CHIEF NURSING OFFICER, PSYCHIATRIC

Examples of work

• Determines organizational goals and objectives, establishes policy, and allocates resources related to clinical care delivery.
• Plans, organizes, and assigns the work of the department and evaluates employee performance and conduct, enabling the effective recommendation of the hiring, firing, promoting, and disciplining of subordinates.
• Establishes clinical standards, objectives and policies for program services in accordance with hospital policies, State and national standards, reviewing and accrediting agencies, and professional licensing and privileging standards.
• Implements safe and effective clinical practice guidelines.
• Participates in clinical privileging and ensures the implementation of the clinical practice model performed by the advanced practice nurses in collaboration with the Medical Director.
• Writes narrative letters; technical, statistical and/or financial reports
• Writes policy standards and directives consistent with the organization's mission and goals.
• Administers a system of educational programs focused on clinical service delivery including the development of procedural and training manuals.
• Writes notices, memoranda or news releases about policy changes, major events, or other information.
• Administers a quality monitoring program and participates in a multidisciplinary, professionally integrated quality improvement plan.
• Maintains accreditation standards and monitors compliance.
• Conducts on-site inspections for compliance with standards regarding delivery of health services.
• Advises staff, health care providers or facilities of methods of compliance with standards regarding delivery of services.
• Monitors data regarding nursing practice, standards and policies.
• Estimates necessary quantity of time, costs, materials or personnel required for the accomplishment of nursing assignments or goals.
• Reads journals or other publications and attends appropriate seminars and conferences for the purpose of keeping current with developments in the field and ensuring that personnel are provided with state of the art knowledge and skills.
• Oversees infection control and reports events, conditions, or diseases as required by law.
• Maintains standards and conducts inspections related to the proper handling and storage of controlled substances and supplies.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state and local laws.
• Acts as a consultant to the interdisciplinary teams as needed and/or requested.
• Ensures information is exchanged to support continuity of care, shift to shift.
• Informs the responsible person or organization of difficulties, accomplishments, plans or goals.
• Mediates issues related to nursing services as appropriate.
• Meets (as a member) with various policy-making boards, academic councils, disciplinary boards, committees, or task forces and addresses nursing concerns.
• Plans, organizes, and assigns work of the organizational unit and evaluates employee performance and conduct, enabling the effective recommendation of the hiring, firing, promoting, and disciplining of subordinates.
• Provides advanced nursing practice to clients and families as needed.
• Provides leadership, develops plans, directs services, supervises coordinates, and integrates functions and activities to ensure quality patient care and optimal operation of institution.
• Ensures the application and implementation of established hospital and divisional policies, procedures, administrative orders, bulletins, etc; recommends revision
• Maintains knowledge of Joint Commission (JC), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS), Department of Health and Senior Services(DOHSS), and applicable accrediting body standards.
• Ensures the Nursing Department maintains continuous survey preparedness and meets the intent of the standards.
• Provides coverage as the Administrator on Call (AOC) and complies with the Executive Policy.
• Conducts meetings as necessary to convey information to departmental staff, including daily communication meetings to review high risk, patient information, staffing, and administrative concerns.
• Conducts daily and evening, scheduled and unscheduled rounds of all clinical areas.
• Ensures that all staff conduct regular ward rounds and address items which need improvement.
• Develops, plans and implements standards of care for the Nursing Department.
• Reviews and revises annual nursing philosophy goals and objectives manual, staffing and nursing policies and procedures.
• Oversees initial and annual employee orientation.
• Oversees employee performance evaluations.
• Ensures that nursing staff participates in providing active treatment to patients.
• On a daily basis, ensures that there is a system to monitor effective assignment and utilization of staff including, but not limited to, daily staffing reconciliation, overtime utilization, review of the scheduling processes, and staffing projections.
• Ensures that there is a peer review process to monitor nursing care.
• Ensures compliance with all ADA, FLSA, and EEO/AA requirements.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Education

Graduation from an accredited college with a Bachelor's degree in Nursing, supplemented by a Master's degree in Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.

Experience

Two (2) years of psychiatric/mental health nursing, one (1) year of which shall have been as an advanced practice nurse AND four (4) years of management/supervisory experience in the clinical delivery of psychiatric/mental health nursing.

License

Applicant must possess a current professional license as a Registered Nurse valid in the State of New Jersey.

Applicant must possess a New Jersey Board of Nursing certification as an advanced practice nurse with a psychiatric/ mental health specialization.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of management theory and practices and the principles and techniques of supervision.
• Knowledge of procedures for storing controlled substances.
• Knowledge of suicide prevention methods.
• Knowledge of employee motivational techniques.
• Knowledge of group processes.
• Knowledge of legal aspects of clinical documentation and decisions.
• Knowledge of basic counseling techniques.
• Knowledge of administrative principles and practices.
• Knowledge of disciplinary procedures.
• Knowledge of techniques of interpersonal communication.
• Knowledge of organizational lines of communication (formal and informal).
• Knowledge of procedures to follow for crisis intervention.
• Knowledge of nursing process and application.
• Knowledge of procedures for investigating complaints.
• Knowledge of established safety procedures and guidelines.
• Knowledge of behavioral limitations associated with psychologically and/or developmentally and physically disabled clients.
• Knowledge of basic interviewing techniques.
• Ability to keep current with research, literature, theories and practices in psychiatric nursing.
• Ability to identify and resolve problems in the administration or coordination of programs, plans, or projects.
• Ability to read and interpret laws, rules and regulations.
• Ability to summarize information in written form.
• Ability to follow written orders, directions or plans.
• Ability to interact with various people who are in differing situations.
• Ability to synthesize facts to reach logical conclusions.
• Ability to identify problems in the administration or coordination of programs, plans or projects.
• Ability to interpret and apply Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards and CMS standards.
• Ability to comprehend, interpret and evaluate relevant information from various types of source materials.
• Ability to schedule and organize work activities for others.
• Ability to make appropriate inferences and deductions based on various types of source materials.
• Ability to interpret and apply laws, regulations, procedures, and policies applicable to OSHA standards.
• Ability to establish goals and set priorities.
• Ability to resolve problems in the administration or coordination of programs, plans or projects.
• Ability to collect data through questioning.
• Ability to recognize signs of clients' emotional instability or stress.
• Ability to write at the reading level of the targeted audience.
• Ability to interact with various client populations.
• Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

Applicant must be board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.