Director of Nursing
About the role
The Director of Nursing will provide leadership, guidance, and administrative oversight to the psychiatry unit team to ensure safe, high-quality, and evidence-based care is delivered every day. This role supports individuals across North Dakota experiencing severe and chronic mental health and substance use challenges.
Responsibilities
- Provide coaching, education, and ongoing training to ensure staff have the knowledge and resources needed to provide effective care.
- Support daily operations, step in to assist during challenging situations, and foster a collaborative and supportive team environment.
- Ensure clear understanding of professional boundaries and scopes of practice by recognizing the differences between prescriber responsibilities and nursing responsibilities to maintain compliance with regulations and safe patient care practices.
- Lead with light, bringing compassion, accountability, respect, and hope to both the people served and the staff supported.
Requirements
- North Dakota Registered nurse license from the North Dakota Board of Nursing or the ability to obtain a license in North Dakota.
- A minimum of two (2) years of behavioral health supervisory experience and working with individuals with substance use disorders.
Qualifications
To thrive in this position, you should have strong knowledge of behavioral health services, psychiatric nursing, and substance use disorders. You should be comfortable having crucial conversations with those you supervise as well as other team members when applicable, addressing concerns directly, and making thoughtful decisions that support both patient care and operational effectiveness. You will need to understand state regulations and compliance expectations while ensuring services are delivered safely and appropriately.
Skills
You should be someone who asks questions, seeks information, and looks beyond the surface to identify opportunities for improvement. Success in this role will require adaptability, critical thinking, and the ability to build strong working relationships with a wide variety of individuals across disciplines.
Benefits
Not specified.
Pay
Not specified.
Schedule
Not specified.
About HHS
ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of wellbeing: physical, economic, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed, team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.
About Team ND
"Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt
More than 7,500 talented, hard-working people across sixty-three agencies have come together as Team North Dakota. At Team ND, we are driven to succeed through gratitude, humility, curiosity and courage. Our purpose is to empower people, improve lives, and inspire success. Join us in being legendary.
Total Rewards
The State of North Dakota is committed to providing team members with a strong and competitive rewards package that support you, your health and your family.
Application Procedures
Your resume should include information to demonstrate how you meet the minimum qualifications as posted. If the Department’s Human Resource Division is unable to determine that you meet the minimum qualifications credit will not be given. All application material must be received on or before the closing date by 11:59 PM Central Standard Time (CST).
Contact Information
For more information about the position or if you need an accommodation, please contact Dr. Laura Kroetsch at lkroetsch@nd.gov.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.