Nursing Director - Behavioral Health

Overview

Paradise Valley Hospital is the South Bay’s oldest hospital, the second oldest hospital in all of San Diego County, and the largest employer in National City. For more than 100 years, Paradise Valley Hospital has served San Diego faithfully, proud of our heritage and providing numerous programs and services to meet the changing needs of our community. Our 291-bed, acute care hospital features the San Diego Spine & Joint Center, a highly credentialed acute rehabilitation center, our Paradise Health & Senior Center, a fully equipped and modern cardiac catheterization lab, and comprehensive inpatient and outpatient surgical services, and 24-hour emergency services.

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Paradise Valley Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference. In addition to our healthcare services, we offer comprehensive behavioral health services on the hospital campus and Bayview campus in Chula Vista.

Services include psychiatric continuum of care for adult patients, inpatient services, and intensive outpatient services. Learn more at

The Director of Nursing (DON) - Behavioral Health organizes and administers areas of Behavioral Health patient care services to attain facility's objectives established by hospital administration. Hospital-wide programs, policies and procedures are developed to assess, evaluate and meet the needs of the patient.

• Develops and implements hospital plans for providing nursing care, treatment, and clinical services to those patients requiring care treatment and services.
• The DON participates with the management, medical staff and clinical leaders in the facility's decision-making structures and processes.
• The DON implements an effective, ongoing program to measure, assess and improve the quality of nursing care, treatment and services delivered to patients.
• The DON will work within the Crisis Stabilization Unit and will lead clinical operations within the inpatient Behavioral Health Unit.
• The DON will report directly into the Chief Nursing Officer of Paradise Valley Hospital, and will have oversight of 20+ FTEs.

Education and Work Experience

• Current and valid state license as a Registered Nurse.
• Current BLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
• Extensive experience leading Behavioral Health programs
• Minimum of 5 years Acute Care experience.
• Minimum of 2 years previous Administrative experience preferred.
• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Pay Transparency

Paradise Valley Hospital offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options. Benefits may vary based on employment status, i.e. full-time, part-time, per diem or temporary.

A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $ to $160,000 on an annualized basis. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Full Time

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