Vice President Nursing - Behavioral Health
Vice President Nursing - Behavioral Health
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**Lifepoint Health has partnered with an executive search firm Spencer Stuart to facilitate the recruitment and hiring process for this position. As such this posting is for informational purposes only. To be considered a formal applicant please email your resume and interest to Spencer Stuart at **
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum such as acute rehabilitation units outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
We are always looking for people inspired to help us in our mission. If you are someone who wants to change the lives of patients drive success for our partners and be part of a team driven to improve care we may have your next opportunity.
Position Summary:
The Vice President of Nursing Behavioral Health is a key executive leader responsible for strategically advancing the safety quality and operational excellence of nursing across the behavioral health continuum. This executive leader drives system wide standardization of nursing practices. fosters a culture of safety and therapeutic engagement and ensures regulatory standards patient-centered care principles are delivered while aligning with the organizations mission and strategic goals.
The VP Nursing Behavioral Health serves as a key partner in workforce development with keen focus on recruitment and retention efforts focused on improving outcomes for patients staff and the broader behavioral health community. This role supports hospital-level Chief Nursing Officers ensuring consistent implementation of best practices regulatory compliance and continuous improvement in patient care delivery safety and service. The VP Nursing drives a culture of clinical excellence a culture of safety and engagement for employees patient-centered care and evidence-based practice while aligning with the organizations mission and strategic goals.
Essential Functions:
- Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for nursing practice across all behavioral health hospitals distinct part units and service lines.
- Lead the development and execution of strategies that improve quality safety patient experience and operational efficiency
- Oversee the integration of evidence-based practices and regulatory compliance into daily operations
- Oversee implementation of evidence-based practices and trauma-informed care models.
- Standardize nursing policies procedures and practice models to promote excellence in patient care and staff performance.
- Mentor and support facility-level nursing leaders including Chief Nursing Officers
- Partners and leads workforce planning efforts including recruitment retention engagement and development strategies for nursing and clinical staff
- Champion the professional advancement of nurses.
- Drive system-wide initiatives to improve quality metrics reduce adverse events and foster a culture of safety engagement and accountability.
- Ensure consistent compliance with all federal state and accreditation standards including The Joint Commission CMS state health departments and behavioral health-specific regulations.
- Utilize data and analytics to monitor quality and clinical performance identify improvement opportunities and drive accountability.
- Lead transformational initiatives to modernize behavioral health care delivery nursing innovation and technology adoption.
- Collaborate closely with executive leadership medical staff and other clinical departments to align nursing and quality goals with organizational priorities.
- Involved in strategic planning and budgeting for nursing across facilities.
Education:
- Masters degree in nursing (MSN) Healthcare Administration (MHA) Behavioral Health or related clinical field required.
- License/Certification: Current active unencumbered RN license required.
- Certification in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (e.g. PMH-B) Nurse Executive NE-BC NEA-BC or CENP) or equivalent leadership/clinical credentials stronglypreferred.
Experience:
- Minimum 7 years of progressive nursing leadership experience with at least 3 years in a behavioral health position at the senior or corporate-level role.
- Extensive experience in behavioral health or psychiatric nursing settings.
- Demonstrated success in leading quality safety and workforce initiatives in multi-system or system-level environment.
Travel: Extensive overnight travel (over 50%) by land and/or air
Why choose us:
As a team member of the Health Support Center our goal is to support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members. Our focus is to attract retain and empower a diverse and determined workforce. Our mission statement is at the heart of who we are and what we do: Making Communities this shared mission we believe that our collective efforts will shape a healthier future for the communities we serve.
Benefits:We offer an excellent total compensation package including a competitive salary and benefits. Some of our benefits include 401k flexible PTO generous Employee illness benefit (EIB) medical dental vision tuition reimbursement and an Employee Assistance Program. We believe that happy healthy people have a passionate engagement with life and work and have designed our package to enhance your wellbeing.
**Lifepoint Health has partnered with an executive search firm Spencer Stuart to facilitate the recruitment and hiring process for this position. As such this posting is for informational purposes only. To be considered a formal applicant please email your resume and interest to Spencer Stuart at **
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
