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Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON)
Location:
Phoenix, AZ
Description:
Zenith Behavioral Health recognizes the growing need in Phoenix, Arizona for comprehensive evidence-based treatment. Our hospital provides intensive interventions for youth and adults with chronic and pervasive psychiatric and behavioral disorders, including substance abuse. Zenith's primary goal is to offer a safe and secure environment, while advancing their path towards wellness and recovery. POSITION SUMMARY Under the direction of the DON, the Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) manages and oversees psychiatric services at the inpatient Zenith Behavioral Health program site. The ADON has accountability for managing resources, (human, material and financial), ensuring quality, cost effective delivery of services for the inpatient population, promoting an environment that supports the program goals, mission, vision, philosophy, and caring values delivering a safe place for recuperation and growth. Philosophy is created on a psychosocial model of care and follows the core principles of resilience, recovery, and restoration. Essential Duties: Partners and collaborates with leadership in administrative, operations, clinical, and medical groups to ensure a quality care experience and a safe environment for patients and staff. Directs and manages nursing operations, services and standards, fiscal management, and monitors medical patient care and service delivery. Ensures policies, procedures, and practices follow nursing standards, administrative, legal, and regulatory requirements of government and accrediting agencies. Communicates effectively with nursing staff, with all levels of management and other staff, interacts effectively as a leader or as a member of a team and works collaboratively with others. Key member of leadership team, attends scheduled meetings, provides required reports, provides important patient care information, manages multiple tasks, and successfully meets deadlines. Provides and supports staff training in relevant nursing standards of care. Evaluates the performance of all nursing staff and monitors other staff in service delivery. Maintains a state of continuous regulatory readiness. Performs rounds to observe care and to interview staff, patients, families, or other interested parties. Reviews each unit daily to monitor and ensure timely, effective responses to significant changes in condition, transfers, discharges, use of restraints, unexplained injuries, falls, behavioral episodes, medication errors, and environmental issues. Collaborates with physicians, consultants, community agencies and institutions to improve the quality of services and to resolve identified problems. Utilize knowledge in research, data management and analysis, budget, and staff development to supervise planning, implementation of care, or improvements and/or changes to delivery of patient care. Oversee nursing schedules to assure they meet patient needs and regulatory and budgetary standards. Provide regular inspection of medical charts both open and closed to ensure compliance with quality assurance, quality improvement, policies and procedures, and all other regulatory funding, clinical and medical standards. Take ownership communicating/implementing process improvements and new system initiatives. Participates in the recruitment and selection of nursing personnel. Qualification Requirements: Minimum of 5 years of professional nursing experience, preferably in a behavioral healthcare inpatient psychiatric setting and a minimum of 3 years of experience in an operations management, clinical or medical position. Bachelor's degree in nursing, healthcare administration, business administration, finance, or clinical specialty. Master's degree a plus. Must have an Arizona Registered Nurse/RN license, valid Arizona driver's license, Level I AZ DPS Fingerprint Clearance Card, and able to pass required clearances: OIG, SAM, and Criminal Background checks. Must be flexible to adjust to the needs of a fast-paced environment, demonstrate effective problem-solving skills, and display proficient oral/written communication skills. Must be able and willing to work a flexible schedule, including weekends, holidays, shift changes.: Candidate must be a dynamic, self-motivated person with excellent interpersonal and leadership skills. Must possess the ability to coach, mentor, and provide quality feedback to those managed, with demonstrated ability to effectively lead in a changing environment. Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret human service periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and analyze policies and procedures. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public. Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of electronic health records, internet software, payroll systems, spreadsheet software, and word processing software. Must be able to see and read a computer monitor or notebook screen. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Stand, walk and sit during assigned shifts hours. Can manually handle patient belongings with gloved hands. Be able to manually assess a patient as part of a physical exam. Climb and reach or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Speak and have access to the special senses within normal limits (hear, taste, smell, etc.) as it applies to patient care. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus ยท Must be capable of lifting, up to 20 pounds. Must be able to travel and drive a vehicle. Job Type: Full-time Zenith Behavioral Health is an EEO
Company:
Zenith Behavioral Health
Posted:
December 26 2023 on ApplicantPro
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