Assistant Director of Nursing - Behavioral Health

Join our team as a passionate and committed Assistant Director of Nursing, where your dedication and compassion will make a meaningful difference.

The Recovery Village Indianapolis (RVI) is an addiction treatment center with a continuum of care for anyone struggling with substance use disorders. 71 beds, 15 beds for Detox, 34 beds for Residential, and 22 beds for Partial Hospitalization Program/Intensive Outpatient Treatment.

Take the first step toward making a difference and saving lives.

The Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) performs a wide variety of job duties during their shifts, caring for and educating patients about their medical and psychiatric conditions; establishing trust and building rapport with patients and their families are key elements of this position, and assists the Director of Nursing in the day-to-day management of the Nursing Department. The Assistant Director of Nursing is responsible for directing the day-to-day operations of the Nursing Staff on their assigned unit. The Assistant Director of Nursing may be required to function in the role of the Director of Nursing in the absence of or by directive from the Director of Nursing.

Core Job Duties:

• 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 work-flow, print Integra and Care 360 requisitions, assure collected samples are properly labeled.
• 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.