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West Jordan, Utah

Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON)

Registered NurseNo callFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Assistant Director of Nursing

We are looking for looking for a positive, energetic, and self-motivated full-time (40 hours per week) Assistant Director of Nursing.

Please submit your resume via the online career center: copperhillsyouthcenter.com

The Assistant Director of Nursing at Copper Hills Youth Center is responsible for Infection Control, sterile and non-sterile physical care equipment monitoring and surveillance, resident and employee health care education and prevention monitoring and surveillance, medical records and quality assurance to maintain compliance with Joint Commission, CMS, State and local standards at the facility. In this capacity, he/she also monitors and evaluates resident services and nursing documentation, prepares employee schedules, assists in resident and staff vaccinations.

This position is required to work as a floor nurse when needed and will be on call every other week for emergency calls.

Qualifications

Education/Experience

  • Registered Nurse graduate of an accredited school of nursing with State of Utah RN licensure in good standing
  • Experience in behavioral health field preferred.
  • Prior supervisory experience preferred.
  • Must be CPR certified

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 89,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 335 behavioral health facilities, 40 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points in 39 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At UHS and all subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates with matching skillset and experience with the best possible career at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience.

During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email.

The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail etc. If you feel suspicious of a job posting or job-related email, let us know by contacting us at: uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Staff SchedulingVaccination AdministrationCPR CertificationClinical SupervisionCompliance MonitoringPatient Care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) at UHS a 6.1 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.

Nursing Administration — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 50 active Nursing Leadership listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 66% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Utah is 98.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Utah clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 6.1
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 West Jordan

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$521k
Typical market rent
$1,687/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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