Jennie Stuart Medical Center, Inc. - Director of Behavioral Health Nursing - Full Time - Hopkinsville, Kentucky
The Director of Behavioral Health Nursing is accountable for providing safe and reliable patient care in accordance with JSH policy and procedure, CMS standards and regulations, and Joint Commission standards and regulations.
Functional Demands
- Inclement Weather: Essential
- Physical Demands: Regularly (R), Periodically (P), Essential (E) or Non-Essential (NE)
- Vision (Corrected/Normal): (R)
- Colored Vision: (R)
- Hearing (Corrected/Normal): (R)
- Sense of Touch: (R)
- Sense of Smell: (R)
- Temperature Discrimination: (R)
- Clear Oral Communication: (R)
- Pushing: (R)
- Lifting: (R)
- Lifting (Floor to Waist): (R)
- Lifting—12” to waist: (R)
- Lifting—Waist to Shoulders: (R)
- Lifting—Shoulder to Overhead: (P)
- Reaching Overhead: (P)
- Reaching Forward: (R)
- Carrying: (R)
- Standing: (R)
- Stooping: (R)
- Walking: (R)
- Running: (P)
- Turning (Head/Neck): (R)
- Use of Foot or Hand Controls: (R)
Organizational Expectations
- Provides a positive and professional representation of the organization.
- Promotes a culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention.
- Maintains hospital standards for a clean and quiet patient environment to maintain a positive patient care experience.
- Maintains competency and knowledge of current standards of practice, trends, and developments in related scope of job role or practice.
- Adheres to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
- Participates in ongoing quality improvement activities.
- Maintains compliance with the organization's policies for handling confidential patient information.
- Demonstrates excellent customer service through attitude and actions, consistent with the standards contained in the Vision, Mission, and Values of the organization.
- Adheres to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, and local requirements, and TJC standards and/or standards from other accrediting bodies.
Essential Functions
- Responsible for assisting the Director of Clinical Services-Behavioral Health in promoting and maintaining quality patient care through effective leadership on assigned unit(s).
- Responsible for oversight of RN related duties and RN staffing.
- Responsible for oversight of CNA/MHT related duties and CNA/MHT staffing.
- Assists the Director of Clinical Services - Behavioral Health in consulting with patient/families through primary nurse request, direct family request, or direct assessment of patient/family response to hospitalization.
- Assists in assessing patient/significant other survey responses regarding nursing care and services.
- Coordinates activities and schedules, disseminates information, and promotes a positive working environment for staff, physicians, LIP's, and ancillary departments.
- Works closely with the Director of Clinical Services-Behavioral Health to hold staff accountable for following JSMC policy/procedure, CMS standards and regulations, and JC standards and regulations.
- Responsible for completing all patient chart checks as required by CMS.
- Responsible for accurately reporting physician services for billing purposes.
- Alternates on-call responsibilities with the Director of Clinical Services - Behavioral Health.
- Mentors staff and validates staff performance.
- Attends and participates in meetings/committees for process and performance improvement.
- Assists in oversight of the intake of referrals and Psychiatric Intake/Referral Assessment Worksheet.
- Must be able to act as Department Director in absence of Director of Clinical Services-Behavioral Health.
- Ability to supervise staff members who provide direct patient care.
- Follows the hospital exposure control plans/bloodborne and airborne pathogens.
- Practices within the scope of the license.
- Utilizes critical thinking skills.
Required Skills and Experience
Graduate from an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred. Licensed and currently registered as a professional in the state.
Required Licenses
Registered Nurse - Current state registration as RN (or eligibility to do so).
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