- Based on 13 Jobtrees users who were an Assistant Director Nursing in their career, on average, they have 3.22 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 5.3 years on average and earn $91K per year on average in this more senior role.
- 8% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Assistant Director Nursing are Nursing Director, Nurse Manager and Registered Nurse. While Nursing Director isn't from the Medical - Nurse job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Assistant Director Nursing shown by Assistant Director Nursing also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.All of the most common career paths from this job are from the same job family, Medical - Nurse, which shows that your mostly likely path is within this discipline.
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- The most common career steps to get to Assistant Director Nursing are Nursing Director, Emergency Medical Technician and Adjunct Professor based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Nursing Director, the most common step before Assistant Director Nursing, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Assistant Director Nursing, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Assistant Director Nursing.
- While Nursing Director is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Assistant Director Nursing that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Assistant Director Nursing career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming an Assistant Director Nursing so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Mid role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider nursing director or emergency medical technician as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to assistant director nursing. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Nursing Director is from the same job family, Medical - Nurse as Assistant Director Nursing, you don't necessarily need direct experience in this discipline show by Emergency Medical Technician also leading to Assistant Director Nursing.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Assistant Director Nursing are Bachelor Degree In Registered Nurse, Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Nursing, and Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Registered Nurse. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Nursing Director being the most common role to and from Assistant Director Nursing. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Assistant Director Nursing is part of the Medical - Nurse job family which has a limited number of unique role types (26) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Assistant Director Nursing.