Assistant Director of Nursing
Aurora San Diego•San Diego, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
As an Assistant Director of Nursing for Aurora Behavioral Health Care, you will provide dynamic leadership in the delivery of quality nursing care services and effectively integrate nursing care into patients' interdisciplinary treatment, experience. This position will role model commitment to patient care, staff collaboration, and customer service.
Requirements
- Advanced or thorough knowledge of psychiatric and general nursing care concepts and methodologies and demonstrated skill in their implementation
- Supervisory and basic personnel management skills
- Skills in policy and procedure development and implementation
- Basic teaching or training skills; skills in analysis, evaluation, and interpretation, organization, prioritization, and time management skills
- Sound written and oral communication skills
- Adaptability and flexibility; track record as a team player
- Clinical evaluation and intervention skills, including crisis management
- Detail-oriented, balanced with the ability to see whole clinical and organizational picture and make sound clinical and administrative judgments and decisions, independence
- Working knowledge of, and skills in maintaining therapeutic milieu
- Skills in maintaining information as highly confidential
- Must also be able to cope well with stress, have a strong sense of compassion, and communicate well with others
- Current California Registered Nurse License
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- BLS (Basic Life Support ) Certification for Healthcare Providers - American Heart Association
Responsibilities
- Actively serves as a key member of the organization's core management team, ensure effective integration of nursing services into overall organization operations
- Carries out the personnel management activities associated with direct staff supervision, including screening and selection, orientation training and development, performance management, and employee relations functions
- Serves as the department's fiscal manager
- Provides clinical supervision in psychiatric nursing care to nursing staff
- Communicates with referral sources and family members in patients' interest
- Participates in treatment planning, implementation, and monitoring
- Initiates and implements Quality Improvement activities including audit coordination, incident reviews, system reviews, survey preparation, etc.
Benefits
- 401K Retirement Plan
- Health Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Healthcare Spending Account & Dependent Care Spending Account
- Life Insurance (Supplemental Life, Term, and Universal plans are also available.)
- PTO
- PTO Cash Out option
- Sick Pay
- Short and Long-Term Disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- ID Theft Protection
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
