Disordered Eating Inpatient Program Director - Generis Tek Inc.

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630-576-1906

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We have Permanent role for Disordered Eating Inpatient Program Director f or our client Falls Church, VA . Please let me know if you or any of your friends would be interested in this position.

Position Details:
Disordered Eating Inpatient Program Director- Falls Church, VA
Location : Falls Church, VA 22044
Project Duration : Full-Time/Permanent

Schedule Full-time • Days (No Weekends)

Facility Description
Client has provided quality healthcare services for close to 50 years! Our 116-bed hospital is one of the region's leading mental healthcare facilities in Northern Virginia. Our convenient location in suburban Falls Church, VA, offers a full range of treatment options with a distinctive focus on crisis intervention and stabilization through our inpatient, partial hospitalization programs (PHP), and intensive outpatient (IOP). Our inpatient programs are comprised of five distinct units. These units include Child, Adolescent, Adult, Eating Disorders, and Complex Trauma and we maintain complementary PHPs and IOPs to match. We maintain an excellent outpatient referral network. Our patients receive the best quality care through specialized services in safe, healthy, confidential, and trauma-informed environments.

Job Summary and Qualifications

• Maintains accountability for clinical, operational, and nursing management oversight for Adult Behavioural Services. R
• Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating all phases of nursing care provided on the program.
• Determines staffing requirements and material resources necessary to provide care to the patients on the program.
• Provides supervision of, assesses and evaluates the competence and performance of the nursing personnel.
• Participates in the recruitment and community education process Demonstrates expertise in mental health promotion and maintenance of high quality, comprehensive patient care.
• Assumes responsibility for the counselling and evaluation of nursing staff in an objective, consistent and timely manner.
• Provides direct supervision, guidance and support to nursing staff utilizing effective communication skills to address issues and seek feedback from staff.
• Schedules and maintains nursing staff assignments for 24-hour coverage on a regular basis.
• Maintains appropriate staffing patterns with the guidelines for assigned program to ensure optimum patient care and understanding FTE requirements for program and hospital.
• Works effectively with the CNO and Medical Director to monitor and evaluate program standards and guidelines.
• Functions as liaison between physicians and nursing staff to ensure optimum patient care.
• Demonstrates ability to develop and maintain open working relationships with all hospital employees
• Promotes integration of behavioural health throughout hospital by participating in hospital wide initiatives
• Assists with referral development and community education activities • Monitors and ensures compliance with policies and procedures.
• Responsible for maintaining and upgrading knowledge in psychiatric nursing by engaging activities that enhances current knowledge.
• Ensures compliance with local, state and federal regulations and standards, and assists in preparation for all regulatory surveys, promoting a culture of constant readiness.
• Hiring, rounding, evaluations, expectations, terminations
• Management of corporate Behavioural Health Expectations
• Keep professionally current, by attending continuing education programs, seminars, workshops, and/or independent research reading.

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Must be Registered Nurse or Clinically Licensed
• Bachelors Degree required - Masters preferred
• Must have min 3 years of leadership behavioural health experience (required)
• MUST HAVE EATING DISORDER RECOVERY, DISCHARGE EXP