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The GEO Group Inc / GEO Care Inc

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(122202)

Job title:		2 Positions: Director of Nursing + Nursing Supervisor

Job location:		Columbia, SC 29203 United States

Requisition code:

Date posted:		10/27/09

Job type:		Full-Time

Compensation:		...to commensurate with experience

Job Classification


Job category:		Chief Nurse Officer Clinical Director of Nursing Clinical Manager Director Forensic Nurse

Job Description

Job description:

GEO Care, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of The GEO Group, Inc. GEO is a premier provider of behavioral healthcare and other special needs services to state and local government agencies including management and treatment services for forensic and civil mental health hospitals, long-term care and geriatric centers, sex offender and other special needs facilities.

Columbia Regional Care Center in Columbia, South Carolina is managed and operated by GEO Care and is fully licensed and accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare (NCCHC). Columbia Regional Care Center offers 374 beds providing sub-acute, skilled intermediate and hospice care for conditions such as AIDS, cancer, cardiac disease, dialysis, life support, mental health treatment and special needs programs.

Come join our team at Just Care! We offer a competitive compensation in a safe and secure work environment. In addition, we offer on the job training and flexible scheduling. Our comprehensive benefits package includes tuition reimbursement, health insurance, referral bonus plan, excellent night and weekend shift differentials and a very generous time off plan.

*Director of Nursing* Job Description
As a member of the facility management team, this position plans, organizes, and directs the functions of the nursing department. This position assumes a primary role in ensuring the delivery of high quality, efficient nursing care.

*Clinical Nurse Supervisor* Job Details:
We are currently seeking a CLINICAL NURSE SUPERVISOR who will be responsible for managing in a dynamic environment.

Job Requirements

Education, training, experience:

*Director of Nursing* Requirements:
Master's degree in Nursing and two (2) years of managerial experience; or Master’s degrees in a related health care or medical service, behavioral or rehabilitative science field and three (3) years of managerial experience. The managerial work experience must come from performing those duties typically associated with an Assistant or Associate Director of Nursing, or Director of Nursing. Experience must be in a mental health and medical surgical setting with some sub-acute and dialysis experience preferred.
State license in the State of South Carolina, including at least two years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience working exclusively with individuals diagnosed with mental illness or multiple disabilities.
Work requires the analytical skills necessary in order to solve technical, clinical, administrative, or managerial problems that require a professional level of knowledge in a specific discipline/design relatively complex plans, systems, and programs.
Work requires the communication skills necessary to interpret hospital policies in situations requiring persuasion prepare and present presentations to hospital senior management, manage the performance of employees within a large or diverse department, or other duties requiring a comparable level of communication skills.
Work is assigned in the form of broad goals or areas of responsibility and requires incumbents to make many decisions with respect to policies as well as financial and operating plans. Independent decisions require defining the possible choices from board information where the alternatives and implications may be unclear.
Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.
Equal Opportunity Employer

*Clinical Nurse Supervisor* Requirements:
BSN or ADN from an accredited university.
3-5 years experience at a supervisory level.
Mental health psych experience is preferred.
ACLS or BLS/CPR certification is preferred.
We are also looking for solid experience in quality improvement and an individual who can work independently to execute new ideas to make the organization more efficient while maintaining the high quality of care we continue to provide at Just Care.
Equal Opportunity Employer .


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