Assistant Director of Nursing / Infection Control Nurse!

The ADON: An Assistant Director of Nursing, or ADON, manages the nursing team, in a long-term care facility. They hire and train staff, create schedules and conduct employee evaluations.

The Infection control nurse/ Infection Preventionist will use a systematic approach to monitor the effectiveness of infection prevention and control strategies that are consistent with the organization’s goals and objectives. This includes applying epidemiologic principles and statistical methods, including risk stratification and benchmarking to identify target populations; determine risk factors; implement prevention and control strategies according to professional practice standards; analyze trends and evaluate processes.