Psychiatric Nurse Program Director
Company: Freedom Magnolia
Location: Magnolia
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
Beacham Memoria/Freedom Behavioral in Magnolia, MS is taking
applications position for a Psychiatric Program Director. The
Program Director/Nurse Manager will oversee a 14 bed senior adult
DPU, under administrative direction and will manage consistently
with the program philosophy. This role assesses, plans, implements
and evaluates delivery of psychiatric nursing care. He/she provides
managerial support to the hospital Director of Nurses by providing
supervision and evaluation of all nursing personnel. He/she
contributes to the program, nursing and the Hospital through
support of nursing and program philosophy and objectives to meet
the psychiatric program need. Duties include but are not limited
to: Collaborates with the medical and clinical staff in
coordinating and managing the medical and psychosocial treatment
plan. Provides input in formulating patient care policies,
procedures, and nursing care standards for establishing effective
treatment plans. Ensures continuity of nursing care based on the
knowledge of clinical nursing needs and the patients’ individual
treatment plans. Supervises all nursing activities related to
patient care and sets guidelines for accurate reporting and
recording or patient’s symptoms, reactions, and progress.
Administers nursing care to patients as needed, in order to
maintain clinical skills, assesses particular patient requirement
and/or provide clinical support to the staff nurses in
knowledgeable and competent manner. Attends interdisciplinary team
meetings to ensure the delivery of quality patient care. Monitors
Quality Assurance and identifies areas for improvement with regular
performance improvement measures. Develops patient monitoring
measures to accommodate volume of referrals. Ensures nursing staff
completes duties in regard to the highest quality of care
especially with treatment plans, initial nursing assessments, skin
assessments, daily rounds, fall assessments, nutritional
screenings, and discharge planning Qualified candidates must
possess an active nursing license in good standing with the State
of Mississippi Nursing Board. Demonstrated experience with
psych/behavioral health is required. Experience with the geriatric
population is strongly preferred. Freedom Behavioral provides equal
employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for
employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type
without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin,
disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual
orientation, gender identity or any any other characteristic
protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to
all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting,
hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall,
transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Keywords: Freedom Magnolia, Alexandria , Psychiatric Nurse Program Director, Healthcare , Magnolia, Louisiana
