Assistant Director of Nursing (Santa Rosa)

 ABOUT US:

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. Conveniently located in the North Bay, this hospital consists of 144 acute psychiatric inpatient beds.

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.

Conveniently located in the North Bay, SRBHH serves adolescents and adults. We treat both mental health and co-occurring psychiatric and substance abuse conditions.

POSITION TITLE: Assistant Director of Nursing

PAY RANGE: $145-$170k/year

REPORTS TO: Chief Nursing Officer

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

Organizes and administers areas of Nursing Services to attain the facility’s objectives established by the governing authority. The Assistant Director of Nursing maintains knowledge of, participates in further training provided, and understands the potential risks regarding occupational health hazards (e.g. bloodborne pathogen exposures).

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 cultural practices as long as such practices do not harm others or interfere with the planned course of therapy.
• Ensures clear, concise and current written policies and procedures are available to assist the staff and minimize risk factors.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Supports and maintains a culture of safety and quality.
• Recommends modifications, additions or deletions of personnel policies to ensure reasonable hours and acceptable working conditions to provide patient care coverage.
• Initiates and participates in problem-solving, policy-forming conferences for psychiatric patient care services. Maintains close coordination with all departments to ensure continuity and collaboration of services.
• Participates with the Governing Body, Management, Medical Staff and Clinical Leaders in the facility's decision-making process.
• 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.
• 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.
• Assures that nursing leaders review monthly performance improvement compliance with established indicators and sees that corrective actions are taken when negative outcomes are identified.
• Collaborates with facility leaders in developing, implementing, reviewing, revising and monitoring facility-wide performance improvement activities.
• 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.
• Performs related duties, as requested.
• Upholds the Organization's ethics and customer service standards.