Nurse Manager

Responsibilities

Harbor Point Behavioral Health Center provides intensive residential treatment to youth aged 7‑17 with psychiatric diagnoses or developmental disabilities in Portsmouth, VA.

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive compensation & generous paid time off
• Excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi student loan refinancing program
• Tuition savings to continue nursing education with Chamberlain University
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries
• Pet insurance
• More information available on benefits guest website

• Implement emergency use of seclusion and restraints
• Plan and ensure quality resident care and treatment
• Maintain documentation standards
• Maintain cost efficiency
• Participate in marketing and community relations activities
• Staff assigned units
• Provide leadership and supervision for nurses and direct‑care staff
• Interpret facility and department objectives and policies
• Maintain clean, safe, therapeutic environment
• Adhere to facility and clinical policies and procedures
• Maintain service excellence

Must possess demonstrated leadership ability, ability to communicate effectively with diverse groups and individuals, strong oral and written communication skills. Must have knowledge of general and child/adolescent psychiatric nursing, therapeutic relationships, growth and development, limit‑setting and behavior management, crisis management with aggressive behaviors. Individual must be able to perform each essential function of the job satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the essential functions.

Good verbal and written skills, ability to rotate shifts and programs as necessary, maintain confidentiality of resident information, demonstrate knowledge of risk factors for violence and ability to assess suicidal/homicidal ideations. On‑call requirements required.

Graduation from an approved School of Nursing, which confers RN, AD, or diploma in Nursing.

Licensed by Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse. CPR certification.

Minimum of one year experience working with children and adolescents in a psychiatric facility or rehabilitation program. Minimum of three years supervisory experience preferred.

Must be able to verbally de‑escalate and physically restrain when necessary. Ability to perform CPR and First Aid. Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp. Individual must be able to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and move objects.

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal‑opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.