Nurse Manager

Position

Nurse Manager (RN)

Location:

Birmingham, AL. An acute care, 194‑bed inpatient psychiatric facility serving adolescents and adults.

• Responsible for the appearance and improvement of the unit.
• Supervises nursing staff in carrying out nursing duties.
• Ensures treatment plans are accurately charted and signed by physicians.
• Conducts unit tours.
• Participates in developing nursing philosophy, objectives, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Assists in staffing pattern planning to address continuity of care and acuity needs.
• Facilitates collaboration between nursing and medical staff.
• Supports a professional growth environment.
• Evaluates and promotes nursing morale and esprit de corps.
• Educates staff in a systematic manner.
• Serves on the Nursing Management Committee and other committees as designated.
• Participates in staff development programs and orientation of new employees.
• Provides a safe therapeutic environment that protects patients’ rights.
• Assesses patients’ physical needs.
• Responds appropriately to crisis situations.
• Intervenes to decrease panic in disturbed patients.
• Applies restraints or imposes seclusion in emergency situations following policy and documentation requirements.
• Admits, discharges, and transfers patients based on physician orders.
• Assists with procedures and physical exams.
• Safely prepares, administers, and monitors medication results.
• Reviews medical records and records physician orders.
• Teaches patients and families.
• Incorporates cost containment into nursing plans.
• Participates in interdepartmental activities to improve communication, coordination, and quality patient care.
• Manages assigned nursing stations.
• Ensures orders are transcribed and signed off accurately and timely.
• Conducts monthly nursing staff meetings with unit managers, creating agenda and minutes.
• Recommends employment and discharge of staff to Administration.
• Monitors FTEs according to budgetary guidelines.
• Motivates staff to perform duties efficiently and positively.
• Evaluates employees with Program Managers and Nursing House Supervisor promptly.
• Investigates unusual incidents, medication errors, and complaints from patients, staff, and other departments and reports appropriately.
• Emphasizes maintenance of a therapeutic environment, patients’ rights, nursing process, safety, and patient participation.
• Certifies CPR annually and ensures staff are certified.
• Relieves staff for breaks, groups, meals, etc.
• Ensures compliance with JCAHO standards.
• Participates in reporting and follow‑up regarding employee and patient infection control issues.
• Assigns patients and unit responsibilities to nursing personnel as needed.
• Assumes patient care and unit responsibilities for assigned unit on a regular basis.
• Works effectively with other department heads, subordinates, supervisors, physicians, and other individuals.
• Displays good listening skills, views all sides without bias, and communicates ideas clearly.
• Provides relief of house supervisors on a rotational basis.
• Ensures competency on the Pyxis system.
• Provides training on the Pyxis system to nurse managers and HCBH nurses.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred; five years of psychiatric nursing experience in a related specialty may be substituted.
• Minimum two years psychiatric nursing experience, working with adolescents preferred.
• Three years psychiatric nursing management preferred.
• Current Registered Nurse status in the State of Alabama.

• Challenging and rewarding work environment.
• Competitive compensation.
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries.

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and fully support recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.