DBH - Director of Nursing -

About the position

The Director of Nursing supervises, heads, and coordinates nursing activities and nursing personnel in our locations. Evaluates nursing activities to ensure patient care, staff relations, and efficiency of service.

Responsibilities

• Providing administrative oversight of the facility's nursing services, and where appropriate, directly supervising the facility's nursing staff.
• Assisting in developing and maintaining written objectives, policies and procedures related to nursing services, developing an organization plan, and developing a quality assurance program for nursing services, and reviewing all nursing policies and procedures, minimally, on an annual basis.
• Ensuring the coordination and integration of nursing services with other client care services to ensure continuity of care for each client.
• Assisting in the development of written job descriptions for the nursing staff and assigning duties of the nursing staff.
• Participating in staff orientation and staff education activities, when applicable.
• Participating in team conferences with the multidisciplinary team and the client care committee (if the facility chooses to establish a client care committee).
• Under the supervision of the Medical Director, assists in educating clients about health problems and medical care.
• Facilitates medication education for new clients and for all other clients starting new medications.
• Manages nursing staff including staffing, training, disciplinary action, and communication between the nurses and other departments.

Requirements

• Must be a Registered Nurse with current licensure in the state of Practice.
• Must have a Bachelors of Nursing.
• Two years experience with compliance and personnel management required.
• Experience with psychiatric care preferred.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Healthcare benefits
• Vacation and sick days
• Employee referral program
• Employee discounts to various stores, amusement parks, events, etc.
• Continuing education (CE) programs and training
• Weekly training opportunities
• Advancement opportunities within the organization