We are a Behavioral Health group specializing in mental health and co-occurring issues. Our facility strives to provide the highest quality of care, using evidence-based treatment, medical staff, and licensed therapists. We are currently searching for an experienced Director of Nursing to join our team.
Requirements
- Direct, oversee and evaluate all nursing personnel (registered nurses, LPN etc.)
- Guide staffing procedures - recruitment, interview, offer, hire and discipline.
- Set objectives and long-term goals for the nursing department
- Organize and coordinate admission, nursing and patient care procedures
- Develop and enforce policies aiming for legal compliance and high quality standards
- Control budgets and monitor expenditures
- Resolve issues and deficiencies when needed
- Manage record-keeping procedure
- Collaborate with other departments and professionals to streamline operation
- Report to upper management
- Attend executive member meetings and conduct and implement departmental meetings
- Performs a full range of nursing services including assessing, planning, administering and evaluating patient care in accordance with team treatment plans.
- Conduct and document a thorough assessment of each patients medical status upon admission and throughout the patients course of treatment.
- Administers medical treatment as prescribed by the physician.
- Attend and participate in clinical team conferences regarding patient progress, problems and needs..
- Oversees medication reconciliation along with reviewing and sign off on medication incident reports.
- Conducts Utilization Review as needed.
- Documents and reports patient progress to the treatment team.
- Act in compliance with Red Rock Recovery Centers regulatory, accreditation and professional standards and guidelines.
- Oversees for RRRC Infection Control and other assigned Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement programs, complete with required documentation.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to perform Nursing and behavioral assessments using appropriate framework.
- Demonstrated skill in the delivery of patient care as a member of a multi-disciplinary therapeutic team.
- Skill in implementing appropriate nursing interventions on a consistent basis.
- Ability to develop and implement and evaluate patient care plan and actively involving patients, family and the therapeutic team.
- Skill in setting priorities, organizing workload to effectively administer direct patient care.
- Ability to work effectively with stress and in crisis situations.
- Performs peer reviews for Red Rock Recovery clients
- Assist and participate in interdisciplinary treatment team meetings.
- Assist patients with meals as needed.
- In collaboration with the Clinical Director, oversees the psychoeducational nursing group curriculum and ensures groups are facilitated by appropriate nursing staff.
- Work with staff on discharging patients when goals are met.
- Initiating care plans and goal setting to adhere to treatment planning standards.
- Carry out all written and verbal orders per physician.
- Assist and coordinate with physician potential patient admissions through intake assessment
- Coordinate the admission of patients with completion of required documentation
- Review pre-assessments for prospective patients with medical complications on an as-needed basis and approve or deny admission based on RRRC admission criteria.
- Ensures administration of patient medications as ordered by the medical provider.
- Coordinates with the Executive Director with supply ordering and inventory control.
- Assists Executive Director, or spearhead improvement of program policies and procedures.
- Assist Executive Director in identifying areas for professional development for team members.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefit package
- Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
- PTO
