DIR - NURSING Job Dyersburg area,Tennessee USA,Healthcare

Position Summary

The Director of Nursing provides direct care, leadership, direction, and supervision for all nurses. The Director of Nursing is on‑call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for call offs and any other calls from the staff.

Core Competencies

Actively support, promote and work to fulfill the mission, vision and values of the McDowell Center for Children and Families.

Provide excellent customer service to internal and external customers.

Promote customer service throughout the Center by practicing team building.

Meet all competency requirements annually.

Demonstrate commitment to the Service Excellence program.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

Serve as director, role model, and supervisor for the nursing staff.

Coordinate caregiver responsibilities and delegate to assure overall quality of care for patients.

Assess the physical and emotional needs of high‑risk patients and milieu acuity level.

Implement the nursing group program.

Educate and inform of changes to the nursing group program to the marketing department.

Assist the nursing staff in identifying and assigning appropriate staff to run specified groups.

Ensure daily nursing tasks are completed in a timely manner.

Evaluate, counsel, and discipline nurses.

Attend and conduct meetings as necessary.

Act as liaison between the Center and the pharmacist.

Act as Infection Control Coordinator.

Provide and coordinate utilization review functions for medication, history and physicals, immunizations, laboratory and medical appointments.

Conduct or assign daily orders, ensuring special precautions are properly maintained.

Assess and maintain a safe and therapeutic milieu.

Maintain professional standards of care, performance, and attitude.

Promote and maintain departmental functioning in a professional manner.

Maintain ongoing communication with the Director of Clinical Services regarding milieu status, patient acuity, staffing changes, and other clinical and personnel issues.

Assist in staff orientation, educational needs, and maintaining competent staff.

Review intake for medical appropriateness.

Schedule and deploy nurses for all three shifts.

Present evaluations to staff with appropriate signatures within time frames.

Manage overtime for the department.

Complete job‑specific orientation checklist with new hires within three weeks of orientation.

Minimum Skills, Experience, Licensure and Educational Requirements

Associate’s degree in Nursing from an accredited school required. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree preferred.

Tennessee RN license or eligibility for licensure transfer required.

Minimum of five years of experience working in the behavioral health field required.

Minimum of two years of supervisory experience required.

Must be at least 21 years of age.

Excellent written and verbal communication and leadership skills required.

CPR and First Aid certification and crisis intervention training required.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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