Nurse Manager - Pediatrics​/Adolescent Acute Psychiatrics

Nurse Manager - Pediatrics/Adolescent Acute Psychiatry

Position overview and responsibilities for a Nurse Manager in Acute Psychiatric Services.

Under direction of the Director, Mental Health Nursing, to manage one or more assigned inpatient, emergency or skilled nursing psychiatric units on a 24-hour basis. This Nurse Manager position is located in Acute Psychiatric Services Division at the Behavioral Health Pavilion on the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Campus.

Learn more about Santa Clara Valley Medical Center:
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Santa Clara Valley Healthcare (SCVH) is the second largest public health care system in California and includes three acute care hospitals, 14 clinics and 60+ specialty and sub-specialty services. Our mission is to provide high-quality, accessible healthcare and excellent service to everyone in Santa Clara County. SCVMC is a full-service tertiary acute care teaching hospital with 699 licensed beds, offering a wide range of services.

Regional hospitals and healthcare facilities within the system are described below.

• Analyzes utilization of staff and distribution of workloads with respect to organization, fiscal management, and social, political, professional and specialty trends in nursing practice within area of responsibility.
• Assesses and identifies the educational needs of staff as well as the quality of nursing care delivered, as these relate to nursing care standards.
• Identifies situations requiring corrective action and organizes, analyzes and presents appropriate documentation.

• Develops staffing patterns that provide for quality patient care.
• Collaborates with the Director, Mental Health Nursing to influence institutional goal setting by identifying and communicating problems, pressures and trends.
• Collaborates with appropriate levels of nursing staff to determine policies and procedures to be used within nursing.
• Collaborates with other nursing staff in planning and executing approaches to nursing process in response to changing needs.
• Participates in long range planning and establishes goals and objectives to facilitate the delivery of quality patient care.
• In collaboration, plans a systematic approach to staff development for the purpose of recruitment and retention.
• Assists in the development of a budget to support the established clinical care standards.

• Participates in the process of identification, supervision, and implementation of departmental goals.
• Facilitates the formulation of patient care standards.
• Uses systematic methods to resolve patient care and nursing problems; initiates planned change, evaluates outcomes, and implements corrective action through conscious, deliberate and collaborative efforts.
• Participates in resolving unusual or complex interdepartmental problems as they relate to the delivery of quality nursing care.
• Serves as mediator for personnel concerns which cannot be resolved at a lower level in the nursing organizations.
• Facilitates communication between departmental staff.
• Meets regularly with medical staff to share information and problem solve.
• Participates in directing and implementing policies and procedures for appointment, transfer, and termination of personnel.
• Participates in selection of candidates for available positions through initial interviews based on specific technical and psychosocial competencies; determines skill level and compatibility with the health care team.
• Collaborates with Clinical and Administrative staff developers to implement and evaluate orientation programs.
• Participates in development and teaching of leadership and management skills.
• Assists in implementing the most cost-effective utilization of staff.
• Promotes compliance with Federal, State and local regulatory standards, and J.C.A.H.O.
• Collaborates with the Director, Mental Health Nursing to identify need for corrective action of an employee and initiates action when necessary.

• Periodically reviews organization structure, policies and procedures to enhance administrative effectiveness and support goal attainment of the clinical programs.
• Directs and implements utilization of nursing care evaluation tools.
• Participates in the evaluation of the delivery of support services necessary to facilitate quality nursing care.
• Reviews incident reports to identify and correct common problems.
• Annually evaluates own personal performance and job satisfaction based on attainment of goals.

Possession of a valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Possession of the knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.

Relevant education, training and experience and demonstrated current competence in the…