Nursing Services Director

About the role

Supervises and evaluates the work of subordinate staff to ensure 24-hour coverage.A. Effectively recommends personnel actions including hiring, corrective/disciplinary measures, performanceevaluations, work schedules, and duty assignments.B. Administers personnel management and enforces departmental policies and procedures. Maintains accuratetimekeeping, payroll, and leave records.C.

Oversees the delivery of Health Services to ensure high-quality, timely, and appropriate care provided toincarcerated individuals.D. Establishes and maintains guidelines for staffing within the health care agency to assure adequate nursingcoverage for all client areas. Maintains a nursing schedule to cover the institution 24 hours a day, 7 days a weekacross all shifts, holidays, and weekends.E.

Ensures annual performance evaluations are completed for all health services staff are completed in a timelyand objective manner.F. Oversee nursing workforce planning, including recruitment, retention, succession planning, and labor relationscoordination.Program and policy oversight and developmentA. Leads the development, implementation, and ongoing revision of institutional Health Services Procedure Manual.B.

Schedules, facilitates, and documents monthly nursing meetings; ensures meeting minutes are accuratelycompleted and distributed.C. Represents the nursing department in interdisciplinary meetings; communicates nursing needs and concerns toto other departments and administration.D. Proactively identifies, defines, and resolves barriers to care delivery to improve access and health outcomes.F.

Promotes compliance with nursing and medical standards, mission, goals, and regulatory/accreditationrequirements.F. Evaluates cost-efficiency of services and resources while ensuring high-quality care is maintained.G. Collaborate with medical, mental health, pharmacy, security, and administrative teams to coordinate care andensure continuity of services.Participates and represents Health Services in assigned committees.A.

Administers special health programs such as infection prevention and control, nursing staff development, qualityassurance, and utilization review.B. Represents Health Services in institutional executive and management meetings, providing updates and data onhealthcare operations.C. Compiles and presents quarterly QA reports with analysis and recommendations for improvements in care delivery.D.

Serves as an active member of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee.E. Participates in institutional leadership and team management meetings to represent the Health Services Unit.F. Attend and actively contribute to quarterly Nurse Manager meetings to support communication, alignment on departmental goals, and continuous quality improvement efforts.G.

Participate in weekly Medical Admissions calls and Mental Health Utilization Review meetings to ensure timelycoordination of care, appropriate placement decisions, and effective resource utilization.H. Monitor clinical quality metrics and lead quality improvement throughout Health Services Department.I. Serve as the nursing lead for incident reviews, death reviews, and sentinel even investigations.Technology and DataA.

Support implementation and optimization of the Electronic Health Record (HER) system, including access control, documentation standards, and user training.Public Health and Emergency PreparednessA. Lead nursing components of outbreak response planning, including vaccination strategies, screening protocols, and infection control drills.B. Participate in emergency response coordination as a nursing system leader.