Clinical Area Director - Nurse Practitioners

Job Description

Job Description

The Clinical Area Director of Nurse Practitioners at GuideStar Eldercare (GSE) is responsible for deploying, empowering, supporting, and optimizing clinical practices that involve nurse practitioners across each region of GuideStar’s service market. This position collaborates with other operational leaders and the executive team in developing strategy and aligning strategic vision and infrastructure to successfully build and execute the Model, driving growth, operational efficiency, and financial performance. Ensures that GSE clinicians provide consistent quality, service, and improved outcomes for behavioral health patients in all facilities GuideStar serves. The Clinical Area Director of Nurse Practitioners will work at our Corporate office in Crown Point, Indiana when not fulfilling position-related travel obligations.

• Works with GSE operating teams to design and deploy scalable operational and administrative functions that serve a variety of clinical environments. This role ensures that there are clear objectives, effective communications, and actionable reporting on clinical, operational, financial, risk management, and compliance functions related to NP clinical services.
• Build relationships and further the mission of GSE with clients and prospective clients.
• Network with key community leaders in the NP field, colleges, and institutions to attract, recruit and retain clinicians.
• Responsible to deploy, facilitate, or coordinate enterprise-wide Nurse Practitioner functions. 
• Oversee NP records reviews, chart audits, and peer review in coordination with Clinical Area Managers and Quality Management Team to ensure records meet corporate policy requirements and accreditation requirements.
• Responsible for Nurse Practitioner orientation
• Responsible for on-going plan of in-service training and ensures that the Nurse Practitioners are participating in continuing education activities.
• Collaborate with the marketing team for clinician involvement in community service activities designed to enhance public awareness of the needs of the community of most vulnerable citizens and/or to increase awareness of the services GSE offers.
• Manage clinician performance, in conjunction with the Clinical Area Managers. Provides direction, training, and coaching. Conducts performance planning and review sessions. Provides guidance on career development. Implements recognition and rewards programs. Applies counseling, disciplinary, and corrective action programs, as necessary.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and company policies and regulations and standards for professional conduct and services.
• Ensure compliance with established productivity standards. Ensures quality of services, including use of Evidence Based Practices. Measurable outcomes indicating excellent results of services compared to service system benchmarks.
• The services provided by the CAD-NP will be at the Company’s corporate office and in the field at current or potential client facilities in all current or future states in which GSE operates.
• Interview and hire Nurse Practitioners and assist with orientation and training.
• Travel by car may be required daily, of which overnight stays may be approximately 20% of the time.

• Master’s degree in advanced nursing required.
• Actively licensed Advanced Nurse Practitioner (at least two years with prescribing authority preferred)
• 3+ years of progressively responsible management experience and staff supervision are required.
• Excellent time management, communication, and stress management skills.
• Demonstrated empathy and interpersonal skills.
• Clinical experience managing services, including mental health and SUD, and populations with significant medical, social, and behavioral complexity.
• Ability to provide leadership and team management as well as ability to recruit and retain clinical staff.
• Flexibility
• Self-aware. Uses appropriate self-expression and effective interpersonal skills.
• Builds trust and influences action. Serves as a positive role model.
• Adapts communication style and delivery method effectively. Listens to understand and facilitates open exchange of ideas.
• Seeks to clarify and understand issues, makes decisions based on data, presents conclusions appropriately, makes decisions while considering long-term impact and self-corrects ineffective solutions.
• Participates in organization wide goal setting and communicates organization wide objectives to behavioral health team.
• Builds long term ability to produce and sustain results by successfully acquiring and retaining the right talent.
• Demonstrates effective problem-solving skills; assess and research preventable errors and incidents.
• Able to pass pre-employment background check, including motor vehicle record review and drug screening.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Active auto insurance policy.
• Must have reliable transportation. Travel is required up to 20% of the time.

All GuideStar employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 and flu. GuideStar follows all applicable laws; contact View email address on ziprecruiter.com for more information. Testing for illegal drugs will be administered to all final candidates for whom an offer of employment has been extended.

WHAT MAKES US GREAT

GuideStar Eldercare is the national leader in neurobehavioral long-term care services, providing expert neuropsychiatric and dementia care services to nursing homes and memory care facilities. GuideStar Eldercare's mission is to enhance the quality of life for patients by easing their suffering while actively promoting their safety, functionality, and dignity.

We believe in bringing the highest level of clinical care to the long-term care population. GuideStar is led by CEO and Founder Dr. Steven L. Posar, alongside our clinical team of expert physicians, psychiatrists, gerontologists, neurologists, and psychologists, who work with our clinical staff to find the best possible outcomes for our shared patients. Our neurologically based model ensures proper diagnosis and treatment, which improves care outcomes for patients with dementia, neurocognitive impairments, and/or psychiatric conditions.

GuideStar is dedicated to rigorous clinical care protocols and exceptional documentation and communication, based on the most up-to-date research and practice. Our dedication is underscored by our own research and desire to educate the greater long-term care industry. Most recently, our research on antipsychotic reduction through neurologic protocols was published in JAMDA in September of 2023. Associations and publications our research has been featured in include: PALTC, McKnight’s, AAGP, OHCA, and AAIC.

GuideStar Eldercare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

GuideStar is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, GuideStar will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation s. If you need accommodation please contact us at View email address on ziprecruiter.com

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.