DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Our hospital has been serving New Orleans and the surrounding areas for 20 years, with a mission to improve the mental health and well being of our patients by being the premier psychiatric provider to our community through personalized and quality care. As an employer of choice, we are very competitive with our salaries, benefit packages and value every one of our team members. At our hospital we are currently seek a Director of Nursing which meets the following qualification.

This position is responsible for being the senior level provider of leadership to nursing services and coordinates the delivery OF NURSING services, treatment and care. This position has authority to speak on behalf of the in-patient nursing services. In addition, this position serves with the management of the facility in decision-making structure and process.

In addition, this position is responsible for nursing services that include training, staffing, education and development, communications and documentation in order to maintain quality patient care. He or she will advise medical staff, department heads, and the Administrator in matters related to nursing services.

In our search for a Director of Nursing candidates should be able to demonstrate the following:

• Serves as the Infection Control Officer, responsibilities include the development and implementation of a hospital-wide infection control program; develop policies and procedures for identifying, reporting, investigating, preventing and controlling infections and communicable diseases of patients and hospital personnel; should maintain a log of incidents related to infections and communicable diseases.
• Recruit and maintain quality stable staff to meet the level of acuity of hospital staff.
• Support the Staffing Coordinator with staffing needs that meet standards
• Insure that the nursing staff receive and meet needs for professional self development to enhance practices
• Maintain quality care standards that admissions and transfers are appropriate considering the patients level of acuity, the hospitals capacity and staff, and whether the patient has proper consent.
• Development of hospital-wide plans, programs, policies and procedures to provide nursing care, treatment and services.
• Develops an effective and continuous program that measures and analyzes the quality OF NURSING care, treatment and services.
• Implements hospital-wide programs, policies, and procedures to address how nursing care needs of patients are improved.
• Assures, measures, assesses and improves patient outcomes by properly educating and directing clinical staff.
• Serves as final authority for all nursing staff.
• Responsible for providing 24 hour/7 day a week nursing care, with at least on Registered Nurse on site.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,408.96 - $129,890.45 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Education:

• Master's (Required)

Experience:

• Supervising experience: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• RN (Required)

Work Location: In person