Inpatient Nurse Manager - RN

Centerstone; Bradenton (FL); On-site; USD 82,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision health 覆盖

403b retirement plan with companymatch

Paid time off and ten paid holidays

AD&D Insurance, Life Insurance, and LT

Job summary

Centerstone is seeking an experienced RN Inpatient Nurse Manager to provide clinical and operational leadership for nursing services at our Florida behavioral health hospital and treatment center. You will supervise RNs, LPNs, and staff, ensuring safe, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented care for inpatient psychiatric, detoxification, and addiction treatment services.

The role emphasizes staff development, compliance with Florida nursing standards, and coordination with medical leaders to support

Qualifications

• Current Registered Nurse license in Florida.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
• Minimum of four years of professional nursing experience.
• Minimum of two years in supervisory or leadership nursing roles.
• Telehealth participation may be required.
• Must maintain licenses and continuing education.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and clinical oversight for inpatient nursing operations.
• Supervise RNs, LPNs, and staff to ensure safe staffing and patient care.
• Ensure timely nursing assessments, triage, care planning, and medication administration.
• Coordinate with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to support integrated care.
• Respond to medical and behavioral health emergencies as needed.
• Promote safety, trauma-informed care, infection prevention, and recovery-focused care.
• Monitor medication practices and compliance with standards.
• Develop and maintain staff schedules and coverage plans.
• Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and performance management.
• Ensure required orientation and ongoing training.
• Attend treatment team meetings and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Staff supervision

Inpatient psychiatric care

Trauma-informed care

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Care coordination

Education

Florida RN license

BSN preferred

Job description

Centerstone is among the nation's leading nonprofit behavioral health systems with thousands of employees dedicated to delivering care that changes people's lives. A dynamic, well-established organization, we offer rewarding opportunities to serve all ages in a variety of settings. Come talk to us about joining the Centerstone team!

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Summary

The RN Inpatient Nurse Manager provides clinical and operational leadership for nursing services within a Florida behavioral health hospital and addiction treatment center. This position supervises Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Behavioral Health Technicians, and other assigned staff while overseeing safe, effective, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented care for individuals receiving inpatient psychiatric, crisis stabilization, detoxification, and substance use disorder treatment services.

Essential Job Functions

• Provide day-to-day leadership and clinical oversight for inpatient nursing operations, including psychiatric, crisis stabilization, detoxification, and addiction recovery services.
• Supervise, coach, and support RNs, LPNs, Behavioral Health Technicians, and other assigned team members to ensure safe staffing, effective patient care, and compliance with hospital policies.
• Ensure timely nursing assessment, triage, care planning, medication administration, withdrawal monitoring, vital sign review, and response to changes in patient condition.
• Coordinate with physicians, advanced practice providers, clinical leaders, and interdisciplinary treatment teams to support individualized, medically appropriate, and clinically integrated care.
• Respond to medical and behavioral health emergencies, including withdrawal complications, medication reactions, accidental injuries, psychiatric escalation, and other urgent patient care needs.
• Promote a safe, therapeutic, trauma-informed environment that supports patient dignity, de-escalation, infection prevention, suicide risk mitigation, and recovery-focused care.
• Monitor medication practices, medication occurrences, documentation accuracy, and corrective action processes in accordance with applicable Florida nursing standards, accreditation requirements, and organizational policy.
• Develop and maintain staff schedules, daily assignments, and coverage plans to support patient acuity, census needs, regulatory expectations, and budgetary guidelines, including appropriate management of overtime.
• Participate in recruitment, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, competency validation, coaching, performance management, and retention efforts for nursing and behavioral health support staff.
• Ensure staff complete required orientation, annual competencies, continuing education, crisis prevention training, and other assigned learning within required timeframes.
• Complete all evaluations and required status notices in a timely manner.
• Facilitate staff meetings, huddles, education sessions, and communication forums to promote accountability, teamwork, patient safety, and consistent practice across shifts.
• Support compliance with applicable Florida regulations, accreditation standards, infection prevention expectations, patient rights requirements, and organizational policies governing inpatient behavioral health and addiction treatment services.
• Participate in treatment team meetings, quality reviews, incident reviews, root cause analyses, and performance improvement initiatives related to safety, documentation, patient outcomes, and staff practice.
• Demonstrates interest in long term and short-term goals and objectives of the company.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Nursing, Hospital Administrator, Program Director, Vice President, or other executive leadership.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of principles, theories, and practices of nursing related to mental health and/or substance abuse services.
• Detailed knowledge of information and techniques needed to rehabilitate physical and mental ailments and provide alternative treatments.
• Skilled in effective entering, transcribing, recording, and storing information in written or electronic form.
• Ability to plan, supervise and evaluate the work of direct reports.
• Aptitude to evaluate services within assigned program and give input.
• Capable of communicating ideas clearly and effectively verbally and in writing to produce clear and concise reports.
• Effectively apply techniques of a complex nature to make a decision or solve a problem by using logic to identify key facts, explore alternatives, and propose quality solutions.

