Chief Nursing Officer - Behavioral Health

Chief Nursing Officer
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Creekside Behavioral Health:
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Chief Nursing Officer
- Behavioral Health | Creekside Behavioral Health | Kingsport, Tennessee
** About the Job:
** PURPOSE STATEMENT:
The Chief Nursing Officer is responsible and accountable for providing professional nursing care to patients. Directs, plans, coordinates, monitors and supervises the effective and efficient use of the operations of nursing and the safe delivery of behavioral health/nursing services with a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude. Ensures the development, implementation, and evaluation of. policies, programs, and services consistent with the facility’s strategic goals and objectives.
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* Roles and Responsibilities:

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* ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

*** Sets the vision for nursing practice in the delivery of safe, timely, efficient, equitable and patient centered care. Manages the daily operations of nursing services.
* Identifies and prioritizes issues of importance, including those priority issues as set by leadership.  Collaborates with department leaders and corporate leaders, as needed.
* Communicates instructions, expectations and timelines clearly and concisely.
* Develops, maintains and implements nursing services, policies and procedures that conform to current standards of nursing practice and accrediting agencies, facility philosophy and operational policies while maintaining compliance with state, federal and local governmental agencies laws and regulations.
* Develops and interprets operational indicators to detect census and acuity changes and increases or decreases in volume that could impact staffing levels, revenues or expenses.  Acts to correct undesirable trends. Allocates nursing resources based on measurement of patient acuity/care needed.
* Leads a team of highly qualified and engaged department members thru hiring, orienting, performance assessment and management, motivating, training, scheduling, and coaching to meet department and facility goals. Ensures adequate staffing.
* Maintains productivity levels that are aligned with client census, curtailing unnecessary overtime and/or excessive staff work hours.
* Manages staff scheduling and maintains an updated plan for contingency staffing.
* Maintains accountability expectations for self and staff in all areas of job performance.
* Engages staff in quality and safety basics to ensure sustained, measurable compliance.
* Identifies staff educational needs and ensures they are addressed with education programs that are attended by staff.
* Holds staff accountable for non-compliance and client safety concerns, as well as attendance, following policies, behavior, and adherence to code of conduct.
* Makes nursing diagnosis of the medical and emotional status of patients and recommends treatment options.  Consults with psychiatrists and other behavioral health staff in designing appropriate treatment plans for patients.  Provides overall supervision of patient assessments and care plans.  Coordinates nursing services with all other departments.
* Participates in daily or weekly management team meetings to discuss patient’s status, identify indicators for reassessment of patient’s condition, reaction/responsiveness and involvement of other disciplines.
Discusses census changes, patient or staff complaints or concerns.
* Establishes, implements and monitors the infection control program and safety. Prepares or reviews infection control surveillance reports to identify trends and to develop effective actions to control and prevent infections.
* Collaborates with interdisciplinary treatment teams, other departments and administration to ensure that all…