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Location

Boston, MA | United States

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Job description

Job Description:

RN/ Director of Nursing, Days

Schedule : Full-time; 40 hours/week; M-F, 8a-4p
On-call : Rotating on-call weekend shift. Phone only. No need to be onsite.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership and oversight of all nursing/medical services.

• Responsible for overall operations of department functions.
• Provides direct supervision and guidance to nursing staff.
• Oversees medication management, intake, admission coordination, emergency medical care, and preparation for discharge.
• Oversees the coordination of psychiatric services and acts as a primary resource to agency staff for medication-related questions.
• Participates in management meetings.
• Provides consultation across all professional disciplines and programs as needed.
• Prepares and manages budgeting.
• Responsible for coordination regarding all hiring, salary, supervision, and disciplinary issues for nursing/medical staff.
• Manages the Medication Administration Program (MAP)
• Demonstrates empathic understanding of complex trauma and its effects including abuse, loss, and neglect that youth bring to placement.
• Provide coordination and oversight of scheduled and as needed medications.
• Document planned interventions, critical incidents, and general observation of youth and assessment of their skills, behavior, and moods.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and role in individual youth treatment plans , including their assessment, particular needs, behavioral goals, and identified intervention strategies.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS:

• BSN required; 3 years nursing experience preferred; experience working with adolescent population strongly preferred.
• Registered Nurse (RN) with current MA license in good standing.
• Minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience, including supervision and management functions, in a similar or related setting.
• Experience in delivery of training, residential care, or work with at-risk children and adolescents is preferred.

  
  Excellent Benefits!

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