Charge Nurse - (Head Nurse)

Acadia Healthcare; San Juan (PR); Presencial; USD 85 000 - 110 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Acadia Healthcare is seeking a Nursing Supervisor/Manager to direct patient care, coordinate a shift-based team of nurses and staff, and ensure safe, high-quality behavioral health services. The role emphasizes patient safety, staff development, and cross-department collaboration.

Responsibilities include scheduling, direct care, supervision, documentation, and ensuring compliance with policies while maintaining a professional, therapeutic approach with patients and colleagues.

Qualificações

• BSN preferred.
• Current RN license in the state of the facility is required.
• One year experience as a registered nurse preferred.
• Six months of experience as a registered nurse required.
• One or more years of experience in behavioral health/psychiatric/addiction recovery (inpatient or outpatient) preferred.
• Some experience as a change RN preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Direct care for patients and coordinate other nurses and staff on daily medical or behavioral health care activities.
• Oversee a unit or work group for a shift and ensure full coverage.
• Schedule staff to ensure full coverage and effective application of services.
• Lead, guide and train employees performing work.
• Provide nursing evaluation, consultation and related care as required.
• Coordinate services and maintain communication with other departments or staff.
• Oversee quality assurance activities and compliance with standards; promote workplace safety and continuous improvement.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, case managers, coworkers and others.
• Complete and maintain required documentation.

Conhecimentos

RN license

Leadership

Communication

Behavioral health

Formação académica

BSN preferred

RN license required

Experience in behavioral health

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Purpose Statement

Responsible for directing care to patients, facilitating work flow, service as a clinical resource for staff, and for providing team leadership on a shift to shift basis. health/nursing services in a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers at all times. Collaborate with others to ensure that all patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints. Recognizes that patient safety is a top priority.

• Role models expectations related to customer service and demonstrates a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety
• Oversee a unit or work group for a specified shift.
• Provide direct care for patients as well as monitor and coordinate other nurses and members of the staff on the daily medical or behavioral health care activities of the unit.
• Schedule staff to ensure full coverage at all times and to ensure effective application of services.
• Lead, guide and train employees performing work.
• Oversee and provide direct nursing evaluation, consultation and other related care to patients as required.
• Coordinate services and maintain communication with other departments or staff as required.
• Oversee quality assurance activities and compliance to operational standards, participate in program development, development or implementation of operating policy and procedure and promote continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices as requested.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, case managers, coworkers and others in an effective manner.
• Complete and maintain required documentation.

Purpose Statement

Responsible for directing care to patients, facilitating work flow, service as a clinical resource for staff, and for providing team leadership on a shift to shift basis. health/nursing services in a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers at all times. Collaborate with others to ensure that all patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints. Recognizes that patient safety is a top priority.

• Role models expectations related to customer service and demonstrates a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety
• Oversee a unit or work group for a specified shift.
• Provide direct care for patients as well as monitor and coordinate other nurses and members of the staff on the daily medical or behavioral health care activities of the unit.
• Schedule staff to ensure full coverage at all times and to ensure effective application of services.
• Lead, guide and train employees performing work.
• Oversee and provide direct nursing evaluation, consultation and other related care to patients as required.
• Coordinate services and maintain communication with other departments or staff as required.
• Oversee quality assurance activities and compliance to operational standards, participate in program development, development or implementation of operating policy and procedure and promote continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices as requested.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, case managers, coworkers and others in an effective manner.
• Complete and maintain required documentation.

Other Functions

Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

• BSN preferred.
• Current registered nursing license in State of facility required
• One year experience as a registered nurse preferred
• 6 months of experience as a registered nurse required
• One or more years experience in behavioral health/psychiatric/addiction recovery environment (inpatient or outpatient) preferred.
• Some experience as a change RN preferred.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

Current RN license within the state where facility is providing service.

CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

First aid may be required based on state or facility.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.