DRCC Nurse Manager

Claratel Behavioral Health is an innovative, community-based behavioral health and developmental disabilities services organization offering a full range of mental health, developmental disabilities and substance use disorder services to underserved individuals.

The DRCC Nurse Manager provides clinical supervision, guidance and leadership to the nursing team to ensure safe, evidence-based, trauma-informed psychiatric care across the Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) and the Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU). The role maintains clinical standards, supports quality improvement initiatives and ensures nursing interventions align with regulatory and ethical standards.

• Provide direct administrative, operational, and professional oversight of all nursing services within the PES and CSU units.
• Ensure adherence to nursing standards of practice, scope of practice, organizational policy and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure safe, effective and compliant nursing care delivery in a high-acuity psychiatric crisis environment.
• Oversee nursing workflows including shift coverage, medication administration, monitoring protocols and nursing documentation standards.
• Ensure nursing services support timely admissions, safe observation, crisis intervention and continuity of care.

• Maintain appropriate and safe staffing levels for a 24/7 crisis stabilization facility, including nights, weekends, holidays and periods of increased acuity.
• Ensure continuity of nursing services during inclement weather, disasters, public emergencies or other critical events, including activation of contingency staffing plans.
• Respond in real time to staffing shortages, call-outs or operational disruptions that impact safety or service delivery.
• Always ensure operational readiness to meet community crisis response needs.

• Provide clinical oversight for nursing operations across PES and CSU.
• Provide feedback, coaching and performance evaluation of PES and CSU nurses.
• Support nursing staff development and ensure adherence to nursing standards in a high-acuity psychiatric emergency setting.
• Review nursing documentation including assessments, medication administration records (MARs) and treatment plans.
• Support nursing staff in the identification and implementation of appropriate nursing interventions for individuals in psychiatric crises.
• Ensure accurate documentation and completion of shift tasks in the electronic health record (EHR).

• Ensure that all clients receive timely assessments, interventions, medications, lab draws and monitoring physician orders and nursing protocols.
• Manage unit census, bed boards, client room assignments, admissions and discharges for the unit.
• Actively participate in crisis management and behavioral emergency response as Leader of the Behavioral Response Team (BERT).
• Respond to unit needs by adjusting roles or task assignments as needed during the shift.

• Coordinate safety initiatives, quality improvement projects and compliance activities across BHCC services.
• Partner with the Compliance Department in conducting internal audits to assess compliance with policies, procedures and standards.
• Maintain accurate documentation for audits, regulatory inspections and continuous quality improvement initiatives.

• Coordinate nursing in-service training, documentation standards and emergency protocols.
• Responsible for onboarding of new PES and CSU nursing staff.
• Maintain awareness of current trends and best practices in behavioral health nursing and share relevant updates with nursing staff.

• Active, unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Georgia.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in behavioral health or psychiatric settings.
• At least three (3) years of clinical nursing experience, including one year in a leadership or supervisory role.
• Experience with electronic health records (EHR), incident tracking systems and data reporting tools.

• Previous supervisory or charge nurse experience in…