About the Organization
Our client is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit and leading provider of lifespan services in the Hudson Valley for individuals with developmental disabilities, behavioral health challenges, and chronic medical needs.
The Opportunity
The Assistant Director of Nursing oversees the health and nursing activities across the organization's residences and programs and provides direct supervision to assigned RNs. This is a hands-on clinical leadership role for a nurse who is as comfortable coaching staff and reviewing records as providing RN coverage when needed. It carries two equally important mandates: ensuring individuals receive consistent, high-quality nursing care, and keeping every residence and program compliant and audit-ready. It suits an experienced nurse supervisor who wants to lead through presence and teaching, in a mission-driven setting.
Compensation: $100,000–$110,000 base, with flexibility for the right candidate, plus full benefits.
Location: Rockland County, NY (in-person; daily access to a car required; participation in the emergency on-call rotation).
Key Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive nursing oversight to individuals living in the organization's residences and programs, and supervise assigned RNs to ensure services are delivered per their job descriptions
- Conduct ongoing reviews of medical records and individual health needs to maintain an accurate picture of each person's condition and quality of care, ensuring compliance and audit readiness
- Review Precision Care to confirm Plans of Nursing Services are current and accurately reflect each individual's medical diagnoses, and monitor Medical Event tracking and alerts
- Monitor compliance with AMAP, G-tube, and insulin certifications
- Ensure assigned RNs complete weekly nursing compliance checklists, and that all corrective action plans are followed
- Observe nursing activities on site, assessing clinical judgment and competence
- Train all new nursing staff to ensure consistent orientation across Community Living Services (CLS) and Day Habilitation
- Perform supervisory functions including coaching and redirecting, verbal and written counseling, initial training, periodic inspection, retention, and hiring; contribute to performance evaluations of RNs, LPNs, and CNAs
- Provide health-related education to direct care staff
- Maintain collegial working relationships with physicians and other health care providers
- Participate in Utilization Review and Quality Assurance projects, and in management meetings and committees related to the agency's health care activities
- Provide RN coverage to an assigned residence or program, and additional coverage in the absence of an assigned RN when needed
- Participate in the emergency on-call rotation and flex schedule to meet program needs
Qualifications
- Active NYS Registered Nurse license required
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited nursing program preferred, or three years of experience in a supervisory position; a similar combination of education and experience will be considered
- Experience in an I/DD or OPWDD-regulated setting preferred
- Demonstrated supervisory experience coaching, training, and evaluating nursing staff
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel in particular), Precision Care, telemedicine, and EMR systems, and the ability to learn new software
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and complete annual confidentiality and HIPAA training
- Must be cleared through the NYS Justice Center (fingerprinting and background checks) and maintain an acceptable record under the Medicaid Fraud and Abuse clearance process
- Valid NYS driver’s license and daily access to a car required
- Current First Aid/CPR certification required
- Flexibility to meet operational needs, with frequent contact with individuals served, employees, and management