Director of Nursing

STR Behavioral Health is seeking a Director of Nursing! This role will work primarily out of our Bucks County location in Levittown with required weekly visits to our Cedar Creek location in Warminster and monthly onsite visits to our Silver Pines location in Mahanoy City.

Position is full-time, onsite, Monday - Friday.

STR Behavioral Health provides a full continuum of behavioral health treatment across Pennsylvania, helping individuals and families reclaim their lives from substance use disorders and mental health disorders.

Our treatment approach is built around a singular goal — to provide individualized, compassionate care that helps each of our clients recover what matters most to them. No matter where you are in your recovery journey, we’ll help you find your path forward.

The Director of Nursing (DON) is responsible for coordinating and supervising the facility’s nursing staff. Position is responsible for ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment. The Director of Nursing provides direct client care, takes physician orders, prepares, and administers resident medications, and coordinates outside diagnostic or medical services as ordered by the physician. This position will serve as the Infection Control Designee.

Within the organization: Maintains frequent and close working relationships with the facility Executive Director, National Director of Admissions, Nursing team, Program Manager, facility leadership, peers and vendors.

Outside the organization: May initiate and maintain working relationships with clinical providers, referral partners, clients and vendors as needed and directed.

• Provides leadership and supervision to the nurse manager and nursing team, to include hiring, training, scheduling, coaching and performance management.
• Oversees and performs daily vital signs/glucose monitoring of clients.
• Oversees and performs medication distribution and documentation, identifies medical issues daily, reports issues to Nurse Practitioner as needed.
• Orders medication and ensures proper delivery from pharmacy.
• Works with insurance companies on patient medications, completes insurance forms, and calls as needed.
• Oversees and performs blood draws, following up on lab values as needed.
• Takes medication orders from MD/NP, conducts daily medication order follow up.
• Maintains medical supply inventory, places supply orders as needed.
• Coordinates external client medical appointments with team members.
• Ensures all admission/discharge nursing duties are conducted and documented within required time frames.
• Ensures effective communication between medical/nursing staff, medical vendors, and direct care team.
• Provides medication management and oversight ensuring accurate accounting of medication charting/procedures/training for all nursing staff.
• Monitors all labs/EKGs/other tests and communicates results with medical providers.
• Oversees all pharmacy paperwork/forms-includes controlled substances.
• Oversees infection control program and quarantine program for staff/clients.
• Maintains biohazard accounts and procedures, ensuring team members are trained on and adhere to infection control procedures.
• Manages the nursing area including ensuring that medications are secured, and only authorized individuals have access.
• Develop, implement, and audit nursing policies and procedures to ensure safe, effective, and compliant practices, including intakes, assessments, medication administration, C-SSRS, and on-call responsibilities.
• Works closely with vendors and contractors providing clinical services (i.e. pharmacy, lab, biohazard pick up, etc.) to ensure proper communication and procedures are followed; provides account management.
• Oversee nursing education programs from development through audit and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with nursing and medical regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with the Medical Director and VP of Nursing to ensure comprehensive safety procedures are in place and support the planning and execution of company‑wide initiatives.

• Conducts occasional reviews with insurance companies.
• Coordinates…