East Central Regional Hospital (ECRH) is seeking a Director or Nursing.
East Central Regional Hospital, a division of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, has two campuses: Gracewood, established in 1921; and Augusta, established in 1969. On July 1, 2003, these two previously separate facilities officially consolidated and became ECRH. The facilities serve DBHDD’s 33-county East Central Region (Region 2). The 420-acre Gracewood campus provides services for people living with developmental disabilities in both an ICF/IID and a skilled nursing facility setting. The 310-acre Augusta campus provides mental health and forensic services. Each campus includes living areas, activity areas, administrative buildings, and support buildings.
ECRH currently employs approximately 900 staff and is owned and governed by DBHDD, Augusta University, and Agency. It is accredited by The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations under standards for Hospital, Behavioral Health, Laboratory, and Long Term Care.
ECRH Mission: To be a center of excellence in the provision of comprehensive, responsive, and compassionate care for individuals and their families
ECRH Vision: To provide safe, competent, and compassionate services to persons with mental illness and/or developmental disabilities
The selected candidate will be required to perform the following duties:
- Oversees the planning, organization, and directs all nursing activities in assigned facility.
- Responsible for the quality of nursing care delivered in hospitals, public health facilities, and community based programs. Provides leadership to subordinate managers and staff.
- Coordinates response to disaster and emergencies.
- Develops and manages the budget and makes cost effective decisions.
- Develops policies, sets standards and plans objectives for the nursing program in accordance with established policies. Develops staffing patterns.
- Evaluates nursing standards and nurse protocols for all nursing programs. Initiates and participates in the development of community wide policy to improve the health status of the stakeholder. Interprets policies and communicates changes in regulations and procedures. Makes long-range plans and regularly reviews activities, problems and functions of services being delivered.
- Organizes and plans a systematic and continuous quality/performance improvement program for the practice of nursing.
- Oversees the collection of data for statistical records.
- Plans and directs the work of nursing or other professional staff and assures an adequate level of nursing care.
- Provides staff development including orientation, in-service training, workshops and continuing education for all levels of nursing staff.
- Reviews state, federal, and other regulatory standards information in order to direct the quality improvement activities and achieve compliance. Provides leadership to subordinate managers and staff
Master's degree in nursing, nursing administration, public health or directly related field from an accredited college or university AND Six years in an administrative or supervisory capacity AND current Georgia license as a Registered Professional Nurse OR Bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited college or university AND Seven years of experience as a Registered Nurse, Four years of which in an administrative or supervisory capacity AND current Georgia license as a Registered Professional Nurse OR Eight years of experience as a Registered Nurse, Two years of which in an environment related to the area of assignment, Eight years of which as a supervisor AND current Georgia license as a Registered Professional Nurse.
