Description

Provide strategic clinical leadership and oversight of nursing services across a multi-state IDD organization, strengthening infrastructure for medically complex and aging populations while ensuring regulatory compliance and quality outcomes.

Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license, multi-state or ability to obtain.
• 7-10 years progressive nursing leadership experience in IDD field.
• Strong knowledge of medication administration, delegation, and regulatory requirements in IDD/behavioral health.
• Experience supporting individuals with IDD, aging adults with complex medical needs.
• Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, or related field preferred.
• Experience with eMAR implementation preferred.
• Experience with HRST or similar risk stratification tools preferred.
• Must reside within and willingness to travel regularly throughout MA, CT, NH, MD, VT.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior nursing authority accountable for practice quality, patient safety, and regulatory compliance across all states and service lines.
• Reduce clinical and regulatory risk through medication oversight, standardizing documentation, and proactive incident analysis.
• Design and implement enterprise-wide nursing model defining roles, scopes of practice, caseloads, supervision, and delegation.
• Oversee contracted nursing vendors including setting quality standards and monitoring performance.
• Lead medication management infrastructure including eMAR system selection and implementation.
• Standardize nursing documentation and partner with Quality to conduct joint audits.
• Establish training and competency frameworks for nurses, DSPs, and home providers.
• Lead use of health risk assessment tools (HRST) to inform clinical oversight and training priorities.
• Analyze hospitalization and ER utilization data to identify trends and drive preventive interventions.
• Partner with Finance to evaluate ROI of nursing staffing models.