Director of Nursing

6 days ago

Atlanta, United States Skyland Trail Full time
Job Details

Job Location
Main Campus Locations - Atlanta, GA

Position Type
Full Time

Education Level
Bachelor Degree

Job Category
Nursing

Job Posting Date(s)

Start Date
10/10/2024

Description

Skyland Trail, a nonprofit mental health residential treatment program for adults and adolescents in Atlanta, is seeking a Director of Nursing.

Overview:

The Director of Nursing (DON) oversees all of the nursing operations at Skyland Trail to ensure that patients receive the safest, highest quality medication management and integrated nursing care and that Skyland Trail is a destination nursing program for professionals. The DON will evaluate and direct individual nursing activities of all nurses, establish goals for the nursing department, and enforce compliant healthcare policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:
  • Manage and lead all nursing personnel operations.
  • Directly supervise the lead nurses at each of the residential campuses.
  • Develop short- and long-term goals for the entire nursing department, using quality metrics to assess progress and guide continuous improvement efforts.
  • Establish new policies and update existing ones to improve the standard of patient care.
  • Serve as the Organizations Infection Control Officer, developing policies and procedures to prevent, mitigate, and learn from community infections.
  • Maintain nursing budgets and record all expenses using prudent financial judgment.
  • Respond to all nursing-related issues or complaints in a timely manner.
  • Coordinate nursing functions with the physician services, admissions team, and all other departments to ensure excellent patient care, good customer service, and Organizational efficiency.
  • Hire and train new nursing staff members.
  • Evaluate staff performances, remediating lower-performers and establishing ongoing educational opportunities to maintain evidence-based nursing care and professional growth opportunities for higher-performers.
  • Develop clinical group curricula for nurses to lead at all residential campuses.
  • Participate in monthly Quality Improvement Committee meetings to focus on prevention of medication errors, infection control, care safety initiatives as a clinical team leader.
  • Attend and contribute to weekly clinical group supervision led by Chief Medical Officer (CMO).
  • Attend and participate in weekly Senior Clinical Leadership staff meetings chaired by CMO.
  • Collect data and author annual Infection Control Report for accrediting bodies.
  • Prepare medication storage areas, MARs, controlled substance counts, etc. for audits from State and national accrediting bodies
  • Train staff nurses how to appropriately triage patients clinical concerns and symptoms, using outstanding clinical judgment to secure appropriate resolution, including consulting with physicians, residential counselors, or obtaining external assessment or treatment when necessary.
  • Ensure that the residential facilities maintain compliance with all DHR, ORS, and Joint Commission standards for medical services.
  • Establish and utilize procedures such as shift notes, hand-off communications, on-call system to communicate pertinent patient information to the interdisciplinary team.
  • Support cultivation of a safe and healthy therapeutic environment at all of the residential facilities.
  • Prepare residential and transitional housing nurses to assist, teach, and model necessary and appropriate daily living skills to patients, including proper use of medication boxes and procurement of preventive medical care.
  • Desire to teach nursing students and to share educational efforts with related schools of nursing.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing
  • Minimum of two years' experience in a similar nursing role
  • Certified CPR and nursing qualifications
  • Understanding of basic budgeting and financial reporting
  • In-depth knowledge of best practices in nursing care as well as specifics of nursing functions within a residential psychiatric facility
  • Desire to stay current in knowledge of nursing practices and standards
  • Working knowledge of State and National accrediting body standards and nursing expectations
  • Ability to incorporate data and continuous quality improvement information into policy and practice revisions
  • Excellent ability to lead and develop personnel
  • Outstanding team orientation with a desire to be helpful partners for all other services
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
  • Good management skills to elevate lead nurses to their highest potentials
About Skyland Trail:

Skyland Trail provides mental health residential and day treatment programs for teens and adults struggling with mental illnesses like depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and schizophrenia. Though struggling with their mental illness, Skyland Trail patients have entered treatment voluntarily, and clients and their families are engaged in their treatment program. Skyland Trail campuses include gardens, private patient rooms, and common rooms that provide a therapeutic, healing environment for our clients and families. A key philosophy at Skyland Trail is that we expect our clients to get better.

Reports to: Chief Medical Officer

Qualifications

Benefits:
  • 9 paid organization-wide holidays
  • 1 paid personal holiday
  • Accrued PTO
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
  • Employer match toward 403(b) retirement savings account for eligible employees
  • Employee assistance program for free or reduced financial counseling, mental health counseling, and other confidential professional assistance
  • As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Skyland Trail is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualified employer. Full-time employees may qualify for the federal student loan forgiveness program
Workplace Culture:

Skyland Trail is a nonprofit mission-focused organization with five campuses in Atlanta and about 150 employees. Employees work collaboratively in small teams. Cross-departmental committees and working groups help ensure quality and performance improvement. Each and every employee plays an important role in our clients healing and recovery. Skyland Trail respects and values individuals and their diverse histories, abilities, identities, and perspectives. We work to ensure all aspects of our organization reflect our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural equity.

All employees are expected to dress in an appropriate, professional manner. Skyland Trail has established appearance guidelines for its employees which reflect organizational values including staff professionalism, a safe environment, and a welcoming and inclusive environment for people from all backgrounds. The dress code recognizes the fact that different styles are appropriate, depending on changes of season, degree of customer contact, nature of work, and safety considerations.
  • Tattoos: Tattoos on the face, head or neck, which cannot easily be covered and cause distraction from a therapeutic standpoint, are not allowed
  • Piercings: No visible body piercings, other than pierced ears and discrete nose studs, should be worn in the workplace.
Unacceptable Attire:
  • Halter tops, spaghetti straps, strapless or backless tops and dresses
  • Hats, caps, and other head coverings (religious exemptions available)
  • Slippers, flip-flops
  • Shorts, athletic pants, sweatpants, yoga pants, leggings, tee shirts, sweatshirts, or hoodies (except as described for approved athletic attire)
  • Clothing that exposes legs more than 3 inches above the knee (except shorts as described for athletic attire), midriff, breasts, buttocks, or undergarments, including sheer or see-through clothing
  • Clothing with alcohol or drug related words or images, hate speech or symbols, profanity, words or images depicting guns or violence, endorsements of political candidates/parties/legislation, language or images that disparage or disrespect an individual or group of people
  • Some styles of dress or items of clothing may be identified as inappropriate even if not explicitly described above.


Commitment to Community Health:

Skyland Trail values the health of our staff and clients and has taken steps to ensure a healthy campus and community. Please note that Skyland Trail is a 100% nicotine-free campus. There is no smoking, vaping, or tobacco use permitted anywhere on campus, indoors or outdoors.

Skyland Trail recommends employees to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 but it is NOT required.

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