Director of Nursing

ODYSSEY BEHAVIORAL GROUP•Anderson, IN

21d•Onsite

About The Position

Work in a scenic, home-like environment with a team of professionals providing comprehensive and compassionate care for adolescent and adult women who are diagnosed with eating disorders. Selah House Indiana is the only licensed inpatient, residential, and partial hospitalization program (PHP) eating disorder treatment center in the state of Indiana. The Director of Nursing (DON) plays a key leadership role in guiding and supporting our nursing team while fostering a safe, compassionate, and therapeutic environment for both patients and staff. This position is responsible for coordinating and supervising nursing services, ensuring high standards of clinical care, and promoting best practices across the facility. The DON oversees the development and implementation of medical and nursing policies and procedures, leads nursing education and training initiatives, and ensures ongoing compliance with all regulatory and accrediting requirements. This role also serves as the facility’s Infection Control Designee, helping maintain a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Position requires a bachelor’s degree in nursing
Active state Registered Nurse license
5+ years of experience Nursing/Clinical Experience
Must maintain current CPR/1st Aid/ AED certification.

Nice To Haves

Previous mental health treatment experience strongly preferred, experience in Eating Disorder field preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides leadership and supervision to the nursing team, to include hiring, training, coaching and performance management.
Oversees and performs daily vital signs/glucose monitoring of clients.
Oversees and performs medication distribution and documentation, identifies medical issues daily, reports issues to Nurse Practitioner as needed.
Orders medication and ensures proper delivery from pharmacy.
Works with insurance companies on patient medications, completes insurance forms, and calls as needed.
Oversees and performs blood draws, following up on lab values as needed.
Takes medication orders from MD/NP conducts daily medication order follow up.
Maintains medical supply inventory, places supply orders as needed.
Coordinates external client medical appointments with team members.
Ensures all admission/discharge nursing duties are conducted and documented within required timeframes.
Ensures effective communication between medical/nursing staff, medical vendors, and direct care team.
Provides medication management and oversite ensuring accurate accounting of medication charting/procedures/training for all nursing staff.
Monitors all labs/EKGs/other tests and communicating results with medical providers.
Oversees all pharmacy paperwork/forms-includes controlled substances.
Oversees infection control program and quarantine program for staff/clients.
Maintains biohazard accounts and procedures, ensuring team members are trained on and adhere to infection control procedures.
Manages the nursing area including ensuring that medications are secured, and only authorized individuals have access.
Works closely with vendors and contractors providing clinical services (ie. pharmacy, lab, biohazard pick up, etc.) to ensure proper communication and procedures are followed; provides account management.
Conducts occasional reviews with insurance companies.
Coordinates and oversees administration of annual vaccines.
Participates in on-call rotation, as scheduled.