Registered Nurse - RN Manager - Children's Behavioral Health Center

About the role

The Registered Nurse - RN Manager at the Children's Behavioral Health Center is responsible for managing the day-to-day clinical operations of the department, ensuring high-quality patient care and upholding nursing standards.

Responsibilities

• Supports strategic initiatives through establishing quality initiatives in patient care delivery.
• Maintains nursing practice standards and upholds the nursing code of ethics.
• Develops and updates performance improvement tools, productivity reports, fiscal status and quality statistics.
• Solves patient complaints in a timely manner in accordance with policy and collaborates with support staff.
• Establishes and implements policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory bodies.
• Manages department budget and resources, understanding the organization’s financial processes.
• Aligns behaviors with OU Health values, serving as a role model for staff.
• Represents the OU Health nursing body, working closely with senior leadership and other healthcare professionals.
• Fosters an inclusive workforce where individual differences are valued and maximized.
• Manages the selection, retention, and performance of the team through coaching, providing real-time feedback, training, and routine recognition practices.
• Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the achievement of the organization’s metrics.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required. Master's in Nursing preferred.
• Experience: 3 to 5 years of demonstrated leadership experience required (Charge Nurse, Educator or other leadership development preparation).
• Licenses/Certifications: Current Registered Nurse License (RN License issued by the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing, or a current multistate compact Registered Nurse (eNLC)), Basic Life Support (American Heart Association) certification required upon hire. Nursing specialty or leadership certification(s) preferred.

Qualifications

• Knowledge: Knowledge of academic medical center structure, service-line structures, institutional governance and hierarchy of decision process.
• Skills: Planning, coordinating and measuring departmental activities; Demonstrated business acumen and managerial functions such as experience with performance improvement tools, using metrics to drive decisions, maintain a budget, report writing and solve practical problems; Ability to leverage resources, including technology, to manage multiple competing priorities and deliver on organizational goals; Knowledge of industry standards to aid strategic decisions, problem solve and calculate risk; Ability to think creatively and strategically to successfully mediate with individuals/groups; Cognizant of unconscious and systemic bias in care delivery and business operations; Demonstrated ability to overcome obstacles to cooperation and to foster harmonious relations; Ability to maintain integrity and trust among leadership and staff; Proven ability to lead and motivate individuals, groups/cross-functional teams and provide project management support; Strong written and oral communication skills characterized by candor, openness, integrity and ability to be diplomatic.