Director of Nursing Inpatient

Southwest Behavioral Health Services • Phoenix, AZ

49d • $115,000

About The Position

Southwest Behavioral and Health Services is seeking a Director of Nursing to who can help us fulfill our mission. “Delivering compassionate care to enhance lives and improve communities”. We are seeking someone who focus on leadership and communication skills, critical thinking, organized, passionate and flexible. Does this describe you? If so, you may be the person we are looking for to join our dynamic Inpatient team! Job Preview at a Glance: A Director of Nursing plans, organizes, develops and administers the activities of crisis intervention and recovery services. These programs serve referred residents in a specific area that are requesting assistance with emotional or behavioral problems. Responsible for contributing to and creating a recovery based environment. Location & Schedule: Oversight of 2 Inpatient Locations. Monday through Friday with flexibility. Starting pay: $115k

Requirements

• Requires and RN license, plus three years of directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must be a registered nurse with five years psychiatric nursing experience.
• Must demonstrate specialized experience in clinical and administrative supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in crisis intervention and work with SMI population highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing the nursing services at the Community Recovery Unit and Recovery Transition Program.
• Provides administrative and clinical supervision to the nursing staff and assists with the supervision of BHT/BHPP/RSS staff as needed.
• Participates in recruitment, hiring, and training of nursing and BHT/BHPP/RSS staff.
• Monitors nursing protocols, procedures training and reporting.
• Ensures appropriate nursing coverage through recruitment, hiring, and training of Registered Nurses
• Manages the nursing schedule (including internal on-call rotation) and works with registry agencies, travel nurse agencies, and any RNs on work agreement or part-time status; this may include working a shift if coverage is not available
• Monitors laboratory services, medication use, and medical supplies.
• Assures all nursing care standards and documentation are in compliance.
• Works as a member of a clinical multi-disciplinary team.
• Consults with psychiatrist and Nurse Practitioner(s) in managing and monitoring care of clients in the program.
• Consults with psychiatrist and Nurse Practitioner(s) in the administration of medications, accepts medication orders from physicians and executes same.
• Oversees and maintains medication and medication records in accordance with Agency policies and State regulations.
• Works with psychiatrist and Nurse Practitioner(s) in the monitoring of medications.
• Assists Program Director in initiating licensing applications, supervises licensing surveys, and provides responses to licensing deficiency reports for the various programs.
• Interacts with clients and staff within the programs on a regular basis and provides direct services as needed.
• Maintains liaison with outside agencies by providing consultation where requested and having them participate in staff meeting when appropriate.
• Represents the CRU's and RTP in various community agency meetings.
• Collaborates with Program Director to develop policy and procedures for program administration.
• Attends/serves on agency committees when assigned.
• To ensure compliance & adequate services, additional job duties may be required to meet the needs of the program and or department.

Benefits

• 5 weeks of PTO your 1st year of employment, with increased accruals after continued service!
• 10 paid holidays
• Low-cost medical, dental and vision insurance, short-term/long-term disability and life insurance for employees
• We will help you save for retirement - 40% company match up to a 10% deferral into your SB&H retirement account!
• Career Development - Benefit from our culture of internal promotion!
• We help you with your higher education goals - Reduce your tuition costs with our tuition reimbursement program & discount degree programs!
• Employee Assistance Program, Health & Wellness and much more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees