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Boca Recovery Center

Director of Nursing

Boca Recovery Center, Huntington, Indiana, United States, 46750


The director of nursing services shall be responsible for the direction, provision and quality of nursing services provided to clients, including the following:

Providing administrative oversight of the facility's nursing services, and where appropriate, directly supervising the facility's nursing staff;

Assisting the administrator of the facility 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 administrator and the governing authority of the facility, planning and budgeting for nursing services;

Ensuring the coordination and integration of nursing services with other client care services to ensure continuity of care for each client;

Ensuring that the facility complies with required nursing staffing patterns;

Assisting in the development of written job descriptions for the nursing 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 and the client care committee (if the facility chooses to establish a client care committee).

Prompt attendance and attendance at daily treatment team meetings.

Ensures safe staffing ratios according to state laws, board of nursing, and facility policy and procedures for patient safety, maintaining nursing coverage, tracking staff nurses' attendance, and disciplinary action when necessary.

Recruitment, interviewing, and hiring new employees, along with the new hire onboarding and training process.

Management of staff nurses, completing their annual evaluations, and completing staff nurses' annual competencies, along with new hire competencies following the 90-day probationary period.

Daily nursing chart audits to monitor compliance completion and evaluating the overall performance of the nursing department and recommending improvements.

Keep neat data records, evaluate/analyze data; act on any compliance issues, failed audits, poor pharmacy inspections, and provide corrective plans for improvement.

Manage all department medical supplies and medication orders with budgeting in place.

Planning and presenting nursing training, in-services, staff meetings, and mock codes; supervises all medical/nursing staff.

Monitors and assures continuing quality improvement and performance improvement goals monthly, quarterly, and annually.

Always maintain confidentiality displaying a professional disposition towards fellow staff.

Demonstrates ability to evaluate medical needs of the patient and work with a multi-disciplinary team to assist in facets of the recovery program relating to physical health.

Timely response to email requests inter and intra-departmental.

Attends all management meetings with the facility leadership team.

Maintains medical records, controlled medication ledgers, change of shift narcotic counts with on-coming and in-coming nursing staff.

Ability to administer medications as indicated and monitor the detoxification process.

Ability to provide documentation which reflects services for each patient in accordance with licensure standards.

The ability to assess the medical and psychiatric needs of the patient, determining the urgency of their needs and expedited treatment required within the RN scope of practice.

Demonstrates ability to take verbal orders from the medical provider, documents them in the patient record, and carries them out accurately and professionally.

Training and evaluation of nurses with blood and urine phlebotomy orders, properly obtaining through training, ordering, labeling, and preparation for shipping.

Follow all facility guidelines for any/all emergencies throughout the shift, including required documentation of emergencies through incident reports and medication error reporting and any other required reporting forms.

Hospital communication properly followed, nurse to nurse reports when sending and receiving clients from the hospital. Email appropriate information and document paperwork upon return.

If needed, stays and works beyond scheduled shifts to meet staffing requirements and/or needs of patient safety and facility and state laws.

Promotes a culture of safety to ensure a healthy practice and living environment. Therapeutic interactions and positive peer support is the expected culture.

Adheres to the agency's infectious disease and universal precautions policies and procedures in accordance with department of health reporting required for specific diseases and infection prevention, monitoring clients' progress.

Expected to protect the privacy of all patient information in accordance with facility's privacy policies, procedures, and practices, as required by federal and state law, and in accordance with general principles of professionalism as a healthcare provider HIPAA and 42 CFR pt 2. Failure to comply with facility's policies and procedures on patient privacy may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

May access protected health information (PHI) and other patient information only to the extent that is necessary to complete job duties. The incumbent may only share such information with those who have a need-to-know specific patient information to complete their job responsibilities related to treatment, payment, or other facility operations.

Expected to report, without the threat of retaliation, any concerns regarding facility's policies and procedures on patient privacy and any observed practices in violation of the policy to their supervisor.

Annually maintains all required licensure and certifications including but not limited to CEUs required.

Being sensitive to cultural issues of a patient based on their job position.

Reporting suicidality/homicide of a patient based on their job position.

Ability of competency and understanding of addiction based on their job position.

Reporting and responding to issues of trauma of a patient based on their job position.

Reporting and responding to any co-occurring issues of a patient based on their job position.

Other duties as assigned by senior management.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Professional development assistance

Vision insurance

Schedule:

5x8

8 hour shift

Day shift

Monday to Friday

On call

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