Interim Program Director

Description

Title: Interim Program Director (1099 Contract Position)

Salary: Up to $100/hr

Assignment length: Unknown

Housing and travel expenses included

Job Purpose:

• This position is responsible for 24- hour operations and accountability of the behavioral health unit to support patient/family focused, high performance/ high commitment care.
• This position requires significant travel between hospital hosts where the Interim Program Director will be located for an undetermined time until a permanent Program Director is located and begins employment.

Responsibilities:

3 Cs:

Care – Provide the best possible patient care

• Provides and defines standards for quality patient care.
• Develops, manages and evaluates work team performance.
• Hires, supervises and evaluation of all staff along with handling performance management issues.
• Consults with staff, physicians on nursing problems and interpretation of facility policies to ensure patient needs are met.
• Provides nursing care through physical and mental assessments, laboratory testing, plans of care and therapeutic treatments.
• Participates in formulation of patient treatment plans.
• Performs medication teaching and the management of therapeutic milieus.
• Knowledge of a wide range of disorders; cognitive, emotional, developmental, social and behavioral.
• Performs crisis intervention.

Compliance – Ensure the program operates within all regulations

• Maintains regulatory requirements.
• Participates in development and maintenance of policy and procedures and is accountable for compliance with all pertinent standards along with local, state, and federal requirement.
• Maintains performance improvement activities within the department and participates in CQI activities.
• Provides mandatory and voluntary in-service training of specialized treatments and therapies

Community – Become a wonderful addition to your local community

• Development of annual and quarterly business plans.
• Makes presentations in the community supporting the program.
• Assists in formulating and managing the budget.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree Nursing preferred.
• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in state of operation.
• Experience working in psychiatric behavioral health preferred.
• 5 years Management experience preferred.
• BLS
• CPI training will be provided
• Basic computer knowledge
• Strong interpersonal skills