Director-Nursing - Recovery

SBH-Green Bay; United States; In loco; USD 110.000 - 150.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Waypoint Recovery Center in Cameron, South Carolina seeks a Director of Nursing to lead nursing services, ensure safe and timely delivery of behavioral health care, and drive policy development aligned with the facility’s goals.

The role requires a nursing degree, 3+ years in nursing with at least 1 year in psychiatric/behavioral health, and strong leadership to oversee staffing, budgeting, and regulatory compliance.

Competenze

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in psychiatric or mental health nursing preferred.
• MSN required or supervision agreement with a master-level nurse per state rule (if not MSN).
• Three+ years’ nursing experience.
• At least 1 year in psychiatric/behavioral health.

Mansioni

• Sets vision for nursing practice and manages daily nursing operations.
• Collaborates with leadership and department heads.
• Develops and enforces nursing policies and procedures.
• Monitors census and acuity; adjusts staffing and resources accordingly.
• Leads staffing, scheduling, training, and performance management.
• Ensures productivity aligned with census; minimizes overtime.
• Oversees medication management and related compliance.
• Conducts patient assessments and designs treatment plans with psychiatry staff.
• Leads infection control and safety initiatives.
• Coordinates care across departments to meet patient needs.

Conoscenze

Nursing assessment

Staffing management

Regulatory compliance

Documentation practices

Leadership and supervision

Formazione

Bachelor’s or Master’s in psychiatric/mental health nursing

Descrizione del lavoro

Director-Nursing - Recovery | Waypoint Recovery Center | Cameron, South Carolina

About the Job:

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

The Director of Nursing is responsible and accountable for providing professional nursing care to clients. Directs, plans, coordinates, monitors and supervises the effective and efficient use of the operations of nursing and the safe delivery of behavioral health/nursing services with a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude. Ensures the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies, programs, and services consistent with the facility's strategic goals and objectives.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required. Bachelor's or master's degree in psychiatric or mental health nursing preferred.

If not MSN, you must enter into a nursing consultation agreement with a master's level nurse for supervision per state requirement.

Three or more years' experience in nursing practice required. One or more years' psychiatric or behavioral health experience required.

Skills in assessment, considerable knowledge of nursing principles and practice, staffing, budgeting, employee management, regulatory requirements and documentation of care; ability to meet regulatory requirements.

Roles and Responsibilities:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Sets the vision for nursing practice in the delivery of safe, timely, efficient, equitable and client centered care. Manages the daily operations of nursing services.
• Identifies and prioritizes issues of importance, including those priority issues as set by leadership. Collaborates with department leaders and corporate leaders, as needed.
• Communicates instructions, expectations and timelines clearly and concisely.
• Develops, maintains and implements nursing services, policies and procedures that conform to current standards of nursing practice and accrediting agencies, facility philosophy and operational policies while maintaining compliance with state, federal and local governmental agencies laws and regulations.
• Develops and interprets operational indicators to detect census and acuity changes and increases or decreases in volume that could impact staffing levels, revenues or expenses. Acts to correct undesirable trends. Allocates nursing resources based on measurement of client acuity/care needed.
• Leads a team of highly qualified and engaged department members thru hiring, orienting, performance assessment and management, motivating, training, scheduling, and coaching to meet department and facility goals. Ensures adequate staffing.
• Maintains productivity levels that are aligned with client census, curtailing unnecessary overtime and/or excessive staff work hours.
• Manages staff scheduling and maintains an updated plan for contingency staffing.
• Maintains accountability expectations for self and staff in all areas of job performance.
• Engages staff in quality and safety basics to ensure sustained, measurable compliance.
• Identifies staff educational needs and ensures they are addressed with education programs that are attended by staff.
• Holds staff accountable for non-compliance and client safety concerns, as well as attendance, following policies, behavior, and adherence to code of conduct.
• Oversees medication management for the facility. Orders and maintains adequate inventory of medication. Ensures compliance with medication management standards and record keeping. Implements corrective actions based on pharmacy consultant inspection of medication rooms and medication management processes. Reviews and reconciles medication reports in collaboration with the pharmacy vendor.
• Audits and organizes medication room to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements, best practices, and reduce the opportunity for medication errors or diversion.
• Makes nursing diagnosis of the medical and emotional status of clients and recommends treatment options. Consults with psychiatrists and other behavioral health staff in designing appropriate treatment plans for clients. Provides overall supervision of client assessments and care plans. Coordinates nursing services with all other departments.
• Participates in daily or weekly management team meetings to discuss client's status, identify indicators for reassessment of client's condition, reaction/responsiveness and involvement of other disciplines. Discusses census changes, client or staff complaints or concerns.
• Establishes, implements and oversees the infection control program and safety. Prepares or reviews infection control surveillance reports to identify trends and to develop effective actions to control and prevent infections.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary treatment teams, other departments and administration to ensure that all client's physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met.
• Develops and implements health care related training that assures the best possible delivery of health-related supports and services.