Dir, Nursing, Childrens Servs

Overview Join a Team That Changes Lives For more than 170 years, Elwyn has been leading the way in supporting children, teens, and adults with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and behavioral health challenges. As a mission-driven nonprofit, we're here to create real change - helping people lead meaningful, fulfilling lives. Now, we're looking for passionate team members to join us. Here, your work will change lives - including your own. You'll make an impact every day, find purpose in what you do, and grow in a career that truly matters. At Elwyn, we take care of you while you care for others. We offer: 1. Generous Paid Time Off 2. Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Benefit Packages 3. Earned Wage Access/On-Demand Pay 4. Paid On-the-Job Training 5. Tuition Reimbursement 6. Career Advancement Opportunities and Growth 7. Flexible Schedules 8. Retirement Savings Plan Join us and be a part of something bigger. Apply today. Job Description Elwyn seeks a Director of Nursing to lead the Children's Services nursing team in providing normalized, empathic, coordinated, therapeutic, and preventative health care to children with severe and persistent behavioral health challenges and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities within a variety of settings. The Director of Nursing oversees the functions associated with care coordination and the delivery of nursing services while ensuring that both regulatory and clinical practice standards are met with the focus on appropriate medical and nursing management of both acute and chronic illness as well as working collaboratively with physicians, Elwyn staff, clinicians, therapists, other ancillary care providers, hospital care teams, pharmacies, and external vendors. Duties & Responsibilities Provides nursing oversight for the Children's Services education and residential treatment facilities and programs to ensure that nursing practice consistently meets regulatory requirements, Elwyn policies and procedures, and clinical best practice standards Ensures that ongoing clinical assessments, coordination, and interdisciplinary collaboration are performed following nursing scope of practice to meet client health care needs Ensures that appropriate health care assessments, including children's nursing clinical assessments and reports, are accurate and completed as directed by the treatment team by following policies and procedures, regulatory requirements, best practices, and nursing scope of practice Presents health care data collected through direct observation, interview, clinical assessment, and records review to the physician and larger treatment team to ensure a comprehensive plan of care Sets health care priorities in accordance with professional judgment Serves as a resource person to the staff and children served at Elwyn for questions related to health and wellness Reviews follow-up documentation of all recommendations for specialized services/consultations as necessary Reviews recommendations of consulting providers and liaisons with physicians and care providers for follow-up to ensure a comprehensive plan of care Advocates for all children served by all Children's Services programs by monitoring the quality of the medical and behavioral health supportive care provided by staff and community-based providers to ensure that care standards meet regulatory guidelines while encompassing a person-centered plan of care Coordinates activities and communication between external pharmacies, durable medical equipment (DME) providers, laboratory services, vendors, and insurers to ensure that children's specific needs are met in a clinically prudent and fiscally sound manner Maintains up-to-date inventory of nutritional supplements, medical equipment, personal protective equipment, and medical/dietary supplies to be used for resident and staff health, safety and we lness Executes infection control practices, isolation procedures, and point of care testing related to infectious disease, particularly COVID-19, to maintain health and safety standards Provides nursing leadership, direction, and support to the extended care team to ensure that consumer health and safety needs are adequately addressed Monitors the acute, chronic, and prophylactic healthcare needs of residents including regular review or having a designee review all physicians' orders related to medications, treatments, nutritional support, diagnostic testing, and ancillary therapies on at least a monthly basis to ensure a comprehensive plan of care Assists managers and directors with ensuring performance standards of any staffing agency-placed personnel resources and addressing any performance issues with agency liaisons Provides supervision of assigned staff in the areas including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, leadership, coaching, training, performance management, and progressive disciplinary action, promotion, and termination Provides nursing and program staff in-service training and ongoing staff development on health-related topics, medical procedures, and infection control as needed to ensure that nursing staff are adhering to current and best practices in following clinical nursing care standards and are meeting children-specific health care needs andorganizational learning needs including regulatory training requirements Directs the orientation and training of assigned nursing personnel to ensure effective onboarding Utilizes quality improvement strategies to address the following: Clinical performance of nursing staff through monthly audits of nursing documentation and care delivery Use of best practice guidelines in promoting health maintenance and disease prevention strategies Compliance with regulatory standards as they relate to specific program areas, such as licensing regulations and current policy Access to high quality care consistent with consumer specific needs Health care utilization data Assigns specific quality improvement activities/functions to nursing staff as necessary As part of the therapeutic team, monitors, develops, and maintains a safe and therapeutic living environment, including but not limited to monitoring for potential threats to health and safety and take appropriate actions to eliminate such threats Facilitates communication and collaboration with community-based social service agencies, healthcare providers, insurance providers, count