Nursing Services Manager

Overview

At Old Vineyard Behavioral Health Services, we are helping to create brighter, healthier futures for our patients and their families. We are the Piedmont Triad's only private psychiatric hospital meeting the chemical dependency illnesses and behavioral healthcare needs of those in our community. Our 164-bed inpatient services for adolescents through senior adulthood offer comprehensive and individual assessments, psychiatric evaluation and medication stabilization, daily group therapy and personalized aftercare planning.

We also offer a Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program to ensure the continuum of care for our patients. Old Vineyard is accredited by The Joint Commission and certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. We are passionate about our work and are looking for individuals who share in this passion.

Nursing Services Manager — Full time

We are currently seeking a Nursing Services Manager to join our talented and caring team. Our ideal candidate will possess strong multitasking skills, great communication skills with the ability to engage positively with patients, staff, families, providers, etc., must work well under pressure with several competing priorities and maintain professionalism at all times.

The Nurse Manager is responsible for the delivery of quality nursing care for all patients on all units. The Nurse Manager will adjust staffing as necessary for all shifts as appropriate. The Nurse Manager will oversee all unit activities including, but not limited to, admissions, discharges, milieu management, adherence to unit schedule, crisis intervention, restraint and/or seclusion and relieving for break or meals.

The Nurse Manager provides on-the-spot and on-going education to employees, assists the hospital with constant regulatory readiness, and participates in regulatory site visits as required. The Nurse Manager manages the Registered Nurses and Mental Health Technicians working on the unit as part of the nursing team to include day-to-day personnel issues, orientation and on-boarding of new staff, 90-day and annual performance evaluations, etc.

Education
Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing with a bachelor’s degree. If no BSN, must be currently pursuing with the ability to obtain within two (2) years of hire/transfer.

Experience
Requires five (5) years experience as a Registered Nurse. Requires one (1) year of nursing management experience. Requires two (2) years of psychiatric nursing experience. Knowledge of current nursing procedures, the nursing process, medications and their correct administration.

Licensure/Certification
Current NC State Registered Nurse (or compact state)
AHA CPR & First Aid

Skills
Demonstrated leadership, communication, teaching and supervisory skills. Knowledge of appropriate nursing assessment, diagnoses, and interventions with patients. Ability to accurately administer medications and treatments. Ability to monitor and record response and side-effects to medications and treatments. Ability to safely implement Special Treatment Procedures. Ability to assist with education of patients and families in medication and care management. Ability to develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families.

Knowledge of human behavior or principles of psychology including therapeutic relationships & processes, age specific growth & development, limit setting, crisis & behavior management.

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Generous Paid Time Off

Position is physically demanding. Climbing, ascent and descent of stairs, ramps, using feet, legs, hands and arms. Ability to maintain equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow or slippery surfaces. Stooping, bending downward and forward by bending at the waist; kneeling by bending at the knees; ability to come to rest on one or both knees. Crouching,…