Registered Nurse Manager

State of Louisiana; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 93,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance Coverage

Parental Leave

Holidays and Leave

Job summary

ELMHS in Jackson, LA, seeks a RN Manager to lead 24-hour nursing services and coordinate across multiple teams. You will supervise staff, develop policies, and improve performance while ensuring safe patient care and collaboration with families and external agencies.

The role emphasizes staffing oversight, staff development, and liaison with other facilities to ensure quality care and compliance with standards.

Qualifications

• Current Louisiana RN license or multi-state/NLC-eNLC acceptable license.
• Four years of RN experience, or a baccalaureate in nursing with three years’ RN experience.
• Master’s degree in nursing or public health with three years RN experience, or Doctorate with two years RN experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and direct total nursing services on a 24-hour basis across multiple teams.
• Provide administrative supervision to RN Supervisors and indirect supervision to other nursing staff.
• Conduct regular rounds, monitor treatment and ensure compliance with standards.
• Provide input into staffing requirements and supervise nursing resources.
• Serve on nursing councils and participate in policy, ethics and performance improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate development and implementation of unit performance improvement plans.
• Interpret standards of care and policies to subordinates.
• Develop performance plans and coach staff; assist with educational opportunities.
• Act as liaison with families, facilities and law enforcement regarding admissions, discharges and transfers.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Staff supervision

Policy development

Performance improvement

Interdepartmental coordination

Education

Louisiana RN license

Bachelor’s in Nursing

Master’s in Nursing or Public Health

Doctorate in Nursing or Public Health

Job description

About This Job

Division: Within the Nursing Department at ELMHS, Located in Jackson, LA

The Mission of ELMHS is to provide mental health evaluation, treatment, habilitation, and consultation for adults. Programs include inpatient interventions, jail-based evaluations, supervised group home and residential programs, forensic evaluation, care, custody, and aftercare; intermediate and long-term psychiatric care are coordinated with the total system of care in Louisiana.

ELMHS is looking for a motivated, detail-oriented individual to come and join the team in the Nursing Department as a RN Manager! The selected candidate will manage and direct 24-hour nursing services across multiple teams, supervise staff, ensure safe and compliant patient care, oversee staffing and performance, develop policies and improvement plans, support staff development, and coordinate patient-related activities with families, facilities, and external agencies.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse plus one of the following:

• Four years of experience as a licensed registered nurse;
• A bachelor's degree in nursing plus three years of experience as a licensed registered nurse;
• A master's degree in nursing or public health plus three years of experience as a licensed registered nurse;
• A doctorate in nursing or public health plus two years of experience as a licensed registered nurse.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties

Job Duties and Other Information

In This Role, You Will:

• Plan, manage and direct total nursing services of a multi-service patient area on a 24-hour basis and coordinate patient and nursing activities with other departments and disciplines.
• Provide direct administrative supervision, support and consultation to RN Supervisors on two teams and indirect supervision, support, consultation and counseling for lower nursing subordinates on assigned teams.
• Make regular and frequent nursing/supervisory rounds, monitor treatment performance/patient care and record documentation to assure compliance with defined standards.
• Provide input into professional and non-professional staffing requirements for assigned units; has line authority and supervisory responsibility for all nursing functions (multi-ward and multi-teams) including staff/scheduling of nursing resources, approval of leave requests, monitoring staffing assignments for assigned teams to assure adequate and safe nursing coverage
• Serve on nursing councils with responsibility for policy/procedure development; identification and resolution of ethical, legal and patient care issues; identification of performance improvement issues and assists with the development of action plans when so assigned.
• Coordinate the development and implementation of unit performance improvement plans, participates in department performance improvement plans.
• Interpret standards of care and policies/procedures defined by Nursing Department, ELMHS, LDH, OBH, and Civil Service to subordinate
• Develop performance plan with subordinates, monitors performance and work products, provides coaching and training as needed; assists employees with identifying educational needs and adjusts work schedules as needed to permit employees to participate in educational opportunities
• Act as liaison with families, other facilities and law enforcement agencies concerning patient's admissions, discharges, and transfers.

Position-Specific Details

Appointment Type: Probational or Promotional

Schedule: Days

Compensation

• This position has an SER of $44.79 hourly and $3583.20 Biweekly
• This position is eligible for the following premium pays (Per Hour Physically Worked):
• Facility Longevity – Starting at $2.00
• Recruitment/Retention - $10.00
• Recruitment/Retention – $2.00

Please note that preference may be given to current, permanent employees within LDH.

Contact Information

Leigh Moore

ELMHS HR

[e-mail]

225-634-0680

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a State Employee, You Will Earn Competitive Pay, Choose From a Variety Of Benefits, And Have Access To a Great Professional Development Program:

Insurance Coverage

More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
• Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others