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Interim Program Director

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Job Description - 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
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