Nurse Manager (RN)

Duties

• Assists the Director of Nursing in implementing and directing all nursing services.
• Interfaces closely with the medical staff, administration, nursing staff, and other departments to achieve the hospital's goals and objectives.
• Collaborates with the Director of Nursing in planning, organizing, and directing the delivery of quality general and psychiatric nursing care.
• Staffs, trains, and develops nursing staff.
• Revise nursing policies and procedures, standards of performance, and communicate nursing issues to medical staff, department directors, and administration.
• Participates in departmental and team meetings to discuss patient care and develop treatment plans.
• Manages scheduling and staffing for the nursing department, ensuring coverage, minimizing overtime and agency use, and approving or denying time-off requests.
• Collaborates with the Director of Nursing on maintaining a high level of service and quality nursing care.
• Collaborates with other departments such as Intake and Clinical Services to ensure an efficient and effective flow of information regarding patient care between the departments.
• Pairs with the Director of Nursing to routinely review job assignments and utilization of staff to ensure appropriate resources for safe, high quality nursing care.
• Analyzes statistical data on inpatient programs to determine and respond to trends.
• Collaborates with the Director of Nursing and People Services for staff recruitment and retention.
• Provides support to the department as necessary.

Qualifications

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Associate's degree in nursing required.
• Current Registered Nurse license as required by state regulations in which the facility operates.
• One year experience in a psychiatric health care facility preferred.
• CPR certification is required within 30 days of employment and prior to any patient contact.
• De-escalation certification required within 30 days of employment and prior to any patient contact.