Supervisory Psychiatric Nurse

overview

this position is located in the office of the chief nursing executive. The incumbent serves as the director of performance improvement for st. Elizabeths hospital (seh) and acts as the primary senior advisor to the chief nursing executive on all issues pertaining to quality and the development of plans and progress to address deficiencies in nursing services. The incumbent also advises on operational issues as they affect quality of nursing care and works closely with unit management staff to ensure that quality and performance requirements are understood and implemented.

The role includes participating in the development of nursing program goals, resource needs, and allocation of resources in conjunction with the cne, planning and directing the professional array of nursing services through subordinate supervisors, and monitoring/auditing employee documentation with regular reporting to the chief nursing executive and nurse managers for performance improvement. The position also serves as liaison between nursing and policy department, leads the nursing review policy committee, and serves as the tjc expert.

It includes preparing and issuing a 24 hours daily nursing report detailing events concerning patients and unit activities. It provides expert consultation, guidance and coaching to nurse managers to develop efficient and effective systems of unit operations and collaborates with other nursing leaders and hospital leaders in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of nursing procedures and patient care programs.

a person applying for a position in the career service, educational service, management supervisory service, or certain attorney positions who is a bona fide district resident at the time of application may be awarded a 10-point residency preference over non-district applicants, unless the person declines the preference points. If selected, the person must present no less than 8 proofs of bona fide district residency and maintain such residency for 7 consecutive years from the effective date of the appointment.

Failure to maintain residency will result in forfeiture of employment.

this position is not in a collective bargaining unit.

“at will” employment applies to the management supervisory service (mss). All positions and appointments in the mss serve “at the pleasure of the appointing authority” and may be terminated at any time without cause.

if the position you are applying for is in the career, management supervisory, or educational service at an annual salary of $150,000 or more, you must establish residency in the district of columbia within 180 days of the appointment and continue to maintain residency throughout the appointment.

this position is deemed as “safety sensitive” pursuant to section 410 of chapter 4 of the d.c. Personnel regulations. In addition to general suitability screening, individuals applying for or occupying safety sensitive positions are subject to checks and tests including:

• criminal background check
• traffic record check (as applicable)
• pre-employment drug and alcohol test
• reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol test
• post-accident or incident drug and alcohol test
• random drug and alcohol test

open to the public

february 14, 2026; every two weeks thereafter

8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., monday to friday

none

bachelor of science degree in nursing

knowledge in monitoring and auditing employee documentation and providing reports to management for improvement. Strong knowledge in serving as liaison between nursing and policy department and leading the nursing review policy committee as an expert.

applicant must possess at least one (1) year of the required specialized professional nursing as a registered nurse, sufficiently related to psychiatric nursing in a hospital setting. In addition, this position requires one (1) year of professional experience at the next lower level equivalent to ds-13.

applicants must be currently licensed as a registered nurse with the district of columbia (or have applied for licensure).

this position is designated as essential. As an essential employee, you will be required to report to work or stay at work during a declared emergency.

work is in a controlled environment and involves some exposure to moderate risk of accidents with standard safety precautions.

the district of columbia government is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, matriculation, physical handicap, or political affiliation.