Assistant Director Of Nursing Resume
SUMMARY:
- I am a seasoned Registered Nurse ready and anxious to advance to Director of Nursing or Assistant Director of Nursing.
- I am experienced in leading diverse groups of varying levels of to successfully achieving goals.
- I have proven communication and organizational skills with the ability to effectively interact with diverse groups of individuals in a variety of settings.
- I have been involved in executive decision making as well as setting policies and procedures. I have been involved in the interviewing process, disciplinary process, and evaluation process.
- I have been involved with the interdisciplinary team.
- My background is very diverse and I have a reputation of providing excellent care, fairness, and working with employees, contractors, residents/patients, and families to resolve issues.
- Strong understanding of human resource management principles, practices and procedures
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Strong time management skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong communication skills and the ability to convey understanding to different people
- Strong computer skills
- Self confident, generating own ideas and following them through to fruition
- Flexible and Adaptable, managing multiple projects simultaneously and adjusting to change
- Attention to detail, concerned with all aspects of the project big and small, organized and precise
SKILL COMPETENCY:
Management of Resident/Patient care, managed approximately 40 staff members, reviewing and updating policy and procedures, Scheduling of employees, Electronic Medical Records, Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook), Bladder scanning, Tracheostomy care, Ventilator care, Collaborating with interdisciplinary team, Investigating issues and providing resolution.
EXPERIENCE:
Confidential
Assistant Director of Nursing
Responsibilities:
- Supervised approximately 40 staff members
- Collaborated as part of the Leadership Team and as part of the Interdisciplinary Team
- Collaborated in writing Plans of Correction
- Advanced the use of EMR
- Counselled and evaluated staff members
- Audited charts, reviewed documentation, and educated staff on best practices
- Conducted Care Plan Meetings
Confidential
Charge Nurse
Responsibilities:
- Supervised 4 CNAs and 1 CMA
- Addressed complaints and grievances of residents and families
- Managed patient care needs
- Communicated patient status to doctors, nurse practitioners, and families
- Reviewed charts
- Reported medication errors
Confidential
Home Health Nurse
Responsibilities:
- Collaborated with Ancillary services (PT, OT, ST)
- Communicated patient status to doctors, nurses, and ancillary services
- Educated family on patient care needs
Confidential
New Patient Coordinator
Responsibilities:
- Coordinated appointments and retrieval of medical records of new patients
- Evaluated records to determine urgency of needed appointment
- Communicated with physicians to meet patient needs when available appointment was too far out
- Managed intake of new patient medical records
Confidential
Charge Nurse/Scheduling Coordinator
Responsibilities:
- Supervised 5 CNAs and 1 CMT
- Addressed complaints and grievances of residents and families
- Managed patient care needs
- Communicated patient status to doctors, nurse practitioners, and families
- Reviewed charts
- Reported medication errors
- Managed situations as needed and alerted appropriate authorities
- Addressed issues with staff directly
Confidential
Charge Nurse
Responsibilities:
- Supervised 5 CNAs and 1 CMT
- Addressed complaints and grievances of residents and families
- Managed patient care needs
- Communicated patient status to doctors, nurse practitioners, and families
- Reviewed charts
- Reported medication errors
- Managed situations as needed and alerted appropriate authorities
- Addressed issues with staff directly
Confidential
Office Nurse
Responsibilities:
- Oversaw daily organization of running the office
- Infection Control
- Rooming of patients
- Telephone Triage of patients
- Auditing of charts
- Assisting with office procedures
- Spirometry
Confidential
Medical/Surgical Nurse
Responsibilities:
- Direct patient care for a variety of patients
- Pediatric
- Post - operative
- Telemetry
- Critically Ill
- Initiating IVs for patients who have less than optimal veins
- Providing exceptional customer service
- Collaborating with other departments and physicians to provide top quality care
- Scheduling of staff for the medical/surgical unit and the unit clerks for the emergency room