Registered NURSE MGR - Manager

Registered Nurse Mgr

GENERAL SUMMARY The Nurse Manager will have the responsibility for organizing and overseeing the nursing functions of Crisis Services, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Health and Primary Care, ensuring the care, meets high quality standards. In addition, the Nurse Manager is responsible for several administrative responsibilities, including performance improvement, staff development, policy and procedure initiation and updating, and strict adherence to regulatory requirements related to accreditation.

The Nurse Manager will provide skills training for all new nursing staff to assure competency and maintain a high standard of care, work with all divisions to provide additional training as needed, provide nursing coverage in emergency situations to maintain patient safety and assure all nursing staff is working within the scope of the Nurse Practice Act.

• Assists in planning, implementing, evaluating the delivery of overall nursing care to patients for inpatient/outpatient behavioral health settings.
• Assists in processing bi-weekly nursing payroll (shift differentials and/or overtime).
• Assists the team and providers in delivery of patient care and cooperates with nursing, clinical and provider staff to resolve all emergent patient or nursing issues in a timely manner.
• Completes annual evaluations for nursing staff and attends meetings for department or position.
• Conducts and maintains nursing staff meetings.
• Develops and implements staffing plan for shifts based on patient acuity, patient census and available staff.
• Ensures appropriate orientation of new employees and provides continuous training and development of clinical staff to meet the changing needs of organizational demands.
• Oversees the staffing and management of patient care in respective unit on a 24-hour basis.
• Participates in all programs, licensure, and other external audits and in the preparation of Corrective Action Plans (CAPs).
• Participates in recruitment, selection and hiring process for nursing positions.
• Proactively participates in employee mentoring, coaching and discipline.
• Promotes highest quality standards of patient care by appropriately managing patient flow.
• Promotes staff educational opportunities and coordinates training when applicable.
• Promotes the practice of professional nursing in a specified patient care area and for the acquisition, development, and utilization of resources needed to fulfill responsibilities.
• Provides managerial supporting along with the director of Nursing by supervising and evaluating all of the nursing personnel on the unit.
• Provides patient care based on the needs of the unit including substituting for an RN/LVN as needed utilizing appropriate uniform and PPE.
• Provides support and training to the staff encouraging their abilities to effectively provide service and patient care.
• Provides timely follow-up and communication to employees.
• Provides total supervision in the absence of the Director of Nursing.
• Serves as a resource to staff for solving problems.
• Works collaboratively with the Behavioral Health and Primary Care staff to support operations and trains the clinic nursing team to ensure efficient flow of the patients visiting the clinic.
• Works cooperatively with administrators, physicians, staff, managers, and all customers of CHCS to provide services that consistently meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Education and Experience

• BSN Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited university with two (2) years' experience
• Associates Degree in Nursing from an accredited university with four (4) years' experience

Licenses or Certifications

• Current Registered Nurse License to practice in the State of Texas

Other Requirements

• Behavioral
  
  Competencies:
  
  Self-motivated: energetic, self-starter; can work independently with limited direction.
• Evidence of continued professional development (i.e. additional education, training, certifications, courses, conferences attended and webinars).
• Must be able to meet the physical requirements to complete Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) and CPR training…