Job Description
Description and Responsibilities
Open Sky Community Services is seeking a strategic and compassionate Director of Nursing to lead and advance nursing services across our community-based programs. This senior leadership role is responsible for ensuring high-quality, person-centered, and trauma-informed care while driving clinical excellence, compliance, and innovation. The Director of Nursing plays a key role in shaping organizational strategy, strengthening workforce development, and integrating care across multidisciplinary teams to support whole-person health.
The Director of Nursing will oversee nursing services across residential and community-based programs, ensure adherence to all applicable regulations (DPH, DMH, DDS, DCF, etc.), lead audits, surveys, and accreditation efforts (e.g., CARF), provide training in trauma-informed care, behavioral health, and medication safety as well as support integrated care across behavioral health, developmental services, and housing.
Qualifications
- Active Registered Nurse license in Massachusetts with Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, required.
- Minimum of seven years progressive nursing experience, including leadership roles, required.
- Experience in behavioral health, developmental disabilities, or community-based care, required.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements, required.
- Valid Drivers Liense and accepable driving history, required.
About Us
At Open Sky Community Services, we open our doors, hearts, and minds to the belief that every individual, regardless of perceived limitations, deserves the chance to live a productive and fulfilling life.
Open Sky is on an anti-racist journey, committed to learning, living, and breathing inclusion, opportunity, diversity, racial equity, and justice for ALL.
At Open Sky, you’ll join over 1,300 compassionate and highly trained professionals who put innovative, evidence-based practices to work in ways that positively impact our communities across Central Massachusetts and beyond.
As a trauma-informed organization, Open Sky strives for transparency and sensitivity to the experiences of those we interact with. Self-care is encouraged, and we are committed to providing a positive work culture that is focused on continuous learning and the value of diverse perspectives.
Open Sky is proud to be an industry leader in pay and benefits. Open the Door to Possibility and begin your career with Open Sky today!
Benefits of Working for Open Sky Include:
- Excellent Supervision (Individual and Group), Professional Development, and Training Opportunities
- Generous paid time off plan – you start with 29 days (almost 6 weeks!) in your first year, including 12 paid holidays. Increases to 32 days in your 2nd year, and the current maximum is 43 days (OVER 8 WEEKS!)
- We pay for your higher education! Ask about our Tuition Reimbursement Program, and reimbursement for a variety of Human Services certifications.
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with Prescription Plan
- 403b Retirement Plan with Employer Match
- Life Insurance (100% Employer-Paid)
- Eligible employer for the Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program
- And more!
Open Sky celebrates diversity and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with federal and state employment opportunity laws, qualified applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran, or disabled Veteran status.