Director, Nursing & Quality Resource - Behavioral Health (Remote)

Lifepoint Health • Louisville, KY

11h • Remote

About The Position

The Director of Nursing & Quality Resource is responsible for serving in an interim role across various behavioral health facilities when a vacancy exists. This leader will be responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the delivery of quality general and psychiatric care consistent with the facility’s goals and objectives. Works closely with all Department Directors to recommend/provide required staff development and tailored programs based upon data analysis. The Director of Nursing & Quality Resource will also assist with the revision of nursing policies and procedures standards of performance, and communication regarding nursing issues to medical staff, department directors and administration. This role requires extensive travel with the ability to work from home.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing required
• Experience in a psychiatric health care facility
• Direct experience working with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric and geriatric patients preferred.
• Experience in healthcare quality, patient assessments, family motivations, treatment planning and communication with external review organizations or comparable entities.
• Active RN license
• CPR certification and Crisis Prevention Training (CPI) within 30 days
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Master degree Nursing is preferred
• Prior leadership experience strongly preferred
• Willingness to obtain Compact license in various states as needed.

Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Enhances hospital visibility by involvement in community regarding mental health and substance abuse community needs.
• May supervise nursing management team where licensed and appropriate.
• Functions as a liaison between physicians, patients, referral sources, and employees.
• Ensures that the inpatient programs are staffed with the appropriate resources to ensure high quality of care delivery.
• Oversees the Infection Control Plan, understand the Infection Control Monitors and the JC Standards associated with Infection Control.
• Meets hospitals staffing and budget benchmarks.
• Assures adequate supervision and evaluation processes for all staff members and delegate these responsibilities as appropriate.
• Assists with orientation for new employees.
• Routinely reviews job assignments and utilization of staff.
• Monitors the hospitals quality/risk program as needed.
• Demonstrates an extensive knowledge of all regulatory standards including TJC, Medicaid, state, and federal laws.
• Works with hospital employees to identify risk/safety concerns and leads the team to take correction action as needed.
• Collects and analyzes data on hospital performance.
• Collects incident reports; records, analyzes, investigates data and reports to Quality Council and CEO.
• Utilizes the PDCA method to develop improvement plans for the hospital.
• Acts as a role model for excellent customer service and holds all staff to this standard.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director