Director of Nursing

Company: Polara Health
Location: Prescott Valley
Posted on: November 26, 2022

Job Description:

Full-time position (40 hours weekly)Polara Health is offering a $10,000 sign-on bonusWe Value Our Employees By Offering:

• Medical, Dental, Life, and Health Care Benefits (FT)
• Up to 3 weeks of paid/sick time off plus 10 Holidays per year (FT) POSITION TITLE: Director of Nursing DEPARTMENT: Inpatient Nursing; Subacute, Primary Care & Outpatient Nursing POSITION REPORTS TO: Chief Clinical Officer GENERAL SUMMARY: The Director of Nursing (DON) sets the vision for Nursing Care at Polara Health and leads to ensure nursing services across the agency meet our values, standards and excellence in care. The DON works in collaboration with the Medical Director and other Clinical Directors to integrate care across outpatient, inpatient, subacute, crisis, intensive outpatient, community based and primary care. The DON tracks revenue and expense functions, data and trend reports, key performance indicators and uses the information from all three to strategically plan and implement best practices. ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Provides clinical and administrative supervision of assigned Nursing
  • Managers and supports other clinical and medical leaders and staff across the agency.
  • Provide fiscal oversight, data analysis, strategic planning and program development of integrated care services across the agency as pertinent to health and nursing services.
  • Hires, supervises, evaluates and discharges assigned Managers.
  • Participates in staff quality assurance, problem solving and planning committees as assigned as well as in community-facing meetings to represent Polara Health.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.BACKGROUND: Supervision - Directly supervises Outpatient Nursing Lead and Inpatient RN Manager as well as provides Subject Matter Expertise and cross-leadership support to other clinical, medical and non-clinical leaders. Working Conditions: Office setting/Inpatient setting - some exposure to Level I Sub-Acute clients - Limited travel. SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS:
    • Education Level: Master of Science in Nursing
    • Experience: Behavioral Health Leadership. Minimum of 5 years clinical experience, 2 years supervisory
    • License: Active Arizona RN License
    • Special Skills/Knowledge: Ability to understand behavioral health financing, concepts of managed care; utilization management and quality assurance. EOE/Non-smoking facility. Pre-employment drug screening/background check required. ** All candidates must be able to obtain a DPS Fingerprint Clearance card. It is the policy of Polara Health not to discriminate against any employee or any applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status or national origin. This policy shall include, but not be limited to, the following: recruitment and employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, selection for training including apprenticeship, layoff and termination. PH further agrees to take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities.PI196682571

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