STR Director of Nursing

CIVIQ HEALTH LLC•Middletown Township, PA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

STR Behavioral Health is seeking a Director of Nursing! This role will work primarily out of our Bucks County location in Levittown with required weekly visits to our Cedar Creek location in Warminster and monthly onsite visits to our Silver Pines location in Mahanoy City. Position is full-time, onsite, Monday - Friday. About Us: STR Behavioral Health provides a full continuum of behavioral health treatment across Pennsylvania, helping individuals and families reclaim their lives from substance use disorders and mental health disorders. Our treatment approach is built around a singular goal — to provide individualized, compassionate care that helps each of our clients recover what matters most to them. No matter where you are in your recovery journey, we’ll help you find your path forward. The Director of Nursing (DON) is responsible for coordinating and supervising the facility’s nursing staff. Position is responsible for ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment. The Director of Nursing provides direct client care, takes physician orders, prepares, and administers resident medications, and coordinates outside diagnostic or medical services as ordered by the physician. This position will serve as the Infection Control Designee. Relationships and Contacts Within the organization: Maintains frequent and close working relationships with the facility Executive Director, National Director of Admissions, Nursing team, Program Manager, facility leadership, peers and vendors. Outside the organization: May initiate and maintain working relationships with clinical providers, referral partners, clients and vendors as needed and directed.

Requirements

Position requires a bachelor’s degree in nursing, active state Registered Nurse license, and 5+ years of experience Nursing/Clinical Experience. Previous mental health treatment experience strongly preferred.
Must maintain current CPR/1st Aid/ AED certification.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to communicate with peers/general public, clients and/or vendors.
Tolerant to various noise levels: noise level in the work environment varies – may be very quiet to moderate.
Job performance will require the ability to move throughout the building as well as sit or remain stationary for extended periods of time.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to talk or hear, sit, stand, walk, reach, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, taste or smell.
Ability to move up to 25 pounds.
Position requires incumbent to have a valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
Clearance of TB test and any other mandatory state/federal requirements.
Successful completion of Criminal Background Check, including mandatory state/federal requirements.
Demonstrates a high level of customer service.
Demonstrates a high attention to detail and organizational and prioritizing skills.
Demonstrates proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
Demonstrates the ability to welcome and integrate feedback from team.
Demonstrates the ability to assess suicide/homicide risk and create clinically appropriate interventions.
Demonstrates the ability to identify and report abuse/neglect in client population.
Demonstrates the ability to chart vitals, daily assessments, group notes, shift notes, and enters physician orders.
Demonstrates the ability to perform physical assessments including vital signs and to recognize symptoms and distress of clients in treatment.
Demonstrates proper management of biohazards.
Demonstrates strong problem solving and analytical skills and the ability to use sound judgement.
Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills, while building and maintaining professional relationships.
Demonstrates a strong belief in and commitment to the values, goals and mission of the Company.

Nice To Haves

Previous mental health treatment experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides leadership and supervision to the nurse manager and nursing team, to include hiring, training, scheduling, 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.
Develop, implement, and audit nursing policies and procedures to ensure safe, effective, and compliant practices, including intakes, assessments, medication administration, C-SSRS, and on-call responsibilities.
Works closely with vendors and contractors providing clinical services (i.e. pharmacy, lab, biohazard pick up, etc.) to ensure proper communication and procedures are followed; provides account management.
Oversee nursing education programs from development through audit and continuous improvement.
Ensure compliance with nursing and medical regulatory standards.
Collaborate with the Medical Director and VP of Nursing to ensure comprehensive safety procedures are in place and to support the planning and execution of company-wide initiatives.
Conducts occasional reviews with insurance companies.
Coordinates and oversees administration of annual vaccines.
Participates in on-call rotation, as scheduled.