Experience and Education Qualifications

Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Florida, or eligibility to obtain Florida RN licensure prior to employment.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.

Minimum of four (4) years of professional nursing experience required, with experience in inpatient behavioral health, psychiatric, crisis stabilization, detoxification, substance use disorder treatment, or addiction recovery services strongly preferred.

Minimum of two (2) years of supervisory, charge nurse, nurse manager, or comparable nursing leadership experience required.

Applicant must maintain active Florida RN licensure and meet all organizational, regulatory, and continuing education requirements applicable to inpatient behavioral health and addiction treatment services.

Telehealth participation may be required based on program needs.

Supervisory Requirements

Communicate the strategic direction of the organization and encourage participation by all team members.

Provide leadership and guidance to all aspects of the department.

Take an active role in monitoring the identification, development, and execution of strategic objectives.

Involve, as appropriate, all team members to achieve goals.

Effectively communicate to team members any changes and newsworthy events within the department or company.

Handle difficult team member situations directly, using appropriate discretion and Human Resource advice to show respect for the individual Champion change and effectively manage the implementation of new ideas.

Reinforces team approach throughout functions; support and solicit input from team members at all levels within the company.

Employment Requirements

Successful completion of background check including criminal record, driving record, abuse/neglect and fingerprint check.

Completion of New Hire Orientation at the beginning of employment.

All training requirements including Relias at the beginning of employment and annually thereafter.

Annual maintenance of licenses, and certifications.

Completion and maintenance of required training, competencies, licensure, certifications, and continuing education in accordance with Florida requirements, accreditation standards, and organizational policy.

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

$81,850.00--$122,740.00

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision health coverage
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• 403b retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off and ten paid holidays
• AD&D Insurance, Life Insurance, and Long Term Disability (company paid)
• Employee Resource Groups
• Continuing education opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program

Delivering care that changes people's lives starts with our employees.

Centerstone is an equal opportunity employer. Employment at Centerstone is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. We treat all clients and colleagues with dignity and respect.

At Centerstone, we use our values as a guide for what we do. Respect, Expertise, Integrity and Empowerment are at the heart of every interaction at Centerstone, and particularly rooted in our Culture. Our approach to culture is to create an environment that encourages, supports and celebrates the voices and experiences of our employees. We are committed to a culture of empowerment, respect, integrity and expertise that powers our innovation and connects us to each other, our clients and the communities we serve.

Centerstone is also committed to a strong culture of quality and safety, celebrating role-models who champion best practices for quality, clinical risk, and patient safety.

Centerstone is a nonprofit health system providing mental health and substance use disorder treatments. Services are available nationally through the operation of outpatient clinics, residential programs, the use of telehealth and an inpatient hospital. Centerstone also features specialized programs for the military community, therapeutic foster care, children's services and employee assistance programs.

Centerstone's Research Institute provides guidance through research and technology, leveraging the best practices for use in all our communities. Centerstone's Foundation secures philanthropic resources to support the work and mission of delivering care that changes people's lives.