Full-time Associate Director Inpatient Medical Services (RN)

St. Joseph's Addiction Treatment and Recovery Centers

Location:   Inpatient Facility - Medical - Saranac Lake, NY

Position:   Full-time Associate Director Inpatient Medical Services (RN)

Shift/Schedule:   Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Pay Range:   $77,931.00/year to $95,465.48/year

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:   Full Time/40+ hours per week. (Hours and schedules may vary depending on company need and workload. Employees will be given as much advance notice as possible when such changes occur.)

Position Summary: Under the direction of the Inpatient Services Director, the Associate Director of Inpatient Medical Services is responsible for medical services to residents and supervising all medical staff.

Qualifications and Requirements:

- NYS Registered Nurse

- Knowledge of modern principles and practices of alcohol and chemical dependency programs, knowledge of current NYS DOH nursing and medical operations regulations and medical supervisory experience.

Essential Duties:

- Supervising daily operations of nursing services.

- Supervises all medical staff.

- Ensuring nursing coverage for all shifts.

- Maintains effective and efficient working relationships with Medial Director, physicians and Inpatient Services Director.

- Maintains effective and efficient working relationships with clinical staff.

- Conducts phone screening approvals for prospective residents.

- Conducts and interprets comprehensive nursing assessments.

- Ensures medical documentation is completed by staff and physicians.

- Review and investigates all incident reports received from medical staff.

- Contributes to Aftercare Plan Development based on medical needs.

- Coordinates medical and clinical interventions for resident in support of tobacco cessation and MAT services.

- Ensures the provision of education, risk education, counseling and referral services to all residents regarding HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and other communicable diseases.

- Provide education of residents and staff as it pertains to medical services.

- Adhere to Pharmacy Services Policy in its entirety, inclusive of controlled substances policy, procedures and protocol.

- Actively participated in meetings, committees, and quality assurance activities.

- Works in concert with the Medical Director, Inpatient Services Director, physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.

- Facilitates renewal of all licensure and certifications for medical operations.

- Process all invoices related to medical expenses, prescriptions, labs, supplies.

- Responsible for oversight of annual competencies and onboarding new staff

- Ensuring Narcotic waste/destruction with BNE is done correctly.

- Implement and monitor quality management to ensure compliance with CLIA and to meet all standards of accreditation.

- Ensure Narcan training is provided to all residents.

- Manage and operate in concert with the Medical Director the Hepatitis C treatment.

- Approve all medication changes in the EMAR.

- Responsible for additional duties as maybe assigned by the Inpatient Services Director.