Director of Nursing - Behavioral Health

Summit Behavioral Healthcare; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Veterans encouraged

Job summary

Fair Oaks Recovery Center in Sacramento is seeking a Director of Nursing—Behavioral Health to lead nursing staff and uphold clinical excellence across the Wellness Units. The role requires CA RN licensure and 2+ years of management experience, with 3+ years clinical expertise; experience in substance-use treatment is preferred.

Responsibilities include staffing oversight, infection control, policy development, and data-driven performance improvement, while ensuring regulatory compliance and

Qualifications

• RN in good standing with the State of California.
• Minimum of two years of management experience.
• Three years of clinical experience; substance use treatment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads nursing staff and plans staffing for Wellness Units.
• Oversees orders, pharmacy relationships, and medication delivery scheduling.
• Develops reports and analyzes data for performance improvement.
• Maintains MAR records and destruction logs at discharge.
• Ensures compliance with Joint Commission, HIPAA, and applicable laws.
• Collaborates with HR on hiring and staff education.
• Directs infection control and policy/procedure development.
• Monitors unit operations to optimize safety, quality, and efficiency.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Staff management

Communication skills

Detail oriented

Time management

Education

RN license (CA)

Job description

Director of Nursing- Behavioral Health | Sacramento, CA

Fair Oaks Recovery Center

Fair Oaks Recovery Center providesmeaningful addiction treatment experience in a supportive atmosphere. The goal of our Whole Person Care approach is to treat the mind, body and spirit.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Director of Nursing is a leader, an advocate for client care and plans and manages client care personnel. This position has the authority and responsibility for establishing and fulfilling a vision and strategy for client care excellence and standards of practice and is also responsible for staffing the Wellness Units.

Performance Expectations:

• Oversees pharmaceutical orders and maintains a working relationship with the pharmacy for client medication, and delivery schedule.
• Collects data to develop reports and graphs.
• Collects and organizes the Medication Administration Record (MAR) and the Destruction of Medication Log upon client discharge.
• Collaboration with staff in policy formation, program goals and objectives, program planning, performance improvement, resource management and other issues related to clinical and operational effectiveness.
• Establish oversight and control systems for operations to ensure legal compliance, agency, and policy compliance, adherence to ethical and moral standards and performance of work to meet goals.
• Participate in and contribute to strategic plan development and implementation in conjunction with the Mission and Values of the organization.
• Serve as a resource person, client advocate and role model for multidisciplinary staff.
• Lead and participate in departmental and facility performance improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to improve care, safety, service and efficiency.
• Develop and revise Policy and Procedures and structure standards as needed.
• Responsible for Infection Control and reporting identified discrepancies and corrective actions in Infection Control Monitoring.
• Comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to and including The Joint Commission, HIPAA, State and Federal regulations as appropriate to areas of responsibility.
• Collaborate with Human Resources in hiring and planning and implementing educational programs to meet identified needs. Oversee staff training and education.
• Evaluate and document job performance of employees; Conduct and review performance evaluations.
• Determine staffing needs to ensure unit coverage, utilizing cost saving measures to decrease overtime.
• Coordinate employee schedules and conducts time card adjustments.
• Divides time between the office and the wellness unit, including 2 floor shifts per week

Qualifications:

Candidate must be a RN in good standing with the State of California. Ability to maintain pleasant working relationships; detail oriented; works effectively, independently and to deadlines; highly organized and able to multi-task and effectively prioritize; reliable and responsible; excellent written communication skills and professional telephone manner; and readily takes initiative. Must have a minimum of two (2) years management experience and three (3) years of clinical experience. Two (2) of these years must be in a healthcare setting, and in substance use disorder treatment center is highly preferred.

Comprehensive benefits package offered along with competitive salaries commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Mission:

Improve the lives we touch.

Our Values:

We are committed to:

HONESTY

We work with integrity and fairness.

COMPETENCE

We strive to be the best and hold ourselves accountable.

PERSEVERANCE

We meet challenges with the resolve to succeed.

PASSION

We are about what we do, each other and who we serve.

RESPECT

We honor the human dignity of everyone we work with.

TEAMWORK

We succeed, and have fun, by pulling together.

Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who’ve served.

EOE.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.