Nurse Supervisor

Rockford Center; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

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Challenging and rewarding work

Job summary

Rockford Center is seeking a Nurse Supervisor to lead the nursing team in a 138-bed behavioral health hospital in Newark, Delaware. The role centers on delivering safe, patient-centered care, coordinating staffing, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities include overseeing daily operations, maintaining treatment plan adherence, and implementing emergency procedures. A current Delaware nursing license and CPR certification are required.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and customer service orientation.
• Excellent organization and documentation abilities.
• Strong clinical nursing skills with crisis intervention awareness.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily nursing operations and staffing coordination.
• Ensure high standards of behavioral health nursing and adherence to treatment plans.
• Initiate emergency measures per CPR and resuscitation protocols.
• Participate in emergency crisis interventions with age-appropriate techniques.
• Maintain HIPAA confidentiality and respectful, culturally sensitive care.

Skills

Communication

Customer service

Organization

Listening

Clinical skills

Education

ASN/BSN in Nursing

DE Nursing License

Job description

Responsibilities

Opportunity. This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday from 8am-4:30pm.

Nurse Supervisor - Behavioral Health

Opportunity. This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday from 8am-4:30pm.

(A 2 WEEK ORIENTATION IS REQUIRED. MON- FRI 8:30A-5:00P)

Rockford Center is a 138-bed mental health facility located in Newark, DE, providing easy access to a full complement of inpatient and partial behavioral health programs for children and adolescents, adults, and older adults. Rockford is the only child inpatient behavioral health facility in DE, offers an experienced and tenured senior management team, and serves New Castle County and northern Maryland.

Website: Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services | Rockford Center | Newark, DE

Position Summary

The Nurse Supervisor provides leadership and oversight for nursing staff within the behavioral health hospital, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, and patient-centered care. This role is responsible for supervising daily nursing operations, coordinating staffing, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards and hospital policies.

Benefits

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily nursing operations, including scheduling, assignments, and performance monitoring.
• Maintain high standards of behavioral health nursing and compliance with treatment plans.
• Initiates emergency measures according to age appropriate CPR and client resuscitation protocols.
• Participates in emergency crisis interventions according to age appropriate techniques.
• Maintains confidentiality related to patient, family, client facility and staff in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Provides patient care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that considers cultural diversity and age appropriateness so that autonomy, rights, and dignity are preserved.

About Universal Health Services

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Since our founding in 1979, UHS has grown steadily into a premier Fortune 500® corporation perennially recognized by multiple esteemed national rating entities. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates inpatient acute care facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient and other facilities, nationwide virtual behavioral health services, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services with physical locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Ireland and United Kingdom. www.uhs.com.

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Requirements

Qualifications

• Associates or Bachelor's Degree with an emphasis in Nursing. Strong communication skills, excellent customer service and organization skills, highly effective listening skills, and strong clinical skills.
• Two (2) years of related Supervisory experience, with knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques with understanding of mental illness, preferred.
• Current license to practice nursing in DE (or eligible to receive or renew).
• Current CPR

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