Psychiatric Nurse Program Director
About The Position
Beacham Memorial/Freedom Behavioral in Magnolia, MS is seeking a Psychiatric Program Director. This role oversees a 14-bed senior adult DPU, managing it in accordance with the program philosophy. The position involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating psychiatric nursing care. The Program Director/Nurse Manager provides managerial support to the hospital Director of Nurses by supervising and evaluating all nursing personnel. This role contributes to the program, nursing, and hospital by supporting their philosophies and objectives to meet psychiatric program needs.
Requirements
- Active nursing license in good standing with the State of Mississippi Nursing Board.
- Demonstrated experience with psych/behavioral health is required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with the geriatric population is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with medical and clinical staff in coordinating and managing the medical and psychosocial treatment plan.
- Provides input in formulating patient care policies, procedures, and nursing care standards for establishing effective treatment plans.
- Ensures continuity of nursing care based on knowledge of clinical nursing needs and patients’ individual treatment plans.
- Supervises all nursing activities related to patient care and sets guidelines for accurate reporting and recording of patients’ symptoms, reactions, and progress.
- Administers nursing care to patients as needed to maintain clinical skills, assesses particular patient requirements, and/or provides clinical support to staff nurses in a knowledgeable and competent manner.
- Attends interdisciplinary team meetings to ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
- Monitors Quality Assurance and identifies areas for improvement with regular performance improvement measures.
- Develops patient monitoring measures to accommodate the volume of referrals.
- Ensures nursing staff completes duties related to the highest quality of care, especially with treatment plans, initial nursing assessments, skin assessments, daily rounds, fall assessments, nutritional screenings, and discharge planning.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
