviewing residents at increased risk of pressure sores, falls and other adverse events, and those who are clinically unwell, providing advice, support and assistance through clinical practices and documentation so as to ensure appropriate management plan is in place.
* Participate in handover and help troubleshoot any ongoing clinical issues and non-clinical issues, escalating to the Director of Nursing as appropriate.
Staff Supervision & Education: Supporting the CNMs in the nursing home and provide direction, mentorship and regular communication. Ensuring a strong focus is placed on working alongside the CNMs, staff nurses and carers in the nursing home, maintain a visible presence in the clinical areas.
* Carrying out regular Performance Appraisals and education and professional development objectives with CNMs, Staff Nurses and Care Assistants.
* Training, education, development and induction of nursing and care staff are fundamental to the role.
* Assessing education needs and implementing in house training, such as infection control, palliative and end of life care, understanding challenging behaviour, elder abuse.
Auditing
Clinical audits. Regularly review residents’ documentation, ensuring appropriate and timely assessments, care planning and implementation of care is documented and reviewed.
Responsible for ensuring environmental and hand hygiene audits are carried out regularly and thoroughly, and that action plans are implemented and sustained.
Residents/Relatives - Person Centred
Interacting with and supporting residents and families on a daily basis. The ADON is a key point of contact for all relatives and visitors in conjunction with the DON.
Ensuring that complaints are swiftly dealt with at the point of contact and if not, are escalated for resolution at DON level.
Management and Communication
The ADON, reporting to the DON is responsible for the day to day clinical practices in the home. This post will also be responsible for the home in the absence of the DON.
Open, honest and clear communication is required at all times when reporting to senior management, direct reports and all staff.
Daily Activities
Checking staff rosters and getting cover for absences. Must be a good communicator but it is vital to the smooth running of any home that staff, residents and relatives see this skill in the ADON.
Daily: attend handovers and review progress of residents.
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