Description

Job Title:                       Director of Nursing

Job Overview:              The Director of Nursing will oversee the nursing team and provide medical input and guidance to the care management and clinical teams.

Requirements

Specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of developmental disabilities, chronic disease and social determinants of health.
• Ability to engage people with behavioral health needs.
• Ability to teach and lead others while providing medical expertise.
• Ability to speak and convey medical information to groups of people.
• Knowledge of person-centered planning regulations.
• Demonstrates effective leadership skills.
• Demonstrates cultural competence.
• Demonstrates ethical and professional responsibilities and boundaries.
• Demonstrates capacity to use Health Information Technology to facilitate communication.
• Knowledge of confidentiality regulations/HIPPA.
• Ability to prioritize and complete work in timely manner.
• Proactively approaches professional responsibilities.
• Demonstrate a comfort level of engaging with people with behavioral health needs.

Experience: 

• RN with at least 5 years OPWDD experience.
• Strong computer knowledge.
• Familiarity with person-first, person-centered planning concepts.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Oversee regional nursing support specialists.
• Develop policy and procedures related to execution of nursing support specialist roles.
• Liaison between the nursing and other departments to ensure that policies and procedures are being streamlined.
• Collaborate with the clinical team on an ongoing basis
• Provide medical input and guidance to nursing, care management, and clinical teams
• Oversee development of health related trainings
• Conduct case reviews upon request
• Construct/implement policies and procedures.
• Participate in mandatory staff meetings.
• Complete other duties as assigned

Summary

Benefits:

• 401K Retirement Plan & Employer Matching
• Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & LTD)
• Employer Sponsored Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) Package, including birthday
• 9 legal holidays and 8 floating holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Travel Reimbursement (for occasional meetings/trainings)
• Phone/Internet Reimbursement
• Reimbursed Team Time