Assistant Director of Nursing

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Comply with all requirements of 291 Licensure.
• Compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, to include NYSED Guidelines.
• Responsible for the provision of health services as defined in the job description for the Residential Program’s Nurse.
• Ensures the health care needs of all individuals are met and provided for in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act of NYS.
• Helps develop and maintain systems that assure that all OCFS Programs are operating within regulatory guidelines in accordance with OCFS.
• Coordinate the weekly pediatric and psychiatric clinic appointments and information.
• Provide for staff and residents educational in-service training related to health concerns.
• Provides regular consultation with the residential nursing staff regarding the resident's health care management.
• Directs and supervises nursing staff regarding the health records of each individual.
• In the absence of the Director of Health Services, they will assume the duties related to providing supervision of the Residential and Community Services health care staff, and oversight of the health services.
• Oversees with direction from the Director of Health Services planning orientation for new staff.
• Oversees consult notes after doctor appointments and makes appointments and appropriate follow-up arrangements with testing, specialists, medication changes, and ordering.
• Oversees implementation of resident's care
• In correlation with the Director of Health Service, will assist in the daily supervision of Residential Nursing Staff. The Director of Health Service will remain responsible for disciplinary actions and evaluations.
• Maintain confidentiality in accordance with agency policy and HIPAA regulations.
• Attend agency in-service trainings.
• Attend educational training, conferences, or lectures when available.
• Written and oral communication is expressed in a well-organized manner, clearly and concisely.
• Promotes and supports cultural diversity and competence and is strength-based.

Required Education, Knowledge, and Skills:

• NYS license as a registered nurse with at least 5 years' experience.
• Demonstrated competence in pediatric, developmental disabilities, or psychiatric nursing with at least 1 years' experience.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Must have a valid driver's license.

Abilities and Working Conditions:

• Must be available to work a 40-hour work week.
• Must be able to lift 25 pounds.
• Must be able to work on your feet for moderate periods of time.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Willingness to respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population.

Compensation: $74,000-$81,000 annually

Vanderheyden is committed to the Sanctuary Model - a blueprint for clinical and organizational change which, at its core, promotes safety and recovery from adversity through the active creation of a trauma-informed community. The Sanctuary Model's focus is not only on the people who seek services, but equally on the people and systems that provide those services.

Vanderheyden Hall Inc., as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, military or marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, prior arrest or conviction record or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.