Director of Nursing (Santa Rosa)

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Wage plan: Aggressive compensation plan based on experience and education.

Recruitment incentives: Sign on bonus and relocation assistance available.

Educational assistance: Tuition reimbursement of up to $5,000 per year is available for qualifying employees as they work to further their education.

Benefits: In addition to 401k and other flexible benefit opportunities, SRBHH offers full Medical, Vision, and Dental health coverage for part-time and full-time employees (the complete Signature benefits plan is available upon request).

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Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is an Acute Psychiatric Hospital that caters to patients who suffer from a wide variety of Mental Health diagnoses. We pride ourselves on our Patient-Centered care while maintaining an engaging environment for our staff. Our Vision striving to provide the highest quality mental health services possible in collaboration with the individuals we serve, their families, our partners, and our communities through a relentless focus on innovation in behavioral health service delivery pertains not only to our patients but also to our visitors and employees. The Hospital believes in bettering the lives of everyone who walks through our doors. The top priority of the hospital's Nursing Services is to deliver high quality safe care to psychiatric patients in an acute facility.

POSITION TITLE: Director of Nursing

REPORTS TO: System Chief Nursing Officer

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

Organizes and administers the Nursing Services of the hospital to attain its goals and objectives as established by the Board of Trustees.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Organizes programs, policies and procedures that are developed to assess, evaluate and meet the needs of patients of inpatient psychiatric services, psychiatric outpatient clinics and transitional psychiatric programs.
• Plans, supervises and coordinate(s) care given by RN, LVN, LPT, and other mental health technicians.
• Plans and assigns staffing rations based on patient needs, acuity, staff competency and regulatory requirements
• Implements standards of nursing practice in the behavioral healthcare setting, annually reviewing and revising as necessary to reflect changes in nursing practice.
• Addresses and supports cultural practices as long as such practices do not harm others or interfere with the planned course of therapy.
• Clear, concise and current written policies and procedures are available to assist the staff and minimize risk factors.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Supports and maintains a culture of safety and quality.
• Serves as the internal Infection Control liaison to the corporate Infection Prevention consultant.
• Perform and direct surveillance and related activities, including the investigation of clusters of infections above expected levels and single cases of unusual health care associated infections, ongoing collection and review of data as well as required follow-up and collaboration/cooperation with the Infection Preventionist.
• Provide consultation on surveillance measures and infectious diseases as required.
• Monitor implementation of infection control policies, procedures, and practices.
• Participate in the development and implementation of improved patient care procedures, employee health activity, and infection control in-service education.
• Assist with verification of required reporting to public health authorities.
• Provide information and reports relative to all aspects of the infection control program as may be required by the Safety/Infection Control Committee is reported to the PI and MEC
• Provides oversight of the infection surveillance, environmental rounds, hand hygiene audits, and immunization program performed by staff in the Nursing Department.
• Recommends modifications, additions or deletions of personnel policies to ensure reasonable hours and acceptable working conditions to provide patient care coverage.
• Initiates and participates in problem solving, policy forming conferences for psychiatric patient care services. Maintains close coordination with all departments to ensure continuity and collaboration of services.
• Participates with the Governing Body, management, medical staff and clinical leaders in the facility's decision-making proc