Hospital Nurse Manager-Behavioral Sciences Center- Admissions

UTHealth Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid medical premiums for full‑t​

Generous time off and holidays

Longevity pay

Retirement/pension plan

Job summary

UTHealth Houston’s Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center seeks a Hospital Nurse Manager to oversee admissions and nursing operations for 60+ inpatient beds. The role focuses on safe, compassionate behavioral health care, with collaboration across physicians and interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient access, triage, bed management and regulatory compliance.

The position requires leadership, expertise in behavioral health assessments, and a commitment to coaching staff and driving performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing required.
• RN licensure in Texas required.
• 5+ years of nursing experience; psychiatric setting preferred.
• Supervisory/leadership experience preferred.
• Strong leadership and team development skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide managerial oversight of nursing staff and patient services for multiple inpatient units.
• Oversee staffing, scheduling, and budget for Nursing Services (e.g., $16M budget).
• Collaborate with physicians, referral sources and interdisciplinary teams to ensure patient flow and safety.
• Lead clinical and staff development initiatives and quality improvement efforts.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and participate in hospital committees as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Nursing management

Behavioral health

Regulatory compliance

Staff development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

RN Licensure (TX)

Tools

Staff scheduling systems

Budget management

Job description

Join the Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center as a Hospital Nurse Manager and lead a high-performing admissions team dedicated to delivering safe, compassionate, and efficient behavioral health care. This full-time role (Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM) oversees nursing operations within the admissions department, ensuring exceptional patient access, psychiatric triage, bed management, and regulatory compliance. The Nurse Manager partners closely with physicians, referral sources, and interdisciplinary teams to support seamless patient flow while fostering a culture of accountability, quality, and patient-centered care. This position requires strong leadership and team development skills, expertise in behavioral health assessments and psychiatric admissions, and a passion for coaching staff, driving performance improvement initiatives, and advancing clinical excellence in a fast-paced mental health environment.

• Mandatory Orientation: Two-week onboarding process for all new hires
• Hospital-Wide Education Orientation: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (first two weeks)

What we do here changes the world.

UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave.

It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees!

As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as …

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Managerial oversight of all clinical, fiscal, compliance, environmental, and human resources activities for multiple inpatient units. Responsible for the management, evaluation, and coordination of nursing staff, and the direction of patient services for more than 60 inpatient beds.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Provides direction, organization and supervision to 60 plus registered nurses, psychiatric technicians and other nursing services staff to ensure high quality inpatient care on a 24/7 basis.
• Participates in the rotation of On-Call-Administrator as needed and cover for the Chief Nurse Officer (CNO) role as needed.
• Oversees the scheduling/staffing system for Nursing Services to ensure compliance with the approved Staffing Plan and Guidelines.
• Collaborates with all clinical treatment members, medical staff and other department heads regarding clinical operations.
• Oversees the financial operations, to include management of a $16 million dollar budget, in collaboration with the CNO.
• Oversees risk management / performance improvement processes for Nursing Services, to include analyzing data, root cause analysis, and submission of action plans, etc. as indicated.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory and accrediting agency specifications to meet federal, state and local standards.
• Provides guidance, mentorship and feedback to House Supervisors, Clinical Care Coordinators and others to assist in the development of management and leadership skills.
• Leads hospital-wide initiatives related to clinical staff issues or patient care issues by chairing and organizing committees.
• Initiates and conducts interdisciplinary meetings with all treatment staff, participates and leads ad hoc committees as required by the department.
• Monitors and provides oversight of each unit budget, ensures availability of supplies, replacement of essential unit equipment and purchase of new items to assure efficient unit operations.
• Conducts/participates and presents research on a national level.
• Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• None
• Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
• Registered Nurse (RN) State Licensure or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) by Texas Board of Nursing (BON) required

Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing school required Minimum Experience: 5 years of nursing experience required 5 years of nursing experience in a psychiatric setting preferred Prior supervisory experience preferred Physical Requirements: Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive: This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code

• 51.215 and Texas Government Code
• 411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code
• 117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R.
• 791.4. Residency Requirement:
• Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.