Assistant Director of Nursing Services

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (This is not an exhaustive list of all duties/responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned)

- Coordinate scheduling and staff assignments to ensure that sufficient staff is available to meet the needs of the patients and acuity level of the census.

- Obtain and maintain staff to meet the needs of the hospital.

- Train and educate staff as necessary to maintain current certifications and development.

- Implement nursing policies and procedures that nursing staff can follow that meet regulatory requirements.

- Maintain admissions and transfers that meet psychiatric acute care criteria for our hospital and our capability/capacity.

- Coordinate with staff scheduler, scheduling of all psychiatric technicians and nurses. At least 2 weeks of the master schedule will be placed at nurses station to allow adequate time for staff to review and make changes as necessary.

- Ensure that staff are following the policies and procedures by auditing charts 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours after the patient gets admitted.

- Ensure that licensed nurses are properly checking for medication errors and provider orders are completed by auditing night R.N. 24-hour chart checks periodically throughout the week.

- Attend all treatment team meetings and ensure all treatment plans are individualized and include nursing concerns, infection control issues, main psychiatric problem, and discharge planning.

- Coordinate communication between departments, providers, and administrator.

- On-call for any incidents that occur including but not limited to: falls, medication errors, violence, property damage, staff injuries, and restraints (chemical, physical). The safety of staff, patients and property must always be ensured.

- On-call for nursing shortages to ensure staff coverage for the hospital.

- Collect nursing shift assignment sheets and room safety checks to provide monthly data for quality assurance and process improvement.

- Assist charge nurse in daily activities as necessary to control the milieu.

- Hold an all-staff meeting monthly and save minutes on hard drive for all employees to access.

- Maintain an educational binder for any new processes, forms, policies/procedures to train staff.

Benefits offered:

- Medical Benefits

- Dental Benefits

- Vision Benefits

- Flexible Spending Account

- Health Savings Account

- Life Insurance, AD&D - Company Paid

- Short Term Disability- Company Paid

- Long Term Disability

- Supplemental Life Insurance

- 401K Retirement Plan (Traditional or ROTH) with Company Funded company match up to 6%

- Retirement and Financial Planning Services

- Shift differential incentives

- Loan Forgiveness options through federal programs (National Health Service Corps & Public Service Loan Forgiveness)

- We provide professional development to enhance various skills, certifications, and continuing education

- Opportunities for growth and movement - We encourage our employees to consider new growth opportunities with us and have opportunities

- Paid Time Off (amount depends on years of service)

- Sick Leave for part-time staff

- (11) Paid Holidays

- Tuition reimbursement program

- Commuter Mileage Incentive

- Cell phone reimbursement

- Clinical Supervision

- Wellness Program reimbursement

- Employee Assistance Program - assists employees with personal problems and/or work-related problems that may impact their job performance, health, mental and emotional well-being

Qualifications

Required:

- R.N. BSN or Diploma with prior experience (5 years minimum)

- R.N. MSN within 2 years.

- 2 years of supervisory experience

- Must pass a background check