Director of Nursing - Baptist Behavioral Health

Director of Nursing - Baptist Behavioral Health

The Director‑Nursing is accountable for the oversight of and leadership for patient care services in the Behavioral Medicine Center. The director assures personnel management, resource allocation, fiscal management, and evidence‑based nursing practice that supports the provision of safe, effective patient care and high reliability performance throughout areas of responsibility. This position provides operational leadership to the Behavioral Medicine Center departments and works collaboratively with Baptist Health Care (BHC) leadership and nursing to ensure consistency in processes, favorable outcomes across the center's metrics and judicious stewardship of all organizational resources.

The director is accountable for maintaining a work environment that consistently reflects organizational values and that is conducive to professional growth and accountability, including active involvement in BHC nursing community of practice endeavors. The director ensures that the center's departments function in accordance with all regulatory standards.

• Develops, implements, and evaluates an ongoing services program that ensures the provision of safe clinical practice that emphasizes reliability in performance and is consistent with the hospital mission.
• Works collaboratively with the managers and the education department to ensure clinical competencies are evidence based and align with policy. Holds self and others accountable for maintaining current competencies.
• Accurately identifies real/potential problems affecting the service and implements solutions with follow‑through and communication.
• Monitors/maintains department compliance with regulatory, accrediting and hospital policy for patient services, and environmental and personnel safety.
• Attains all agreed to goals and objectives within specified time frames, as part of the organization’s overall mission.
• Is responsible for department’s operational excellence; ensures department delivers quality services in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, and professional standards.
• Manages direct reports which include orientation, development and evaluation of personnel, and monitoring the provision of delivering quality services. Participates in the recruiting, interviewing and selecting of team members following policies, guidelines and applicable laws. Evaluates their performance relative to job goals and requirements. Provides coaching to staff, recommends in‑service education programs, and ensures adherence to internal policies and standards.
• Is responsible for the fiscal management of division; assures proper utilization of organization’s financial resources.
• Effectively communicates departmental, organization, and industry information to staff.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (Required)
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Nursing, Related field, Health Care (Preferred)

• 4-6 years clinical experience in an acute care hospital environment (Required)
• 3 years demonstrated successful leadership in an acute care hospital environment (preferably director role, leading multiple departments) (Required)

• Registered Nurse licensed in the State of Florida or eligible compact state (Upon Hire Required)
• BLS for Healthcare Providers (BLS), American Heart Association (Upon Hire Required)
• Psychiatric‑Mental Health Nursing (PMH‑BC), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) – Upon Hire Required if no Master’s Degree

• Knowledge of human resource management; program development; fiscal management and familiarity with regulatory and accrediting agency standards. Ability to mentor and develop all members of the Behavioral Medicine Center team.
• Adept at performance/process improvement activities.
• Effective communication skills especially in high emotion, high stress and high intensity situations.
• Ability to build healthy and successful interdisciplinary team function and relationships (including all disciplines).

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