Nurse Manager
Job in
Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, 89105, USA
Listed on 2025-12-02
Listing for:
Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
Full Time
position Listed on 2025-12-02
Job specializations:
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Nursing
Director of Nursing, Healthcare Nursing, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Educator
Job Description & How to Apply Below
The Nurse Manager provides leadership and operational oversight for assigned behavioral health units, ensuring regulatory compliance, quality care, and staff development. This role emphasizes unit-level operations, enabling closer oversight of compliance and staff performance. Responsibilities include corrective action implementation and continuous improvement of nursing practices.
Key Responsibilities- Directs daily operations for assigned units, ensuring adherence to policies and procedures
- Conducts routine audits (admission assessments, treatment plans, MAR checks, safety rounds) and implements corrective actions as needed
- Provides real‑time feedback, mentors nurses and Mental Health Technicians, and coordinates competency training with the Clinical Nurse Educator
- Participates in hiring, evaluations, and disciplinary actions for unit staff
- Monitors unit metrics, identifies trends, and leads initiatives to improve patient outcomes and staff performance
- Works closely with CNO, House Supervisors, and interdisciplinary teams to maintain safe, therapeutic environments
- Ensures units are survey‑ready at all times through proactive compliance monitoring
- Serves as a resource for clinical decision‑making and escalates concerns appropriately
- Enforces infection control compliance by ensuring staff adhere to protocols and promptly correct deficiencies identified by Infection Control Nurse audits
- Serves as a leader in maintaining a safe, structured, and therapeutic milieu on assigned units, ensuring adherence to behavioral health standards and patient engagement protocols
- Prepares and submits accurate reports on unit audits, compliance metrics, staffing, and quality improvement initiatives to nursing leadership and the CNO
- Analyzes data trends and presents findings during leadership meetings to support decision‑making
- Provides leadership coverage during the CNO's absence, assuming administrative and operational responsibilities
Two (2) positions available – one day shift and one swing shift.
Requirements- Current Nevada State RN License required
- BSN or equivalent preferred
- Minimum one (1) year leadership experience required, preferably in Nursing
- Ability to organize activities and schedules for medical and/or non‑medical tasks for patients.
- Ability to stabilize acute psychotic and non‑violent crises by using accepted intervention techniques.
A full benefits package is available the first of the month following 30 days of employment.
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401K Retirement Plan
- Healthcare spending account
- Dependent care spending account
- PTO Plan with holiday premium pay
- Discounted cafeteria meal plan
- Life insurance (including plans for spouse and children)
- Short‑ and long‑term disability (with additional buy‑in opportunities)
- Pet Insurance
- Identity Theft Insurance
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