At The Jewish Board, we don’t just make a difference – we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that’s been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make. Reasons you’ll love working with us: If you have a particular age range or population you’re interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.We’re committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs. With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live. Generous vacation time and 15 paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance. We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays. You’ll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit. How you can make a bigger difference: The Mishkon Division of The Jewish Board provides supports and services in a healthy and safe environment for individuals with intellectual/ developmental disabilities living in residential programs and in community settings. Our core values are to provide a healthy and safe environment that promotes person centered planning, community integration, and close collaboration with families and the community. This is all accomplished through an Orthodox Jewish lens, and with an understanding that staff, at all levels of the division, is the determining factor in achieving positive outcomes for our clients. The Senior Director of Nursing Services is responsible for the oversight of all aspects of the Nursing and Related Services Departments (Nutrition, OT, PT, SLP, Primary Care) of The Jewish Board’s IDD (Mishkon) division in accordance with current Federal, State and local regulations. The Senior Director of Nursing Services will provide the required supervision to ensure the quality performance of the Nursing Department’s daily operations, as well as coordinating and managing medical services to the individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities that reside at Mishkon’s residential facilities. Some responsibilities include, but are not limited to:The Senior Director of Nursing Services is responsible to coordinate, organize, implement, evaluate and direct the nursing services department in accordance with current rules and regulations as promulgated by OPWDD, JBFCS and other applicable regulators and payer’s.Develop and maintain methods for coordinating nursing services with other program services to ensure continuity of the resident’s total regimen of care.Determine and monitor the staffing needs of the nursing department to ensure the appropriate assignment and census of nursing staff.Work collaboratively with HR and the agency’s nursing leadership team to interview and select nursing staff. Oversee the interviewing process and selection of related services providers and independent contractorsDevelop, implement and conduct in-service training programs for the nursing department that promotes professional development and enhancement.Ensure that medical and nursing care is administered in accordance with the resident’s individualized program planDirectly supervise the Assist in planning for resident admissions and discharges.Ensure that all IDD nurses are supported, receive weekly documented supervision as well as annual written performance evaluations.Review annually, at a minimum, all nursing services policies and procedures.In coordination with the Executive Program Director, prepare, plan and adhere to the nursing services budget.Oversee inventory management of medications and medical supplies to ensure adequate stock to meet the residents care needs.Provide education and in-service training to program staff according program need and regulatory requirements.Participate in facility surveys made by authorized government agencies, as necessary or as directed.Maintain a cooperative and productive relationship with program leadership to ensure follow up and resolution to all identified issues.Develop action plans for systems issues and quality indicators as identified by the Department of Quality Improvement as well as program regulators and payers.Collect, review and analyze clinical outcome data in EHR and Tableau Dashboards and determine trends.In collaboration with the QI department, provide reports of clinical outcome findings. Participate in the QI activities in developing and implementing appropriate plans of action to correct identified deficiencies.Participate in and attend various Program committees as designated by the Executive Program Director.Maintain confidentiality of all resident care information.Ensures that residents are treated with dignity and respect and resident rights are maintained.Maintain a liaison with the residents, their families and support departments to adequately plan for the resident’s needs.Other duties as assigned Qualifications: The Jewish Board is currently looking for talented individuals of all cultures, religions, races, and gender expressions with the following qualifications:Active, unrestricted New York State license as a Registered Professional Nurse. Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 10 years’ appropriate clinical background and progressive management experience.Must have knowledge of OPWDD and DOH regulatory requirements If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and 15 sick daysAffordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans Tuition assistance and educational loan forgivenessFree continuing education opportunities 403(b) retirement benefits and a pensionFlexible spending accounts for health and transportation 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program Life and disability insurance Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee Who we are:The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us. More on Equal Opportunity: