Registered Nurse Manager

The Mission of ELMHS is to provide mental health evaluation, treatment, habilitation, and consultation for adults. Programs include inpatient interventions, jail-based evaluations, supervised group home and residential programs, forensic evaluation, care, custody, and aftercare; intermediate and long-term psychiatric care are coordinated with the total system of care in Louisiana.

ELMHS is looking for a motivated, detail-oriented individual to come and join the team in the Nursing Department as a RN Manager! The selected candidate will manage and direct 24-hour nursing services across multiple teams, supervise staff, ensure safe and compliant patient care, oversee staffing and performance, develop policies and improvement plans, support staff development, and coordinate patient-related activities with families, facilities, and external agencies.

Possession of a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse plus one of the following:
Four years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR A bachelor's degree in nursing plus three years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR A master's degree in nursing or public health plus three years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR A doctorate in nursing or public health plus two years of experience as a licensed registered nurse.

Job Duties:

• Plan, manage and direct total nursing services of a multi-service patient area on a 24-hour basis and coordinate patient and nursing activities with other departments and disciplines.
• Provide direct administrative supervision, support and consultation to RN Supervisors on two teams and indirect supervision, support, consultation and counseling for lower nursing subordinates on assigned teams.
• Make regular and frequent nursing/supervisory rounds, monitor treatment performance/patient care and record documentation to assure compliance with defined standards.
• Provide input into professional and non-professional staffing requirements for assigned units; has line authority and supervisory responsibility for all nursing functions (multi-ward and multi-teams) including staff/scheduling of nursing resources, approval of leave requests, monitoring staffing assignments for assigned teams to assure adequate and safe nursing coverage
• Serve on nursing councils with responsibility for policy/procedure development; identification and resolution of ethical, legal and patient care issues; identification of performance improvement issues and assists with the development of action plans when so assigned.
• Coordinate the development and implementation of unit performance improvement plans, participates in department performance improvement plans.
• Interpret standards of care and policies/procedures defined by Nursing Department, ELMHS, LDH, OBH, and Civil Service to subordinate
• Develop performance plan with subordinates, monitors performance and work products, provides coaching and training as needed; assists employees with identifying educational needs and adjusts work schedules as needed to permit employees to participate in educational opportunities
• Act as liaison with families, other facilities and law enforcement agencies concerning patient's admissions, discharges, and transfers.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational or Promotional

Schedule: Days

Compensation:

• This position has an SER of $44.79 hourly and $3583.20 Biweekly
• This position is eligible for the following premium pays (Per Hour Physically Worked):
  • Facility Longevity – Starting at $2.00
  • Recruitment/Retention - $10.00
  • Recruitment/Retention – $2.00

Please note that preference may be given to current, permanent employees within LDH.

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.