Registered Nurse, Unit Supervisor
Agency: Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services, Catawba Hospital
About the Role
Utilizing knowledge base and experience, provides population-specific quality nursing care to adult and geriatric psychiatric patients through the nursing process in accordance with hospital policy and procedure. Utilizes recovery principles in all aspects of this leadership role. Directly supervises, evaluates, documents, and provides guidance to improve performance of nursing staff. Develops and implements strategies to facilitate effective communication among three shifts. Collaborates with Charge Nurses on off shifts, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Supervisors, and other departments to manage nursing care and milieu on assigned unit. Drives continuous quality improvement, ensuring the highest standards of safety, trauma-informed care, and regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
- Provide population-specific quality nursing care to adult and geriatric psychiatric patients.
- Supervise, evaluate, document, and guide nursing staff performance.
- Develop and implement strategies for effective communication across shifts.
- Collaborate with Charge Nurses, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Supervisors, and other departments.
- Manage nursing care and milieu on assigned unit.
- Drive continuous quality improvement in safety, trauma-informed care, and regulatory compliance.
Requirements
- Registered Nursing licensure or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care utilizing knowledge of pharmacology, psychiatric disorders, physical, psychological, and social needs of the psychiatric patient.
- Skills to supervise, evaluate, and counsel nursing employees; skills in delegating nursing activities.
- Demonstrated competency as defined on Competency Assessment.
Qualifications
- BSN highly desirable.
- Demonstrated experience in nursing leadership role with supervision and evaluation of personnel performance, competency, and interface with physicians and other ancillary staff preferred.
- Experience in mental health inpatient psychiatric or geriatric/long-term care setting preferred.
Pay
Hiring range: $111,586 - $153,988
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, including choice of health plans.
- Paid life insurance.
- Retirement plans.
- 14 paid holidays in 2026.
- Annual leave, family personal leave, and sick leave.
- Employee discount programs.