Director, Nursing & Quality Resource Behavioral Health-Remote

Schedule: Days: M-F

Job Location Type: Remote

Your experience matters

At Lifepoint Health we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality scalability and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team youll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier .

More about our team

The Director of Nursing & Quality Resource is responsible for serving in an interim role across various behavioral health facilities when a vacancy exists. This leader will be responsible for planning organizing and directing the delivery of quality general and psychiatric care consistent with the facilitys goals and objectives. Works closely with all Department Directors to recommend/provide required staff development and tailored programs based upon data analysis. TheDirector of Nursing & Quality Resource will also assist with the revision of nursing policies and procedures standards of performance and communication regarding nursing issues to medical staff department directors and administration. This role requires extensive travel with the ability to work from home.

How youll contribute

ADirector of Nursing & Quality Resourcewho excels in this role:

• Ensures compliance with state and federal regulations.

• Enhances hospital visibility by involvement in community regarding mental health and substance abuse community needs.

• May supervise nursing management team where licensed and appropriate.

• Functions as a liaison between physicians patients referral sources and employees.

• Ensures that the inpatient programs are staffed with the appropriate resources to ensure high quality of care delivery.

• Oversees the Infection Control Plan understand the Infection Control Monitors and the JC Standards associated with Infection Control.

• Meets hospitals staffing and budget benchmarks.

• Assures adequate supervision and evaluation processes for all staff members and delegate these responsibilities as appropriate.

• Assists with orientation for new employees.

• Routinely reviews job assignments and utilization of staff.

• Monitors the hospitals quality/risk program as needed.

• Demonstrates an extensive knowledge of all regulatory standards including TJC Medicaid state and federal laws.

• Works with hospital employees to identify risk/safety concerns and leads the team to take correction action as needed.

• Collects and analyzes data on hospital performance.

• Collects incident reports; records analyzes investigates data and reports to Quality Council and CEO.

• Utilizes the PDCA method to develop improvement plans for the hospital.

• Acts as a role model for excellent customer service and holds all staff to this standard.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient addition to your base compensation this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits:Multiple levels of medical dental and vision coverage for full-time andpart-time employees.

• Financial Protection & PTO:Life accident critical illness hospital indemnity insurance short- and long-term disability paid family leave and paid time off.

• Financial & Career Growth:Higher education and certification tuition assistance loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.

• Employee Well-being:Mental physical and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships virtual care appointments mental health services and discount programs).

• Professional Development:Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What were looking for
Applicants should have aBachelors degree in Nursing or a related field or Master degree Nursing is preferred with experience in a psychiatric health care facility with direct experience working with chemical dependency dual diagnosis psychiatric and geriatric patients preferred.

Additional requirements include:

• Experience in healthcare quality patient assessments family motivations treatment planning and communication with external review organizations or comparable entities.

• Prior leadership experience strongly preferred.

• Active RN licensewith willingness to obtain Compact license in various states as needed.

• CPR certification and Crisis Prevention Training (CPI) within 30 days

EEOC Statement

Lifepoint Healthis an Equal Opportunity Employer.Lifepoint Healthis committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.