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Purpose Care
Fort Wayne, Indiana

ADON - Assistant Director of Nursing

Registered NurseNo callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Assistant Director of Nursing

Are you searching for a Purpose? PurposeCare is Bringing Healthcare Home, and we want you to join our family!

PurposeCare and its affiliate companies are looking for a qualified, dependable, honest, reliable, Assistant Director of Nursing to lead a team that is caring for the needs of our clients in your local area. We have an immediate opening for a leader who can provide leadership, direction, and support to our team that is caring for our community's most vulnerable.

PurposeCare is a leading provider of home care and home health services in the Midwest and provides home-based care services to more than 3,000 clients a month carefully coordinated to keep clients healthy and safe at home. With excellent caregivers and innovative technology, PurposeCare ensures that our most vulnerable are provided with the support necessary to live full lives in their community. Your Care is Our Purpose.

As a Growing Company We Provide

  • Competitive compensation
  • A rewarding career making a difference, changing lives & communities
  • Ongoing growth, training & professional development
  • Mentor & referral programs
  • Opportunity to apply for positions at our other PurposeCare locations

Our PurposeCare Family Is Eligible for the Following

  • Medical & Prescription Drug Plan
  • Telehealth
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401K
  • Life Insurance
  • Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance

Qualifications and Requirements

  • Must hold an RN license in good standing and at least 1 year of home care leadership preferred.
  • Coordinates and oversees all direct and indirect patient services provided by clinical organization personnel.
  • Provides guidance and counseling to the Branch to assist them in continually improving all aspects of home health care services, provided through organization personnel.
  • Provides help in assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient and family/caregiver care to all clinical personnel as indicated.

Assuring the quality and safe delivery of home care services provided through the organization.

  • Oversees the maintenance of patient clinical records, statistics, reports, and records for the purpose of evaluation and reporting of organization activities. Assures proper maintenance of clinical records in compliance with local, state, and federal law.
  • Conducts performance evaluations of all Clinical employees with input from the Administrator.

Qualifications

Are you searching for a Purpose? PurposeCare is Bringing Healthcare Home, and we want you to join our family

PurposeCare is a leading provider of home care and home health services in the Midwest and provides home-based care services to more than 3,000 clients a month carefully coordinated to keep clients healthy and safe at home. With excellent caregivers and innovative technology, PurposeCare ensures that our most vulnerable are provided with the support necessary to live full lives in their community. Your Care is Our Purpose.

As a Growing Company We Provide

  • A rewarding career making a difference, changing lives & communities
  • Schedule Flexibility
  • Ongoing growth, training & professional development
  • Mentor, on-call & referral programs
  • Opportunity to apply for positions at our other PurposeCare locations

Key Responsibilities

The Assistant Director of Nursing oversees direct and indirect patient services while providing leadership and support to clinical personnel. They are responsible for ensuring compliance with clinical records, conducting performance evaluations, and improving the quality of home health care services.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Nursing leadershipClinical managementPatient assessmentCare planningRegulatory compliancePerformance evaluationStaff supervisionClinical documentationQuality assurance

Home Health Nursing — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 50 active Nursing Leadership listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 60% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Indiana is 93.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.4% of Indiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates ADON - Assistant Director of Nursing at Purpose Care a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Nursing Leadership — ranked against 1,187 active Nursing Leadership listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Top Registered Nurse Jobs

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Salary Distribution29 jobs · 27 employers

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$95k-115k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks29 jobs · 27 employers

401k / retirement match
86% this job
CME allowance
17%
Loan repayment
14%
PSLF eligible
14%
Sign-on bonus
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 6.4
Better work-life than 90% of Nursing Leadership listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,187 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call

Living in Fort Wayne

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$233k
Typical market rent
$1,271/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Fort Wayne, IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Purpose Care

Home Health Care Services
Chicago, IL
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical & Prescription Drug Plan
Telehealth
Dental
Vision
401K
Life Insurance
Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance
Schedule Flexibility