RN Supervisor, Brockton Behavioral Health, 32 Hours (Days/Evenings/Nights)
Position Summary
The Psychiatric Nurse Supervisor is a professional psychiatric nurse who serves as both an administrative and clinical leader to ensure patient-focused care aligned with the goals, policies, and protocols of inpatient psychiatry. The supervisor is responsible for the coordination, direct supervision, and evaluation of personnel and nursing care, as well as the management of fiscal and other resources during off-shifts, weekends, and holidays.
Essential Responsibilities / Duties
Oversight of hospital admissions, operations for inpatient and CSS as well as providing hospital-wide support to ensure safe and effective operations across a 112-bed facility.
Provides clinical support, coordination, and supervision to staff in relation to daily patient care operations.
Reviews and accepts admissions in collaboration with the admitting team; ensures timely, safe, and appropriate patient placement.
Supports CSS through active rounding, direct consultation, and clinical guidance.
Provides leadership during behavioral and medical emergencies, ensuring rapid and coordinated responses.
Assists staff in assessing and prioritizing patient care needs, developing, implementing, and evaluating appropriate action plans.
Facilitates patient advocacy and collaboration with families, physicians, and interdisciplinary team members.
Captures resources (equipment, personnel, medications, supplies) to maintain smooth clinical operations.
Ensures compliance with hospital policies, procedures, regulatory standards, and best practices (e.g., DMH, DPH, JCAHO, OSHA).
Ensures staffing aligns with budgetary and productivity expectations by always staffing to matrix.
Investigates clinical practice incidents, initiates disciplinary action as needed, and communicates outcomes appropriately.
Communicates clinical and administrative interventions and outcomes to hospital leadership and administrators on-call.
Provides timely feedback and professional development support to staff.
Promotes a safe and therapeutic environment, including effective crisis prevention and de-escalation.
Participates in quality improvement initiatives and evaluates nursing practices for effectiveness and efficiency.
Affords assistance in managing staffing, scheduling, and patient acuity-based assignments.
Engages in ongoing professional development and completes mandatory hospital education requirements.
Performs other duties as assigned in support of hospital operations and patient care.
Education & Experience
Requires graduation from an accredited nursing program; BSN required.
Nursing: 3 years (Required)
Psychiatric nursing: 1 year (Required)
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations
Requires license to practice professional nursing as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Compensation
This range offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications. However, our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and a broad range of factors is considered when making an offer. This includes education, experience, skills, and certifications/licensures as they directly relate to position requirements; as well as business/organizational needs, internal equity, and market-competitiveness. In addition, BMCHS offers generous total compensation that includes, but is not limited to, benefits (medical, dental, vision, pharmacy), discretionary annual bonuses and merit increases, Flexible Spending Accounts, 403(b) savings matches, paid time off, career advancement opportunities, and resources to support employee and family well-being.
Note
Note: This range is based on Boston-area data, and is subject to modification based on geographic location.