About the position
We are seeking a(an) Program Director - Adult Inpatient - RN with Dominion Hospital to promote growth and unlock possibilities. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. Share your leadership skills and come make a difference with us! Dominion Hospital has provided quality healthcare services for close to 50 years! Our 116-bed hospital is one of the region's leading mental healthcare facilities in Northern Virginia. Our convenient location in suburban Falls Church, VA, offers a full range of treatment options with a distinctive focus on crisis intervention and stabilization through our inpatient, partial hospitalization programs (PHP), and intensive outpatient (IOP). Our inpatient programs are comprised of five distinct units. These units include Child, Adolescent, Adult, Eating Disorders, and Complex Trauma and we maintain complementary PHPs and IOPs to match. We maintain an excellent outpatient referral network. Our patients receive the best quality care through specialized services in safe, healthy, confidential, and trauma-informed environments.
Responsibilities
- Maintains accountability for clinical, operational, and nursing management oversight for Adult Behavioral Services.
- Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating all phases of nursing care provided on the program.
- Determines staffing requirements and material resources necessary to provide care to the patients on the program.
- Provides supervision of, assesses and evaluates the competence and performance of the nursing personnel.
- Participates in the recruitment and community education process.
- Demonstrates expertise in mental health promotion and maintenance of high quality, comprehensive patient care.
- Assumes responsibility for the counseling and evaluation of nursing staff in an objective, consistent and timely manner.
- Anticipates and resolves staff conflict at the program level.
- Provides direct supervision, guidance and support to nursing staff utilizing effective communication skills to address issues and seek feedback from staff.
- Schedules and maintains nursing staff assignments for 24-hour coverage on a regular basis.
- Maintains appropriate staffing patterns with the guidelines for assigned program to ensure optimum patient care and understanding FTE requirements for program and hospital.
- Works effectively with the CNO and Medical Director to monitor and evaluate program standards and guidelines.
- Functions as liaison between physicians and nursing staff to ensure optimum patient care.
- Demonstrates ability to develop and maintain open working relationships with all hospital employees.
- Promotes integration of behavioral health throughout hospital by participating in hospital wide initiatives.
- Assists with referral development and community education activities.
- Monitors and ensures compliance with policies and procedures.
- Responsible for maintaining and upgrading knowledge in psychiatric nursing by engaging activities that enhances current knowledge.
- Ensures compliance with local, state and federal regulations and standards, and assists in preparation for all regulatory surveys, promoting a culture of constant readiness.
- Hiring, rounding, evaluations, expectations, terminations.
- Management of corporate Behavioral Health Expectations.
- Keep professionally current, by attending continuing education programs, seminars, workshops, and/or independent research reading.
Requirements
- Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
- Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
- Registered Nurse.
- Bachelors Degree required - Masters preferred.
- 3 years of leadership experience.
- Behavioral Health experience - required.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay.
- Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
- Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing.
- 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
- Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
- Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more.
- Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
- Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships.
- Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
- Colleague recognition program.
- Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence).
- Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
