Psychiatric Nurse Manager - Adolescent Services OOJ

Job Description

A Psychiatric Nurse Manager in Port Elgin, ON, on March 21, 2025, leads and manages a nursing team within a psychiatric setting, ensuring high-quality patient care, implementing treatment plans, and overseeing daily operations, while also collaborating with other healthcare professionals.

• Demonstrates knowledge of human growth and development, assessment, range of treatment, and care of patients appropriate to ages of patients served.
• Collaborates with staff, physicians, patients, and families to promote customer satisfaction and service values.
• Assists in daily monitoring of patient care quality.
• Coordinates and provides initial and on‑going staff education.
• Assists and coordinates annual competencies.
• Assists with daily operations, including staffing, scheduling, and productivity management, and serves as a back‑up for Program Director.
• Follows all hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Notifies Director of Nursing of unresolved issues.
• Works closely with Nursing Director and Program Director to assure quality nursing care is consistent with the behavioral health program mission and vision.
• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates all aspects of care provided to patients in behavioral health program.

• Communicates with peers, Program Director, Director of Nursing and COO when needed.
• Shows responsibility in reporting significant events through electronic notification.
• Accepts and supports changes in hospital and departmental policy.
• Competent as appropriate to responsibilities in the knowledge of the prevention of contamination and transfer of infection and safety policies.
• Competent in the effective and safe use of all equipment.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.
• Follows all hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Experienced and competent in the care of mentally ill patients utilizing behavioral health clinical skills to educate and guide the behavioral health staff in quality behavioral health care.

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Licensed Registered Nurse.
• BSN or MSN strongly preferred or equivalent experience.
• 3‑5 years of behavioral health experience.
• MUST HAVE INPATIENT ACUTE CARE EXPERIENCE.
• MUST HAVE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE (e.g., Supervisor, Coordinator, Manager, etc.).