Nursing Supervisor – Behavioral Health

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Nursing Supervisor – Behavioral Health

Texas Health Bedford BU – Behavioral Health Unit is looking for a top skilled Nursing Supervisor. Is that you?

Work location: Texas Health HEB Springwood: 1600 Hospital Parkway Bedford, TX 76022

Work hours: Full-Time (36 hours) Day Shift

Department Highlights

• Committed to a Culture of Safety
• Team environment that encourages creativity
• Great Benefits/401K/PTO
• Highly engaged Behavioral Health Leadership Team

Education

• Associate's Degree Nursing Required
• Bachelor's Degree Nursing Preferred

Experience

• 2 Years experience as a clinical nurse with previous experience as a charge nurse or similar leadership role (i.e., Charge nurse, committee chair, preceptor) Required

Licenses and Certifications

• RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required And
• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required And
• CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Upon Hire Required And
• ACPI - Advanced Crisis Prevention Intervention Training maintained annually 6 Months Required Or
• CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training 30 Days Required And
• ACPI - Advanced Crisis Prevention Intervention Training maintained annually 12 Months Required

What You Will Do

• Quality/Performance Improvement:
  Collaborates with Leadership, UBC, and appropriate team members to establish, implement, and monitor department policies/procedures, facilitate unit goals, evaluate and individualize patient care and provide direction to staff to promote quality outcomes.
• Engages staff to promote evidence-based practices within the unit.
• Monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) and regulatory requirements for compliance.
• Provides bedside leadership and clinical expertise to improve quality of patient care.
• Provides safe direct patient care in coordination with other staff when unit activity dictates.
• Provide guidance in emergency or complex situations.
• Use appropriate methodology consistently for communication handoffs.
• Evaluates the outcome of patient care, consults with others on the patient care team, and adjusts nursing care processes as needed to improve outcomes.
• Manages and monitors patient and staff safety initiatives and outcomes.
• Performs pro‑active risk assessments to identify potential issues.
• Models the use of High Reliability Organization (HRO) tools in everyday practice and situations and encourages staff do the same.
• Assists with development and serves as a resource to others for new system and entity based initiatives. Support ongoing sustainment of these changes.
• Shared decision making:
  This role provides bedside leadership on a particular unit or units and shift, coordinating patient flow, patient care and assignments... (content continues as in source)
• Facilitates patient/nurse assignments based on volume, acuity and skill mix, and provides coordination of patient care on nursing unit while maintaining productivity standards.
• Facilitates patient flow for the unit.
• Provides continuous constructive feedback and timely annual performance evaluations to staff.
• Participates in progressive disciplinary action process with Manager/Director and staff.
• Uses Performance Management Guide appropriately.
• Supports retention strategies and objectives and assists with recruiting and hiring of potential staff.
• Collaborates with manager and educator or CNS to provide staff orientation, education and on‑going competency assessment.
• Participates in the development and monitoring of the budget and seeks opportunities for cost containment and achievement of KPI.
• Collaborates with physicians, staff, hospital departments, and outside agencies to provide patient care.
• Participates in policy development and mentors staff regarding policies and procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Gathers staff input during rounding, and completes direct report journaling.
• Patient and Family Centered Care:
  Effectively communicates with patients, families and other healthcare team members by incorporating the 8 caring factors in the Quality Caring Model...
• Creates shift assignments, initially and throughout the shift reflecting…