RN Manager -Unit Manager

Title

RN Manager I-Unit Manager

Registered Nurse Manager I

Minimum Salary: $107,812/year - Salary Commensurate with Relevant Years of Experience

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Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Southwestern VA Mtl Hlth Inst

www.swvmhi.dbhds.virginia.gov

General Public - G

SWVMHI has four Unit Nurse Coordinator (UNC) positions: one each for the two parts of the Acute Admission Unit (AB and CD, total census 71), one for the Geriatric Unit (EF, census 41), and one for Extended Rehabilitation Services (HIJ, census 63). Approximate numbers of nursing employees on each unit average between 70 and 100 fulltime positions.

• Providing management and leadership to all levels and all shifts of unit-based nursing staff members who provide nursing care in a safe, secure, and therapeutic environment for both forensic and non-forensic adult and/or geriatric clients with mental illness as a primary diagnosis.
• Collaborating assertively as part of an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental team to provide, observe, communicate, and encourage interventions, treatments, and behaviors that promote holistic well-being and achieve satisfactory results.
• Ensuring the Nursing Process is integrated within the Comprehensive Treatment Plan and carried out according to professional nursing standards through effective collaboration between nursing roles, facility shifts, departments, and disciplines, promoting recovery concepts.
• Creating and role modeling healthy interpersonal interactions with staff and clients.
• Overseeing that medication administration and treatments are done according to standards, client/family education is carried out, and leadership is provided during interventions for emergency situations.
• Ensuring fiscally responsible work schedules for unit/shift based direct care staff and that short-term staffing needs are met by effective nursing recruitment, retention, and creative use of resources.
• Collaborating with Unit Program Director, Nursing Administration, and Fiscal Department to oversee unit budget.
• Coordinating unit and department-based performance improvement activities and staff education to meet TJC and CMS accreditation and that other regulatory/oversight agency standards are met.
• Covering on an occasional basis for the Chief Nurse Officer or Assistant Nurse Executive.
• Directly supervising and documenting the performance of an assigned group of about 5-10 staff members which includes Head Nurses and possibly Team Nurses, Ward Clerk CNAs, and/or Lead CNAs.

• Must be a licensed nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia (or applicant status).

• Prefer significant experience in an inpatient treatment setting related to adult mental health.
• Strongly prefer significant experience in middle management with supervision of various levels of nursing staff.
• Computer skills are needed.

SWVMHI is an Equal Opportunity Employer located in Marion, VA. Employment opportunities are open to all regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or disability.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI).

Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their COD. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link:
Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at , or DBVI at .