Director of Healthcare Services

Company: Corus Entertainment
Location: Brockton
Posted on: April 5, 2021

Job Description:

Our May Center Schools for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, and our May Center School for Brain Injury and Neurobehavioral Disorders offer full-day, year-round educational services to children and adolescents.
-- Our schools focus on building communication, social, behavioral, vocational, and academic skills. We base our programs on applied behavior analysis, or ABA, which has been shown through hundreds of scientific studies to be the most effective method to teach children and adolescents with autism and other developmental disabilities.
-- The May Center School for Brain Injury and Neurobehavioral Disorders successfully educates students withcomplex needs and co-occurring diagnoses. These young people often require a combination of physical, medical, cognitive and social/behavioral therapies in an environment that supports skill development and rehabilitation.
-- Our caring professionals help each child to reach his or her highest potential. May Center School for Autism and Developmental Disabilities in Randolph is currently looking for a--Director of--Healthcare Services-- to supervise the provision of nursing and medical services for our school and residential programs. This position is a leadership position that is responsible for the development and implementation of healthcare policies and procedures. This position is an integral part of the program's leadership team and participates in ongoing initiatives to improve quality of care.-- The ideal candidate for this position has previous experience in a nursing leadership position, a strong ability to work with a team, confidence and experience to make independent clinical judgements and an in-depth knowledge of the Human Services field. This is a 40 hour per week position. The hours for this position are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Responsibilities

• Supervise overall healthcare coordination and case management of individuals served in school and residential programs.
• Ensure the establishment and implementation of healthcare procedures and nutritional standards
• Ensure appropriate assessment, planning, intervention, and medical management is in place for current students.
• Support Nurses with intensive and complex cases.
• Involvement in committees, school leadership meetings and program management meetings.
• Participate s --on the admission team as appropriate, weighing in on our ability to serve individuals from a healthcare perspective.
• Ensure the development of appropriate documentation and monitoring systems
• Serve as a liaison between individuals served, families, physicians, healthcare providers,--community agencies, and employees to ensure continuity of care
• Educate employees on policies and standard operating practices as it relates to healthcare and infection control.
• Conduct training per regulatory and organization requirements.
• Participation in an on-call rotation.
• Ability to take part in healthcare assessments as needed.
• Lead the nursing staff in delivering excellent care to patients and offering quality support. Qualifications
  • Current RN license in the state of Massachusetts.
  • BSN degree required; Master's degree preferred.
  • 5 years related nursing experience as an RN and experience navigating the healthcare system in the state.
  • Previous experience with individuals with development disabilities, brain injury, neurobehavioral issues and human services.
  • Previous experience supervising RNs and LPNs.
  • Experience with individuals that exhibit significantly challenging behaviors and aggression. May Institute is an Equal Opportunity employer of qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.May Institute also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of the protected categories.

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