Full-time
Director of Nursing (Santa Rosa)
Northern California Behavioral Health System
Santa Rosa, california
DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:
Organizes and administers areas of Nursing Services to attain the facility’s objectives established by the governing authority.
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 coordinates care given by Registered Nurse, Licensed Vocational Nurse, Licensed Psychiatric Technician, and other mental health workers.
- 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.
- Addresses and supports...