Assistant Director of Nursing - Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

apartment Summit BHC location_onBellevue, WA 98005, US

Assistant Director of Nursing - Residential Substance Abuse Treatment | Pacific Sky Recovery Center | Spokane, Washington

About the Job:

The Assistant Director of Nursing assists the DON 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:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Assists DON 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 client acuity/care needed.
Leads a team of highly qualified and engaged department members through 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 clients and recommends treatment options. Consults with psychiatrists and other behavioral health staff in designing appropriate treatment plans for clients. Provides supervision of client assessments and care plans. Coordinates nursing services with all other departments.
Works closely with the DON to improve the quality of client 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 client’s status, identify indicators for reassessment of client’s condition, reaction/responsiveness and involvement of other disciplines. Discusses census changes, client 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 client’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 client services.
Helps oversee the maintenance of client medical 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/client safety issues in conjunction with Risk Management.
Provides direct care as needed.
Audits and organizes medication room to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements, best practices, and reduce the opportunity for medication errors or diversion.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in psychiatric or mental health nursing preferred.
Four or more years’ experience in nursing practice required. 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.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

Valid current RN license from the state or from a compact state, where applicable.
Certified in Psychiatric Nursing preferred.
CPR certification and de-escalation training required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
First aid may be required based on state or facility.

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS:

Two or more years progressive supervisory/managerial experience required.

Pay range $105,000 - $125,000

Why Pacific Sky Recovery Center?Pacific Sky Recovery Center offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Qualified candidates should apply by submitting a resume. Pacific Sky Recovery Center 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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