DSHS WSH Registered Nurse 4

Western State Hospital in Lakewood, WA is seeking a Shift Nurse Manager to provide essential hospital-wide psychiatric nurse support, patient care coordination, and community liaison functions. This role directs hospital operations during off-hours, including management of medical, psychiatric, and facility emergencies, and supervises nursing employees and support services.

Responsibilities

• Direct hospital-wide operations, including management of medical, psychiatric, and facility emergencies.
• Provide onsite supervision to all nursing employees and support services during hours when other top-level management are not present.
• Communicate with all levels of the hospital organization to assist in conflict resolution, build trust, and foster collaborative relationships.
• Facilitate shared decision-making and allocate nursing resources based on patient acuity and care needs.
• Articulate and interpret nursing care standards and hospital policies to nursing and multidisciplinary team members.
• Evaluate the patient care delivery system for the respective shift, utilizing evidence-based practice and considering patient safety.
• Respond to and formulate complex reports, complete employee evaluations, and conduct audits.
• Serve as a liaison between WSH and community agencies during non-business hours, overseeing the screening of patients for involuntary admission from Western Washington counties.
• Ensure compliance with professional nursing standards, Medicare, state, and federal laws and regulations.
• Plan, organize, and direct the deployment of nursing employees for safe patient care.
• Direct, motivate, interview, recommend for hire, and provide corrective action or progressive discipline as needed.
• Investigate staff and patient complaints as assigned.
• Hold self and nursing supervisors accountable for evidence-based patient care and personnel management processes.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• Four years of professional nursing experience, including two years in a lead capacity over other nursing personnel.
• Valid Washington State license to practice as a registered, professional nurse.
• A bachelor’s degree in nursing or higher may substitute for two years of non-supervisory experience.
• One year of full-time experience teaching nursing may substitute for one year of supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Nursing.
• Competence in utilizing information technology (e.g., computers, telephones, Microsoft Windows programs including Excel, fax machines).
• Strong leadership skills and proficiency in reading, writing, and communication.

Benefits

• Opportunity for an additional 5% premium pay for onsite work at least three days a week.
• Free ORCA cards available for Pierce County employees.

For questions, contact saleen.hernandez@dshs.wa.gov or call (360) 725-5810 and reference job number 06164.