Clinical Nurse Specialist Director - Behavioral Health Unit

Key Responsibilities

• Uses expert knowledge regarding the health care needs of the individual, family, and community
• Collaborates with other members of the health care team with complex care patients and other clinical challenges
• Carries out specialty specific therapeutic regimens in accordance with evidence-based care standards and regulatory expectations
• Leads quality and outcome improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes
• Ensures that patients and families are provided discharge education on disease prevention and management
• Provides leadership in nursing practice and serves as a role model for other registered nurses
• Develops policies and procedures to enhance clinical practices and align with regulatory expectations
• Understands health care economics and public policy
• Demonstrates strong financial aptitude
• Exhibits strong business planning and project management abilities
• Identifies opportunities for program development
• Knowledgeable in various recruitment and interviewing techniques
• Commits to employee development
• Actively participates in departmental and organizational quality initiatives
• Assures safety of patients and staff
• Exhibits effective communication and negotiation skills
• Leads a team and facilitates collaboration
• Understands one’s values and how they affect interactions with others
• Promotes and implements shared decision-making structures
• Actively participates in personal and professional growth
• Practices nursing standards and scopes of practice
• Implements SJRMC’s Service Standards in daily work