Full-time Associate Director Inpatient Medical Services (RN)

St. Joseph's Addiction Treatment and Recovery Centers

Location: Inpatient Facility - Medical - Saranac Lake, NY

Position: Full-time Associate Director Inpatient Medical Services (RN)

Shift/Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Pay Range: $77,931.00/year to $95,465.48/year

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: Full Time/40+ hours per week. (Hours and schedules may vary depending on company need and workload. Employees will be given as much advance notice as possible when such changes occur.)

Position Summary: Under the direction of the Inpatient Services Director, the Associate Director of Inpatient Medical Services is responsible for medical services to residents and supervising all medical staff.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• NYS Registered Nurse

• Knowledge of modern principles and practices of alcohol and chemical dependency programs, knowledge of current NYS DOH nursing and medical operations regulations and medical supervisory experience.

Essential Duties:

• Supervising daily operations of nursing services.

• Supervises all medical staff.

• Ensuring nursing coverage for all shifts.

• Maintains effective and efficient working relationships with Medial Director, physicians and Inpatient Services Director.

• Maintains effective and efficient working relationships with clinical staff.

• Conducts phone screening approvals for prospective residents.

• Conducts and interprets comprehensive nursing assessments.

• Ensures medical documentation is completed by staff and physicians.

• Review and investigates all incident reports received from medical staff.

• Contributes to Aftercare Plan Development based on medical needs.

• Coordinates medical and clinical interventions for resident in support of tobacco cessation and MAT services.

• Ensures the provision of education, risk education, counseling and referral services to all residents regarding HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and other communicable diseases.

• Provide education of residents and staff as it pertains to medical services.

• Adhere to Pharmacy Services Policy in its entirety, inclusive of controlled substances policy, procedures and protocol.

• Actively participated in meetings, committees, and quality assurance activities.

• Works in concert with the Medical Director, Inpatient Services Director, physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.

• Facilitates renewal of all licensure and certifications for medical operations.

• Process all invoices related to medical expenses, prescriptions, labs, supplies.

• Responsible for oversight of annual competencies and onboarding new staff

• Ensuring Narcotic waste/destruction with BNE is done correctly.

• Implement and monitor quality management to ensure compliance with CLIA and to meet all standards of accreditation.

• Ensure Narcan training is provided to all residents.

• Manage and operate in concert with the Medical Director the Hepatitis C treatment.

• Approve all medication changes in the EMAR.

• Responsible for additional duties as maybe assigned by the Inpatient Services Director.

Department

Medical

Employment Type

Full-time

Minimum Experience

Manager/Supervisor

Compensation

$77,931.00/year to $95,465.48/year