Nurse Manager- Behavioral Health

OPEN JOB:
Nurse Manager
- Behavioral Health

LOCATION:

Randallstown, Maryland

*** Relocation Assistance Available

BASE SALARY: $97,323 to $145,000

• Looking for someone who is currently in an inpatient behavioral health facility.
• Ideally a current Nurse Manger or an Assistant Nurse Manager looking to progress to a Manager.

The Behavioral Health Nurse Manager assumes 24-hour accountability for the coordination of resources to ensure quality service to all customers, reflecting the mission, vision, and philosophy ofthe Department of Nursing.

• Provides overall direction for and coordination of unit operations in concert with Hospital vision, mission, goals, and department specific goals and objectives.
• Demonstrates awareness ofchanges,concepts in nursing practice and treatment modalities, and utilizes results of Performance Improvement activities to improve the quality of patient care.
• Communicates effectively withleadershipteam regarding staff, physician and systems problems or issues affecting both the department as a whole and individual services.
• Networks and utilizes resources of other disciplines and allied health personnel to improve delivery of patient care.
• Demonstrates awareness of ethical/legal aspects surrounding the provision of patient care.
• Ensures self and unit stafffunctionswithin legal limitation.
• Ensures that hourly rounding is consistently and effectively completed on the unit according to plan, and that staff members are coached as necessary to achieve success.
• Establishes standards and expectations for all personnel within the area of responsibility.
• Promotes team building through cooperation and consensus building to create positive patient outcomes,i. e.work groups.
• Follows up with and provides feedback to all team members by reviewing expectations with action plans to improve.
• Mentors andcoachesteam members through active role modeling,i. e.rounds, team meetings, performance improvement,evidenced based practices.
• Designs and implements plans for unit improvements which demonstrate flexibility, creativity, andcost effectiveness.
• Identifies unit-based indicators that reflect customer relations, clinical performance, and financial improvement. Implements evidence-based practices.
• Assists with the preparation and implementation of operational and capital budget.
• Develops a unit-based expense budget.
• Monitors financial expense variance reports for staffing and supplies.
• Maintains financial variances plus or minus one percent.
• Knowledgeable about current regulatory standards governing patient care and ensures that nursing staff carries out patient care according to those standards. (i. e.JCAHO,IDPH/HCFA, specialty).
• Incorporates national standards of practice and care into unit based standards.
• Monitors and measureseffectivenessof unit standards of practice and care.
• Develop and ensure compliance with appropriate departmental policy and procedure manuals for use by the staff.
• Ensure compliance with government regulatory agencies and accrediting bodies

• Nursing Degree
• Required:
  
  3-5 years
• Registered Nurse License
  - Current Maryland license or eligibility to obtainMarylandlicense
• Basic Life Support

• APRN-Clinical Nurse Specialist License
  - Current Maryland license or eligibility to obtainMarylandlicense
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support