Logo
BayMark Health Services

Director Of Nursing

BayMark Health Services, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78208

Save Job

Director of Nursing – BayMark Health Services BayMark Health Services is hiring a qualified Director of Nursing to oversee all nursing activities within our medical detox/residential care program.

Responsibilities

Provides professional nurse management and individual care services in a medical detox/residential care program.

Provides structured, treatment team meetings daily, with all detox staff on duty to review progress, concerns and changes in treatment, in conjunction with Chief Medical Officer.

Provides direct supervision of medical and housekeeping staff, including interviewing, hiring and scheduled performance evaluations.

Monitors compliance with logging, documentation, tracking and reporting per detox/residential treatment regulations and requirements through DHHS, JC and private insurance.

Maintains quality assurance of nursing documentation and individual records.

Creates and updates written standard operating procedures and trains staff as necessary.

Creates and manages all in-services required by licensing and JC standards as necessary.

Supervises and manages nursing care delivery. Works with the Chief Executive Officer on assuring safe staffing ratios and nursing coverage.

Supervises the medical department to ensure high quality individual care which includes scheduling and training assigned employees, evaluating their performance, developing action plans and implementing corrective action as required.

Maintains nursing, residential technician and housekeeping schedules to ensure appropriate staffing levels.

Manages and takes inventory of stock medications and supplies.

Updates and maintains policies and procedures related to nursing care delivery.

Reviews and signs off on nursing documentation as needed.

Ability to initiate work independently, flexibility of scheduling for work hours to include on‐call responsibilities.

If staffing requires, will be responsible to perform duties of the charge nurse, admissions nurse or staff nurse on any shift. See RN job description.

Maintains professional boundaries with clients and interacts with them in an appropriate manner.

Collects data on significant adverse medication reactions and significant medication errors and presents data in team meetings.

Institutes performance improvement initiatives within the Nursing/Medical service, identifying opportunities to improve department processes by reviewing incident reports, implementing root cause analyses and instituting departmental corrective action plans when indicated.

Identifies infection risks and establishes priorities among the risks identified.

Sets goals to minimize the possibility of spreading infection and addresses its priority risks.

Oversees the operations of the infection prevention, epidemiology, facility hygiene and relevant safety programs.

Revises and maintains the organization’s infection control policies and procedures.

Oversees cleaning, sterilization and disinfection procedures.

Educates, monitors and evaluates hand hygiene protocols among staff and clients.

Provides infection control education and communications to staff and clients.

Responsible for coordinating the infection control program which includes surveillance, analysis of data, developing reports and policies and procedures.

Provides orientation and training to staff who perform waived testing.

Assesses the competency of staff performing waived testing using two of the following methods: performance of a test on a blind specimen, periodic observation of routine work, monitoring each user’s quality control performance, or use of a written test specific to the test assessed.

Establishes a written quality control plan for waived testing that specifies the method(s) for controlling procedures for quality, establishes timetables and explains the rationale for choice of procedures and timetables.

Revises and maintains the organization’s waived testing policies and procedures.

Routinely audits patient records to assure documentation compliance and opportunities for staff improvement.

Facilitates weekly Quality Assurance meetings to review Incident reports, follow-ups to previous incident reports and other facility quality/performance improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

Valid unrestricted TX RN license.

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

1 year of emergency or med‑surge nursing experience required.

2+ years of related clinical experience required.

2+ years of supervision experience.

Must pass criminal background and driving record checks.

Current certifications in Healthcare Provider BLS/CPR, First Aid and Bloodborne Pathogens.

Benefits

Competitive salary.

Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and 401(K).

Generous paid time off accrual.

Excellent growth and development opportunities.

Satisfying and rewarding work striving to overcome the opioid epidemic.

San Antonio Recovery Center, a progressive substance abuse treatment organization, is committed to the highest quality of patient care in a comfortable outpatient clinic setting. Our ultimate goal is to address the physical, emotional, and mental aspects of opioid use disorder to help each of our patients achieve long‑term recovery and an improved quality of life.

San Antonio Recovery Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, natural origin, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, genetic disposition, disability or veteran’s status or any other classification protected by State/Federal laws.

Seniority Level Director

Employment Type Full‑time

Job Function Health Care Provider

Industries Hospitals and Health Care

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at BayMark Health Services by 2x.

Get notified about new Director of Nursing jobs in

San Antonio, TX .

#J-18808-Ljbffr