Nurse Manager-Mental Health

GENERAL

SUMMARY:

Provides leadership and supervision of daily operations for assigned services or patient care units. Assures the delivery of quality, patient-centered care in a manner reflective of the Medical Center's mission, vision, values and beliefs. Possesses managerial and clinical skills appropriate to the scope of responsibility. Manages the cost center's fiscal, material and human resources emphasizing staff retention strategies. Participates in department, division and organization-wide initiatives focusing on regulatory compliance and performance improvement.

Maintains 24/7 accountability for assigned unit(s).

Supervises Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and/or other support staff in the delivery of patient care as described in Nebraska Statute 38.

• * Commits to the mission, vision, beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.
• * Develops and initiates service/program activities congruent with organizational goals.
• * Promotes interdisciplinary and/or interdepartmental collaboration to optimize efficient and effective patient-centered care delivery.
• * Develops, implements and analyzes adherence to organizational and service/unit specific standards of care and policies and procedures.
• * Empowers staff to actively participate in service/unit and overall nursing practice committees/councils and to operationalize the hospital vision, beliefs and patient-centered principles; mentors staff in quality performance efforts and fosters a culture based on continuous improvement.
• * Incorporates age-specific and cultural considerations in the delivery of patient care; ensures a patient care environment that is safe, clean, clutter-free and customer-focused.
• * Engages in assigned hospital management, clinical and organizational meetings.
• * Develops and manages a capital, operational and human resource budget based on strategic service/ unit priorities, best practices and organizational standards; analyzes and resolves variances.
• * Recruits and manages staff to demonstrate behaviors consistent with Bryan beliefs and Bryan Core Values; acts as chief retention officer for area of responsibility.
• * Ensures staff members receive an orientation and ongoing educational development based upon organization and service/unit requirements and individualized employee needs/expectations.
• * Recommends prioritized annual competency requirements based on the needs and scope of the service/unit and identified job performance expectations.
• * Conducts timely staff performance appraisals assuring staff competence while emphasizing staff retention strategies through coaching and individual development.
• * Participates in product evaluation studies and consequent decision-making activities.
• * Ensures ongoing compliance with accrediting and regulatory standards.
• * Promotes evidence-based practice; interprets patient, physician, staff and other customer satisfaction results and drives improvement; evaluates occurrences, patient, physician and staff concerns and seeks resolution utilizing supportive organization procedures/methods.
• * Works collaboratively with the Assistant Nurse Manager to assure that meaningful leader/employee rounding is completed according to span of control expectations.
• * Timely, objectively, and constructively coaches staff as appropriate when practice and/or safety issues are observed or reported; ensures appropriate corrective actions are completed for staff when there is a failure to meet job performance expectations.
• * Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise.
• * Participates in and/or leads meetings, committees, strategic planning and lean projects as assigned.
• * Performs other related projects and duties as assigned.

(Essential Job functions are marked with an asterisk "*". Refer to the Job Description Guide for the definition of essential and non-essential job functions.) Attach Addendum for positions with slightly different roles or work-specific differences as needed.

• Maintains clinical competency as required for position including but not limited to age-specific competencies relative to patient's growth and development needs, annual skill competency verification and other certifications as required for assigned area(s).
• Knowledge of service-related Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Standards.
• Knowledge of…