Director of Nursing - Geriatric & Adult Behavioral Health Units

Come to Baxter Health and join the mental health team. We have the privilege of being able to provide excellent care to patients during acute mental health crisis. We enjoy our jobs and love to have fun. We are professional, respectful, always working toward uplifting each other, and ensuring we do our very best every day. Our Adult Behavioral Health is a 16-bed unit for patients age 18 and above, while our Geriatric Behavioral Health is a 19-bed unit for patients age 55 and above. Having both behavioral units, we are able to place patients on the most appropriate unit based on each individual’s need and primary diagnosis of mental illness requiring acute inpatient treatment. Patients are required to attend individual and group psychotherapy, activity therapy, and daily visits with providers. Our behavioral unit teams are actively engaged with each patient, building relationships and providing education to each patient throughout the shift. As nurses, we have the time to get to know each patient and help them identify tools needed for healing. If behavioral health nursing is your passion, we are the unit for you!

Position Highlights:

• Clinical Experience: An ANCC Magnet® Recognized nursing division
• Clinical Leader: Featuring state-of-the-art equipment within a comfortable, family-friendly hospital environment recognized for being in the forefront of medicine and continually setting standards for quality healthcare in the Ozarks Region.

SUMMARY:

Responsible and accountable for creating, implementing, and supporting the talent learning and development of technological systems, infrastructure, framework, and strategies to support the organization. The Nursing Director, under the direction of the Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer, assumes responsibility for the delivery of patient care that promotes safety and well-being of all patients in the assigned department(s) on a 24-hour basis; plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates the overall clinical nursing practice and administrative activities, including fiscal, material and human resource management. Participates in the development and implementation of hospital policies and procedures, maintains open communication with all staff and administrative team to promote improvement in performance, assumes responsibility for the role of administrative supervisor as needed, and provides leadership and support to encourage the optimum development and performance of each staff member.

Job Requirements:

Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Bachelor of Science in Nursing required.

Licensure: Current Arkansas RN or Compact State license in good standing.

Experience: Minimum of three (3) years clinical experience required. Previous charge nurse and/or leadership experience required.

Preferred Education: Master of Science in Nursing

Other: Excellent interpersonal skills demonstrating servant leadership characteristics. Strong service excellence focus and the ability to effectively influence internal and external customers. Ability to interact with Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers, as well as care partners at all levels of the organization. Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality with regard to employment data, HIPAA, and departmental operations.

Safety Sensitive Designation:

This position is deemed safety sensitive in accordance with Arkansas Act 593 governing Medical Marijuana

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 with or without an accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to perform the following: Must have the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, to solve problems and make decisions. Spend eight (8) hours or more in front of computer, monitor or similar screen utilizing keyboard and/or mouse, daily.

Ability to stand and walk, bend, squat, and twist up to or exceeding 8 to12 hours during shift(s). Occasionally requires lifting of 50 pounds or more of equipment. Able to push in excess of 150 pound wheelchair with patient and equipment. Occasionally lifts patients with assist 125 pounds or more. Must have a keen sense of hearing and visual acuity to respond to critical changing patient situations from actual observations and/or equipment alarms. Must be able to handle critical and highly stressful situations with efficiency and composure.

Work Environment
Hospital environment, office-type settings, patient care areas.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a position in a hospital setting which is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating Senior Administrative call.