Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON)

Overview

 

 

The Recovery Village Atlanta at Stockbridge is scheduled to open May 2025.

Start dates will be late April 2025.

 

Are you an exceptional nurse leader seeking a transformative career opportunity?

 

Join Advanced Recovery Systems (ARS), an integrated behavioral healthcare management company, is dedicated to providing exceptional care for addiction, substance abuse, eating disorders, and mental health issues. With our facilities located across various regions of the U.S., we have been committed to furthering our mission and applying advanced approaches to patient care. Learn more about ARS and our transformative work at www.advancedrecoverysystems.com.

 

At ARS, we value and appreciate the dedication and commitment of our team members.

 

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Responsibilities

As the Assistant Director of Nursing, you will play a pivotal role in caring for and educating patients about their medical, psychiatric, chemical dependency, substance use disorder, addiction recovery, mental health, and behavioral health treatment. Your ability to establish trust and build rapport with patients and their families will be critical. Collaborating effectively with the facility leadership team, you will ensure the success of the facility by fulfilling the following core responsibilities:

• Resolve pending issues from the previous shift, e.g., missed or incomplete labs or treatments, incomplete admissions or discharges, missing data for continuity of care.
• Compliance Audit Related to Infection Control, e.g., glucometer, refrigerator, sharps containers, laboratory cleanliness, pests in facility, hand washing and flu campaign.
• Medication storage, medication returns, medication destruction, calling pharmacy to resolve medication issues.
• Order supplies, inventory management, maintain/organize supply room.
• Monitor and track lab orders, monitor and track outside consults, track medical transfers.
• Coordinate and plan the admission workflow, print Integra and Care 360 requisitions, assure collected samples are properly labeled 4.
• Level of Care transfers in AVATAR.
• Administrative functions, e.g., scanning documents into AVATAR, assisting with the work schedule, assisting BHT’s with the creation/modification of observation sheets.
• Admission and discharge audits. Check/audit the proper completion of any nursing procedure (at discretion of DON) to assure compliance.
• Coordinate the Vivitrol program as directed by supervisor.
• Is responsible for maintaining the daily scheduling of units according to approved ratios based on census.
• Collaborates with other departments and agencies regarding resources and services for quality patient care delivery.
• During State of Emergency, ensures appropriate nurse staffing levels are maintained at all times and may be required to remain onsite throughout the State of Emergency period.

Qualifications

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse as indicated in State law required
• Minimum two years’ experience as a Licensed Registered Nurse required
• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent required
• Licensed to practice in the State of practice required
• Higher education preferred
• Behavioral health experience preferred

BENEFITS: Benefits begin on the 1st day of the month following date of hire.

• Pay: Competitive pay
• Paid Time Off: Up to 3 weeks of paid time off per year plus sick pay & holiday pay
• Retirement: 401K + match
• Insurance: Health, Vision, Dental, Life & Teladoc access
• Matching HSA -up to $1500 a year contribution from the company to your HSA.
• Employee Referral Bonus you can earn up to $4,000

Advanced Recovery Systems complies with state and federal nondiscrimination laws and policies that prohibit discrimination based on age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, or sex. It is unlawful to retaliate against individuals or groups based on the basis of their participation in a complaint of discrimination or on the basis of their opposition to discriminatory practices/EEO. We are proud to be a drug-free workplace.

 

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