Director of Nursing Hourly

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:
• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits
In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. 

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

The Director of Nursing is a leadership role responsible for overseeing and directing the clinical nursing staff, ensuring the highest standards of patient care are met. They work collaboratively with the Medical Director to develop and implement policies and procedures that support the hospital's goals and objectives. The Director of Nursing is accountable for ensuring the delivery of safe, efficient, and effective clinical nursing services. 

• Oversees daily operations of nursing services, including staffing, scheduling, and management of resources, to meet facility goals and objectives. 
• Develops, presents, and manages the nursing services budget, participates in strategic planning and policy development, and manages quality improvement activities for nursing services. 

• Provides direct supervision, acts as a resource and consultant to nursing staff, and ensures compliance with The Joint Commission (TJC) standards and CMS guidelines. 
• Evaluates service delivery, monitors safety issues, and performs administrative duties for efficient program administration. 
• Ensures staff adherence to the organization's Code of Conduct and demonstrates understanding of risk management, infection control, and other safety procedures. 

Education

• Master’s degree in Nursing or related health care or medical services.

Experience

• Two years of managerial experience with a Master’s in Nursing or three years of managerial experience with a Master’s degree in related health care or medical services, behavioral or rehabilitative science field.
• At least two years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience working exclusively with individuals diagnosed with mental illness or multiple disabilities (A diagnosis of multiple disabilities requires services for two or more mental disabilities, at least one of which must be a diagnosable mental illness, such as combined psychiatric illness and chemical addictions, or combined psychiatric illness and mental retardation).
• The managerial work experience must come from performing those duties typically associated with the Assistant or Associate Director of Nursing or Director of Nursing.  This experience must have been gained exclusively in a mental health setting, a college or university program, or a health care facility, which included a discrete psychiatric program.

Licenses/Certifications

• Registered Nurse in the state of employment

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume.  Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.