Director of Nursing - Behavioral Health

Overview of the Position :

The Director of Nursing is responsible for supervising the nursing functions and for promoting a safe and therapeutic environment for clients who are detoxifying from substance dependency. The Director of Nursing shall be responsible for the direction, provision, and quality of nursing services provided to clients.

Primary Tasks :

• Providing administrative oversight of the facility's nursing services, and where appropriate, directly supervising the facility's nursing staff.
• Assisting the Executive Director in developing and maintaining written objectives, policies and procedures related to nursing services, developing an organization plan, and developing a quality assurance program for nursing services, and reviewing all nursing policies and procedures, minimally, on an annual basis.
• In conjunction with the Executive Director and the governing authority of the facility, planning and budgeting for nursing services.
• Ensuring the coordination and integration of nurisng services with other client care services to ensure continuity of care for each client.
• Ensuring that the facility complies with required nursing and staffing patterns.
• Assiting in the development of written job descriptions for the nurisng staff and assigning duties of the nursing staff.
• Participating in staff orientation and staff education activities, when applicable and participating in team conferences with the multidisciplinary team.
• Providing required documentation in the client records.
• Providing a record of medications adminstered and a record of medication self- adminstered by clients.
• Performing efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate personnel, and documenting events.

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