Director of Nursing
$120,000–$150,000 year
On-siteQueens, New York, United States
Job Summary
Lead subordinate nursing staff in delivering excellent care to clients and offers quality support to medical staff. Monitor completion of medical support and nursing staff assignments, identify lags in daily flow, and intervene to improve efficiency. Interview, hire, fire, discipline, train, and evaluate competency of agency nursing staff, RNs, and LPNs. Create new policies and update existing ones to improve patient care levels. Provide medication administration training for Health Care Coordinators and instruct nursing staff on best practice standards. Communicate daily with clinical staff to identify client needs and incorporate them into work schedules. Available to work a flexible schedule as needed in response to program and staff needs. Willing to travel to various Agency sites.
Required Qualifications
- BLS Certification
- Graduate of an accredited program for Registered Nurse with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Minimum Five (5) years supervisory nursing experience, a minimum of which MUST include Three (3) years hospital, substance use or other behavior healthcare organization supervisory nursing experience
- Strong knowledge of NY State regulations
- Willing to travel to various Agency sites
- Available to work a flexible schedule as needed in response to program and staff needs
- Computer literacy including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and EHR
- Ability to work under pressure with excellent organizational skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of patient records
- Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds
- Team player and ability to work independently
- Possession of strong time management, writing and communication skills
- Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills; ability to supervise, coach, mentor, develop, train and teach nurses, substance use providers/other clinical discipline providers
- Ability to implement and monitor policy and procedure in accordance with agency guidelines
- Knowledge of Federal and state law/regulation governing substance abuse treatment, including confidentiality, security and privacy of protected health information
- Knowledge of OASAS, Joint Commission, CSAT guidance
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