Fire fighters and emergency medical professionals spend their lives responding to trauma, crisis, and emergencies for others. At the IAFF Center of Excellence, we exist to care for them.
We are seeking a compassionate, experienced, and mission-driven Assistant Director of Nursing (RN) to help lead our nursing team at one of the nation’s premier behavioral health treatment centers dedicated exclusively to professional fire service members.
This is more than a nursing leadership position — it’s an opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of first responders struggling with PTSD, substance use, depression, anxiety, and other behavioral health challenges.
At the IAFF Center of Excellence, you’ll work alongside a multidisciplinary team that understands the unique culture, trauma, and resilience of the fire service community. Every day, you’ll help create a safe, healing environment where recovery truly happens.
Our 15-acre campus near Washington, D.C. was thoughtfully designed to promote wellness and recovery, offering a serene setting, state-of-the-art facilities, and a collaborative clinical culture focused on compassionate, evidence-based care.
As part of Advanced Recovery Systems — a nationally recognized, physician-led behavioral healthcare organization — we combine clinical excellence with heart-centered care to help patients reclaim their lives.
As the Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON), you’ll play a key leadership role in supporting daily nursing operations while ensuring exceptional patient care, regulatory compliance, and staff support.
You’ll partner closely with the Director of Nursing to lead a high-performing nursing team, mentor staff, coordinate patient care operations, and help maintain the highest standards of safety and clinical quality.
This role is ideal for a nurse leader who thrives in a fast-paced behavioral health environment and values teamwork, accountability, compassion, and service.
We’re looking for a strong nursing leader who brings:
Our patients are fire fighters, paramedics, and first responders who have spent their careers helping others through unimaginable circumstances. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to help them heal, recover, and return to their lives with hope.
As one alumnus shared:
“The foundation I got from the COE taught me that helping myself first allows me to genuinely help others. It’s about turning our pain into a source of strength.”
If you’re ready to lead with compassion and make a meaningful difference in behavioral healthcare, we’d love to meet you.
At the IAFF Center of Excellence, your leadership, expertise, and compassion will directly impact the recovery journeys of the heroes who serve our communities.
Apply today and help first responders find healing, hope, and recovery.
Requirements
Benefits
Benefits begin on the 1st day of the month following date of hire.
The Recovery Village is part of Advanced Recovery Systems, a national integrated behavior healthcare management company dedicated to the treatment of addiction, substance abuse, eating disorders and mental health issues.
The Company complies with state and federal nondiscrimination laws and policies that prohibit discrimination based on age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, or sex. It is unlawful to retaliate against individuals or groups based on the basis of their participation in a complaint of discrimination or on the basis of their opposition to discriminatory practices/EEO
We are proud to be a drug-free workplace.
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We’re a physician-led behavioral healthcare company dedicated to providing evidence-based, expert care for addiction and mental health conditions.
We work with healthcare providers, organizations and individuals to connect those in need to life-saving addiction treatment and mental health support that repairs lives, families and the surrounding communities. We have 13 locations located across the United States.
