Northern California Behavioral Health System

Northern California Behavioral Health System

Director of Nursing (Santa Rosa)

Santa Rosa, California, United States · Director

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$175kDetected 45 days ago
BudgetingExcelCustomer SupportPatient CareCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingOrganizational SkillsMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • Conveniently located in the North Bay, this hospital consists of 144 acute psychiatric inpatient beds.
  • Conveniently located in the North Bay, SRBHH serves adolescents and adults.
  • We treat both mental health and co-occurring psychiatric and substance abuse conditions.

Responsibilities

  • Addresses and supports cultural practices as long as such practices do not harm others or interfere with the planned course of therapy.
  • Supports and maintains a culture of safety and quality.
  • Maintains close coordination with all departments to ensure continuity and collaboration of services.
  • Implements an effective, ongoing program to measure, assess and improve the quality of nursing care delivered to psychiatric patients.
  • Ensures each nursing department's performance improvement program interfaces with and supports the nursing department performance improvement program.
  • Collaborates with facility leaders in developing, implementing, reviewing, revising and monitoring facility-wide performance improvement activities.
  • Performs related duties, as requested.
  • Skills and Abilities: Maintains confidentiality of patients at all times.

Requirements

  • While performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently required to do the following: Use standard office equipment and access, input, and retrieve information from a computer.

Nice to have

  • Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
  • Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification required, or obtained within initial orientation period.
  • Verbal de-escalation and physical intervention program as approved by the CNO.

Skills

  • Maintains confidentiality of patients at all times.
  • Sensitivity to, and willingness to interact with, persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.
  • Proficiency with software and/or equipment (Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work with people with a variety of background and educational levels.
  • Good judgment, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, expanding organization.

Compensation

  • $149,760-$174,720 annually REPORTS TO: CEO KEY

Benefits

  • Vision: see details of objects at close range.
  • Plans, supervises and coordinates care given by Registered Nurse, Licensed Vocational Nurse, Licensed Psychiatric Technician, and other mental health workers.
  • Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
  • Recommends modifications, additions or deletions of personnel policies to ensure reasonable hours and acceptable working conditions to provide patient care coverage.
  • Participates with the Governing Body, Management, Medical Staff and Clinical Leaders in the facility's decision-making process.

Company info

  • Formerly Aurora Santa Rosa Hospital, SRBHH was opened in 2016 and is regarded as an integral part of the greater Santa Rosa and Northern California mental health system of care.
  • Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital (SRBHH) is regarded as an integral part of the greater Santa Rosa and Northern California mental health system of care.
  • POSITION TITLE: Director of Nursing
  • POSITION TITLE: Director of Nursing PAY RANGE: $149,760-$174,720 annually REPORTS TO: CEO 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 and assigns staffing ratios 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.
  • Ensures clear, concise and current written policies and procedures are available to assist the staff and minimize risk factors.
  • Initiates and participates in problem-solving, policy-forming conferences for psychiatric patient care services.
  • Coordinates closely with all departments to ensure infection prevention and control practices are thoroughly executed.
  • Plans and recommends new equipment or modifications needed to provide quality patient care.
  • Serves as a member of professional staff committees in matters pertaining to patient care.
  • Plans and coordinates utilizing the respective service managers for planning the budgeting requirements for staff, performance of work, supplies and equipment.
  • Responsible for cost controls to ensure maximum effectiveness of funds expended from approved departmental budgets.
  • Assures that nursing leaders review monthly performance improvement compliance with established indicators and sees that corrective actions are taken when negative outcomes are identified.
  • Plans and conducts departmental meetings, house supervisors meetings and in-service education programs for staff and maintains records of all meetings.
  • Facilitates the patient's access to the appropriate level of care and setting.
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