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Children's Hospital Boston Behavioral Health Nursing Director – Waltham in Boston, Massachusetts
76016BRJob Posting Title:Behavioral Health Nursing Director – WalthamDepartment:Patient Services-NursingAutoReqId:76016BRStatus:Full-TimeStandard Hours per Week:40 Job Posting Category:NursingJob Posting Description:The Behavioral Health Nursing Director – Waltham will be responsible for:
Providing 24 hour supervision of patient care operations for our Waltham behavioral health programs – this includes our 12 bed Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit and our 12 bed Community-Based Acute Treatment (CBAT) Unit.
Responsible for planning, organizing and overseeing daily clinical services and administrative operations.
Ensuring continuous compliance with all regulatory bodies, including The Joint Commission, CMS, the Department of Mental Health (DMH), and Department of Early Education and Care (EEC).
Developing and ensuring compliance with nursing policies and procedures, standards of patient care and nursing practice.
Developing, recommending and implementing internal standards, policies and procedures to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care.
Playing an integral role in developing and implementing strategies which create the cultural change necessary to fully realize our vision of participation in Behavioral Health and the continuum of care.
Leading and participating in hospital, departmental and multidisciplinary programs, committees and special projects.
Leading individuals and work groups to continuously improve performance by creating an environment that ensures application of quality principles and techniques to achieve desired outcomes.
Requesting and allocating resources and facilitating coordination of care/services to meet patient care and operations requirements.
Selecting, supervising and evaluating nursing and clinical support staff.
Developing and providing staff education/development programs.
Creating an environment, which fosters excellence, sensitivity and leadership.
Providing leadership for the development of and/or participation in studies, research, publications and public presentations.
To qualify, you must have:
Licensed in MA as a registered nurse.
10+ years of RN experience with at least 5 years of progressive management/leadership experience.
Behavioral Health experience required, pediatric experience preferred.
MSN required, Doctoral degree in nursing or a closely related field preferred.
Boston Children’s Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.
Office/Site Location:WalthamRegular, Temporary, Per Diem:Regular Remote Eligibility :Onsite Only