Assistant Director of Nursing

3 weeks ago


Kingsport TN United States Creekside Behavioral Health Full time
Assistant Director of Nursing | Creekside Behavioral Health | Kingsport, Tennessee

About the Job:

The Assistant Director of Nursing assists the DON/CNO in directing, planning, coordinating, monitoring and supervising the effective and efficient use of the operations of nursing and the safe delivery of behavioral health/nursing services with a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude. Ensures the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies, programs, and services consistent with the facility’s strategic goals and objectives.

Roles and Responsibilities:

· Assists DON/CNO in the management of the daily operations of nursing services, developing, maintaining and implementing compliant nursing services, policies and procedures.

· Interprets operational indicators to detect census and acuity changes and increases or decreases in volume that could impact staffing levels, revenues or expenses. Acts to correct undesirable trends. Allocates nursing resources based on measurement of patient acuity/care needed.

· Leads a team of highly qualified and engaged department members thru hiring, orienting, performance assessment and management, motivating, training, scheduling, and coaching to meet department and facility goals. Ensures adequate staffing.

· Makes nursing diagnosis of the medical and emotional status of patients and recommends treatment options. Consults with psychiatrists and other behavioral health staff in designing appropriate treatment plans for patients. Provides supervision of patient assessments and care plans. Coordinates nursing services with all other departments.

· Works closely with the DON to improve the quality of patient care and services provided by the nursing team and to provide effective and efficient budget management that ensures the best utilization of resources.

· Participates in daily or weekly management team meetings to discuss patient’s status, identify indicators for reassessment of patient’s condition, reaction/responsiveness and involvement of other disciplines. Discusses census changes, patient or staff complaints or concerns.

· Establishes, implements and monitors the infection control program and safety. Prepares or reviews infection control surveillance reports to identify trends and to develop effective actions to control and prevent infections.

· Collaborates with interdisciplinary treatment teams, other departments and administration to ensure that all patient’s physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met.

· Identifies the educational needs of staff and develops and implements health care related training that assures the best possible delivery of health-related supports and services.

· Maintains adequate and appropriate inventory of supplies and equipment for the provision of patient services.

· Helps oversee the maintenance of patient clinical records, statistics, reports and records for purposes of compliance, evaluation and reporting of organization activities.

· Assists DON/CNO in preparing staff for inspection survey. Participates in the preparation and implementation of the Plan of Correction response to an inspection survey.

· Monitors unit/floor functioning by making frequent rounds. Intervenes in crisis situations and investigates incidents. Analyzes, reviews and completes follow up on incident reports related to nursing/patient safety issues in conjunction with Risk Management.

· Provides direct care as needed.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Associate’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited school required. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in psychiatric or mental health nursing preferred.
Five or more years’ experience in nursing practice preferred. Two or more years’ psychiatric or behavioral health experience required.
Ability to effectively assess, plan and implement therapeutic nursing services in a multidisciplinary setting.
Skills in assessment, considerable knowledge of nursing principles and practice, staffing, budgeting, employee management, regulatory requirements and documentation of care; ability to meet regulatory requirements.
Why Creekside Behavioral Health?Creekside Behavioral Health offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Qualified candidates should apply by submitting a resume. Creekside Behavioral Health is an EOE.

Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.

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