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Wellpath
Malvern, Arkansas

Assistant Director of Nursing

Registered NurseFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

  • You Matter
  • Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
  • Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
  • Excellent career growth opportunities

Join Us and Find a Career That Supports

  • Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
  • Autonomy in a warm team environment
  • Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

  • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
  • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
  • Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
  • Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.

Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.

For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How You Make a Difference

The Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) is responsible for managing and supervising the nursing staff and operations of the facility to ensure that patients receive appropriate healthcare services.

They work collaboratively with the Director of Nursing (DON) and other members of the healthcare team to oversee and implement nursing policies and procedures. The ADON also ensures compliance with regulatory guidelines and maintains a safe and healthy environment for patients and staff.

Key Responsibilities

  • Supervises nursing staff, including performance reviews, hiring, and disciplinary action.
  • Evaluates patient care quality and implements improvement initiatives, collaborating with Nurse Managers and DON.
  • Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and organization policies and procedures.
  • Participates in policy and procedure development and hospital-wide employee orientations.
  • Provides professional nursing care as needed to respond to workload demands or staffing shortages.
  • Qualifications & Requirements

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or related field.
  • Master’s degree preferred

Experience

Three (3) years’ experience in psychiatric inpatient setting with an additional two (2) years of supervisory experience.

Two (2) years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience working exclusively with individuals diagnosed with mental illness or multiple disabilities.

Regulatory agency knowledge including The Joint Commission, DHSS, Centers for Medicaid/Medicare Services is preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

  • Current licensure as a Registered Nurse within the state of employment.
  • This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Nursing and a current Registered Nurse license. The role requires at least three years of experience in a psychiatric inpatient setting and two years of supervisory experience.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Nursing managementStaff supervisionRegulatory compliancePsychiatric nursingClinical leadershipPolicy developmentPerformance managementQuality improvementHealthcare operationsMental health nursingStaff trainingClinical resource management

Psychiatric Nursing — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 48 active Registered Nurse listings this role was benchmarked against, 27% are remote, 58% have no call, 71% require no weekends.

Registered Nurse pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Registered Nurse by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedRegistered Nurse median $115k (middle half $100k–$135k)122 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingArkansas index 86.9US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All registered nurse listings in Arkansas36 active5,771 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 27% remote · 58% no call · 71% no weekends48 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS registered nurse listings (all specialties): 10% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 4% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Registered Nurse pay trend (all specialties)+3.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Arkansas figures use all registered nurses: too few Arkansas Psychiatric Nursing postings state pay.

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,187 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Wellpath

Hospitals and Health Care
Franklin, Tennessee
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision insurance
Paid time off
401k
DailyPay (receive money as you earn it)
Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
Company paid life insurance
Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

Living in Malvern

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$179k
Typical market rent
$1,200/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
State income tax
Up to 4.9%
Sources & methodology

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

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