STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: ASSOCIATE
NURSING DIRECTOR
Class Code: 0698-31
Date Established: 05-28-75
Occupational Code: 7-4-9
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To direct, plan and implement nursing
services, programs and quality management procedures to meet current and
projected nursing needs and to coordinate clinical services for
patients/residents at a state facility.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Monitors the quality
assurance component of the nursing department, making recommendations and
assuring follow-up is established; establishes and implements goals and
objectives for the nursing department.
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Initiates and updates
peer reviews in all levels of nursing staff, to maintain growth and education
to meet all staff needs.
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Evaluates the quality
of care given to the residents by the nursing staff; collaborates with other
disciplines, assuring that each resident has an appropriate overall plan of
care which meet individual needs.
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Develops, implements
and executes nursing care policies and procedures and assures they are being
carried out under the direction of the medical director; ensures coordination
of nursing care provided for residents.
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Establishes and sets
goals and objectives for the nursing department and plans their implementation.
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Initiates contacts
with external and internal agencies to promote and generate a multi-system
approach to resident care, work with families, staff and hospital
administration.
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Prepares statistical
reports on activities of nursing staff; assists in preparing reports and
planning procedures for nursing service.
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Reviews and prepares
work schedules, schedules nursing and other related personnel to maintain nursing
coverage within an area of the hospital.
·
Assigns nursing
personnel to specific shifts and wards, ensures attendance at the orientation
program and schedules personnel for basic and advanced training courses.
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Makes rounds, reviews
unit reports and confers with nurses and others regarding the condition of the
patients; makes suggestions regarding the care of patients, unit equipment,
housekeeping, and safety conditions.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in analyzing and
interpreting data, policy and procedures OR in using equipment in order to
arrive at logical conclusions or recommendations.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
expertise to resolve problems of a specialized or professional nature in a wide
range of applications.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
major aspects of long-range agency objectives by planning short- and long-term
organization goals, reviewing recommendations for procedural changes, and
developing or revising program policies.
Errors at this level result in incorrect decisions at an administrative
level, and are detected subsequent to implementation in an overall evaluation
process.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of programs
or of employees doing work which differs from the supervisor, including
disciplining employees, solving personnel problems, recommending hiring and
terminating employees, and developing work methods. The supervisor in this position manages a working unit or
section with responsibility for employee performance appraisal.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical
elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure
to minor injuries or health hazards.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including
continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting
as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or
coordination in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires acting as the official
representative of the agency, including explaining and defending current and
long-range goals or objectives which directly affect public policy decisions
regarding major state programs and services.
Complexity: Requires formulating the combination of
overall job functions in order to address highly diverse or novel situations
requiring new concepts and imaginative approaches to a wide range of
intellectual and practical problems.
Independent Action: Requires administrative decision-making
in authorizing and monitoring the implementation of major departmental policies
and procedures.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master's degree in nursing from a
recognized college or university.
Experience: Five years experience in nursing in a
large psychiatric institution, two years of which shall have been in a
supervisory or senior psychiatric nursing capacity. Each additional year of approved work experience may be
substituted for one year of required formal education at the graduate level
only.
License/Certification: 1. Possession of a current license as a Registered Nurse in New
Hampshire. 2. Certification by the American Nurses
Association in nursing administration.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Extensive knowledge of professional theory
and practices and its application to nursing care and treatment for mentally
ill. Thorough knowledge of
professional, supervisory, administrative and education principles and
practices involved in psychiatric nursing administration. Thorough knowledge of the principles of
personnel administration, techniques of interviewing, budgeting, evaluating,
counseling and guidance. Ability
to plan and supervise the work of a professional staff in the application of
nursing techniques to the care and treatment of mentally ill. Ability to establish and maintain
effective working relationships with professional and non-professional
personnel. Ability to grow
professionally and to foster health growth and adjustment in others. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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