Director of Nursing (DON)

Director of Nursing (DON)

Unity Psychiatric Care, a division of American Health Partners Inc., operates psychiatric hospitals in Tennessee and Alabama. These hospitals specialize in treating patients experiencing mental health crises or behavioral disturbances, including those caused by dementia. Services include a full range of diagnostic evaluation and behavioral health treatments. For more information, visit UnityPsych.com.

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Job Summary: The Director of Nursing (RN) is responsible for providing leadership, management, and oversight of all nursing staff as they provide psychiatric care. The DON must lead by example and be capable of providing direct patient care in an exemplary manner. This position is responsible for providing clinical oversight for the day-to-day operations of the hospital and for teaching and supervising other mental healthcare workers.

Essential Job Duties: To perform this job, an individual must perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation; including but not limited to:

• Oversee nursing staff to ensure physicians' orders are followed and carried out, assessments are completed and treatment plans are initiated and updated
• Ensure patient goals are achieved
• Recruit, orient and develop RNs, LPNs, MHTs, CNAs to provide state-of-the-art psychiatric care
• Provide meaningful insight and daily direction to the hospital operation as a reliable, engaged and enthusiastic member of the hospital leadership team
• Serve as a patient and family advocate to ensure ethical, moral and quality care is provided to each patient
• Represent the hospital and parent company in the community and state as a respected, recognized leader
• Serve as the chief hospital leader in the absence of the administrator
• Other duties as assigned

Job Requirements: Excellent leadership and judgment skills, punctuality, reliability, successful completion of required training, handle multiple priorities effectively, independent discretion/decision making, make decisions under pressure, position may require flexible hours, unscheduled overtime or occasional week-end work, travel may be required. Required Computer Software/Equipment used: Various operating systems, standard office equipment, Microsoft Suite applications.

Required Qualifications: Clinical nursing experience in an acute psychiatric hospital, required, management, leadership experience over nursing unit or hospital, preferred. Education/License/Certification(s): Graduate from an accredited school of nursing with a Registered Nursing Degree, BSN degree preferred, Psychiatric Nurse Certification preferred, current state Registered Nursing license, current CPR Certification, current CPI Certification.

Company Competencies: Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, Excellence, Compassion, Professionalism.

Job Competencies: Analytical Thinking, Customer and Personal Service, Accountability, Attendance, Communication, Ethical Behavior, Initiative, Job and Industry Knowledge, Productivity and Quality of Work, Teamwork.

Scope and Level of Work: Complexity, Decision Making, Communications, Supervision Received.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Accomplish department objectives by supervising staff; establish goals for performance; set deadlines in compliance with company's plans and vision, develop personal growth opportunities; provide constructive feedback and coaching, organize workflow; ensure employees understand their duties or delegated tasks, monitor employee productivity; provide constructive feedback and coaching, maintain staff by recruiting, orienting, and training employees, occasionally needs manager's direction due to extraordinary circumstances.

Working Conditions: Audio-Visual, Hearing, Ability to lift to 40 pounds, subject to standing, walking, and sitting, work is typically performed in a standard office environment; well-lit; comfortable temperature-controlled; above-average conversational noise is frequent.

Safety Expectations: Work safely and follow safety rules, report unsafe working conditions and behaviors, take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Equal Opportunity Employer: This organization is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, or any other characteristic(s) protected by federal, state, and local laws. This organization will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities should a request for an accommodation be made.