Director, Nursing – Quality Resource, Behavioral Health

🕒 July 23

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Lifepoint Health®

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1999

🏥 Healthcare

🧬 Biotechnology

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Healthcare • Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals

Lifepoint Health® is a diversified healthcare delivery network that serves patients, clinicians, communities, and partners across the healthcare continuum. With a presence that extends from coast to coast, Lifepoint operates community hospitals, rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and additional care sites. The company is dedicated to improving community health through high-quality care, patient safety, clinical excellence, and innovative partnerships aimed at enhancing healthcare quality and access.

📋 Description

• Ensures compliance with state and federal regulations. • Enhances hospital visibility by involvement in community regarding mental health and substance abuse community needs. • May supervise nursing management team where licensed and appropriate. • Functions as a liaison between physicians, patients, referral sources, and employees. • Ensures that the inpatient programs are staffed with the appropriate resources to ensure high quality of care delivery. • Oversees the Infection Control Plan, understand the Infection Control Monitors and the JC Standards associated with Infection Control. • Meets hospitals staffing and budget benchmarks. • Assures adequate supervision and evaluation processes for all staff members and delegate these responsibilities as appropriate. • Assists with orientation for new employees. • Routinely reviews job assignments and utilization of staff. • Monitors the hospitals quality/risk program as needed. • Demonstrates an extensive knowledge of all regulatory standards including TJC, Medicaid, state, and federal laws. • Works with hospital employees to identify risk/safety concerns and leads the team to take correction action as needed. • Collects and analyzes data on hospital performance. • Collects incident reports; records, analyzes, investigates data and reports to Quality Council and CEO. • Utilizes the PDCA method to develop improvement plans for the hospital. • Acts as a role model for excellent customer service and holds all staff to this standard.

🎯 Requirements

• Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing required; Master degree Nursing is preferred with experience in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience working with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric and geriatric patients preferred. • Experience in healthcare quality, patient assessments, family motivations, treatment planning and communication with external review organizations or comparable entities. • Prior leadership experience strongly preferred. • Active RN license with willingness to obtain Compact license in various states as needed. • CPR certification and Crisis Prevention Training (CPI) within 30 days

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees. • Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off. • Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match. • Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs). • Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.