Psychiatric Nurse Program Director

NOTE:

this position is currently filled. However, it is the policy of Freedom Behavioral to continue to take applications so that we can ensure there is no disruption in patient care if a vacancy occurs.

Beacham Memoria/Freedom Behavioral in Magnolia, MS is taking applications for a Psychiatric Program Director. The Program Director/Nurse Manager will oversee a 14 bed senior adult DPU, under administrative direction and will manage consistently with the program philosophy. This role assesses, plans, implements and evaluates delivery of psychiatric nursing care. He/she provides managerial support to the hospital Director of Nurses by providing supervision and evaluation of all nursing personnel.

He/she contributes to the program, nursing and the Hospital through support of nursing and program philosophy and objectives to meet the psychiatric program need.

• Collaborates with the medical and clinical staff in coordinating and managing the medical and psychosocial treatment plan. Provides input in formulating patient care policies, procedures, and nursing care standards for establishing effective treatment plans.
• Ensures continuity of nursing care based on the knowledge of clinical nursing needs and the patients’ individual treatment plans. Supervises all nursing activities related to patient care and sets guidelines for accurate reporting and recording or patients’ symptoms, reactions, and progress.
• Administers nursing care to patients as needed, in order to maintain clinical skills, assesses particular patient requirement and/or provide clinical support to the staff nurses in knowledgeable and competent manner.
• Attends interdisciplinary team meetings to ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
• Monitors Quality Assurance and identifies areas for improvement with regular performance improvement measures.
• Develops patient monitoring measures to accommodate volume of referrals.
• Ensures nursing staff completes duties in regard to the highest quality of care especially with treatment plans, initial nursing assessments, skin assessments, daily rounds, fall assessments, nutritional screenings, and discharge planning.

Qualified candidates must possess an active nursing license in good standing with the State of Mississippi Nursing Board. Demonstrated experience with psych/behavioral health is required. Experience with the geriatric population is strongly preferred.

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