Director of Nursing

Take your Nursing career to the next level with us as we grow and expand our services to Calhoun County, Michigan!

Who We Are:

Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare believes that each person deserves the opportunity to embark on a new journey to reach their optimal level of health. Odyssey’s network of behavioral healthcare services provides support to individuals throughout their journey by combining compassionate, evidence-based treatment with concierge-quality amenities.

Currently, we operate distinct psychiatric treatment locations and offer continuum of services for complex psychiatric, dual diagnosis, substance use, and process addictions within our Psychiatric Network. Additionally, our Eating Disorder Network is dedicated to serving adults and adolescents of all genders and specializes in the full array of eating disorders diagnoses and co-occurring conditions within a robust continuum of services.

What We Offer:

• Multiple Development Pathways
• Company Supported Continuing Education & Certification
• PPO & HDHP Health Plan Options
• Flexible Dental & Vision Plan Options
• 100% Company Paid EAP Emotional Well-Being Support
• 100% Company Paid Critical Illness (with health enrollment plan)
• 100% Company Paid Life & ADD
• 401K with Company Match
• Company-Sponsored HSA, FSA, & DSA Tax Savings Accounts
• Six Annual Paid Holidays Plus One Floating Holiday
• Generous Team Member Referral Program

How You Will Contribute:

The Director of Nursing (DON) is responsible for coordinating and supervising the facility’s nursing staff. Position is responsible for ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment. The Director of Nursing provides direct client care, takes physician orders, prepares, and administers resident medications, and coordinates outside diagnostic or medical services as ordered by the physician. This position will serve as the Infection Control Designee.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and supervision to the nursing team, to include hiring, training, coaching and performance management.
• Able to assess suicide/homicide risk and create clinically appropriate interventions.
• Demonstrates an understanding of identifying abuse/neglect in client population.
• Documentation is timely, thorough, follows format, satisfies requirements, and outlines plan of care/therapy issues, assessments, safety issues, and handled in a highly confidential manner.
• Demonstrates the ability to chart vitals, daily assessments, group notes, shift notes, and enters physician orders.
• Completes comprehensive nursing assessments and aids in the development of a treatment plan.
• Demonstrates the ability to chart vitals, daily assessments, group notes, shift notes, and enters physician orders.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform physical assessments including vital signs and to recognize symptoms and distress of clients in treatment.
• Administers medications; provides education to clients and their families about medications; completes medication orders/refills per physician’s orders.
• Provides medication management and oversite ensuring accurate accounting of medication charting/procedures/training for all nursing staff.
• Manages the nursing area including ensuring that medications are secured, and only authorized individuals have access.
• Ensures all admission/discharge nursing duties are conducted and documented within required timeframes.
• Documented assessment of abnormal involuntary movements (AIMS) in clients receiving antipsychotic medications
• Works closely with vendors and contractors providing clinical services (ie. pharmacy, lab, biohazard pick up, etc.) to ensure proper communication and procedures are followed; provides account management.
• Demonstrates proper management of biohazards.
• Oversees and performs daily vital signs/glucose monitoring of clients.
• Oversees medical issues daily and report issues to Nurse Practitioner as needed.
• Oversees and performs medication distribution and documentation.
• Orders medication and ensures proper delivery from pharmacy.
• Works with insurance companies on patient medications, completes insurance forms, and calls as needed.
• Oversees and performs blood draws, following up on lab values as needed.
• Takes medication orders from MD/NP conducts daily medication order follow up.
• Maintains medical supply inventory, places supply orders as needed.
• Coordinates external client medical appointments with team members.
• Ensures all admission/discharge nursing duties are conducted and documented within required timeframes.
• Ensures effective communication between medical/nursing staff, medical vendors, and C.N.A/Behavioral Technician team.
• Provides medication management and oversite ensuring accurate accounting of medication charting/procedures/training for all nursing staff.
• Works closely with registered dietitians on client weight restoration needs/issues.
• Monitors all labs/EKGs/other tests and communicating results with medical providers.
• Oversees all pharmacy paperwork/forms-includes controlled substances.
• Oversees infection control program and quarantine program for staff/clients.
• Maintains biohazard accounts and procedures, ensuring team members are trained on and adhere to infection control procedures.

Additional Responsibilities

• Conducts occasional reviews with insurance companies.
• Coordinates and oversees administration of annual vaccines.
• Responsible for being on-call as scheduled.

What We Are Seeking:

Position requires a bachelor’s degree in nursing, active state Registered Nurse license, and 5+ years of experience Nursing/Clinical Experience. Previous mental health treatment experience strongly preferred.

Must maintain current CPR/1st Aid/ AED certification.

Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment.Odyssey reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “At-Will.”