Behavioral Health Night Shift Crisis RN Manager

About the role

We are hiring a Nurse Manager (RN) for the Facility-Based Crisis Center and Behavioral Health Urgent Care programs at RHA Health Services. This position focuses on nursing functions and client care at the facility, adhering to standards of care as defined by the Nurse Practice Act and RHA.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the recruitment and selection of appropriate skill levels and numbers of nursing service personnel.
• Provides clinical oversight to all clinical and non-clinical staff on a daily basis.
• Conduct/arranges adequate training of all full-time and part-time employees in positions to meet effective program needs and to maintain employee competency.
• Manages the facility within allocated budgetary parameters.
• Responsible for the effective management of the facilities services on a daily basis, including planning, organizing, and directing all functions and assigned activities; establishing goals and objectives, standards of performance and care; developing clinical policy and procedure; providing direct clinical services; and evaluating clinical staff, systems and improvement processes.
• Ensures that facility is staffed appropriately.
• Develops the schedule for the nursing staff, updates it at appropriate intervals and submits it to the Director Substance Abuse Treatment for approval.
• Provides professional nursing care including assessment, care and treatment of clients at the facility; must adhere to standards of care as defined by the Nurse Practice Act, RHA, and accrediting bodies.
• Supervises directly more than 2 employees. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Requirements

• AA, BS, MSN preferred.
• Experience in management and working with behavioral health population preferred.

Qualifications

• Education: RN with license to practice in North Carolina.
• Experience: Five years experience working with Behavioral Health Clients preferred but not required. MSN preferred.

Skills

• Working knowledge of the principles and techniques in the counseling of each client and/or effective delivery of community-based services.
• Knowledge of the dynamics of the disease of chemical dependency and its treatment.
• Knowledge of resources available in the community to support recovery.
• Working knowledge of psychoactive substance abuse, dependency and the principles and techniques based on best practices.
• Commitment to the use of evidence based treatment and preventative methods.
• Ability to incorporate this knowledge into a training program for employees, assuring training and hours needed to attain certification.
• Ability to monitor budgets and review program productivity and/or performance, and to assist in annual budget development.
• Emotional stability, maturity, warmth, openness and the ability to work effectively with a diverse, indigent population.

Benefits

• Payactiv: early access to the money you’ve earned from hours you’ve already worked, before payday!
• Employee perks and discount program: to help you save money!
• Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
• Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
• 401(k) retirement savings program
• Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial
• Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees)
• Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities