Divisional Director of Nursing Services
About The Position
Divisional Director of Nursing Services - Behavioral Health Division About Universal Health Services One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 300 corporation, annual revenues were $15.8 billion in 2024. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. Unlock your future at: www.uhs.com The Candidate that is chosen will support a large portfolio of facilities from the Behavioral Health Division of UHS nationwide. This exciting position is critical to the clinical integrity and compliance of our facilities. As a corporate senior leader, you will support, train, and consult your facilities’ clinical teams and staff. We are seeking a clinical nursing professional that is interested in sharing his/her expertise in a consultative manner to ensure the success of the Behavioral Health Division. Travel in this role can be extensive, as up to 80-85% of your time will be traveling to and supporting our facilities.
Requirements
- Five to ten years of regulatory/accreditation experience in a free-standing mental health hospital setting, with a working knowledge of regulatory standards, team development, clinical services and quality tools (preferably healthcare) required.
- Clinical nursing degree required, master’s degree required.
- Knowledge of performance improvement principles including data analysis required.
- Knowledge of risk management principles required.
- Knowledge of psychiatric clinical programming required
- This position requires regional & national travel, 2-3 weeks per month.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with residential treatment environment and regulations preferred
Responsibilities
- Facilitates and coordinates a review of all nursing related standards of care to ensure that all nursing processes are current and compliant with state and federal nursing standards of practice.
- Develops training material for orientation of nursing leaders and training opportunities related to nursing care and practice
- Assures that the facility is compliant with all regulations pertaining to nursing, staffing, medication management and infection control on a federal, state and local level
- Sets expectations, develops plans, and manages processes to assess measure and improve the quality of nursing care.
- Seeks methods to improve current nursing practices by advocating the use of evidence-based practices. Assists in the identification of high risk, problem prone nursing issues and proposes solutions to address these systems practices.
- May be asked to investigate, in collaboration with the hospital any nursing quality concerns such as those received from the state and federal agencies. Assists in preparing in collaboration with appropriate nursing and hospital personnel responses and plans of correction as necessary within designated time frame.
- Conducts analysis of staffing plans to ensure local staffing grids are appropriate to the population in treatment and to support nurse retention.
- Collaborates with CEOs, Group Directors and VPs on any identified nursing related issues and offers plans for correction as required.
Benefits
- Paid Holidays
- Tuition savings to continue your nursing education with Chamberlain University
- In-house Psychiatric Nurse Residency Transition-to-Practice Orientation (20 CEUs)
- Career development opportunities across UHS and our 300+ locations!
- Diverse programming to expand your experience
- HealthStream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses
- Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- Pet Insurance
- SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
