RN Clinical Manager, Psychiatry Float Pool

Cincinnati Children's; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 100,526 - 130,686; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnati Children’s is seeking a Clinical Manager for the Psychiatry Float Pool (PSRU) at the College Hill Campus. The role oversees a flexible, psychiatry-focused nursing team that supports inpatient and residential behavioral health programs.

You will partner with operations and clinical leaders to ensure safe staffing, workforce readiness, and high‑quality patient care while promoting employee engagement and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience leading psychiatry nursing teams.
• Proven ability to manage staffing across inpatient and residential behavioral health programs.
• Strong collaboration with operations and clinical leaders.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight for the Psychiatry Float Pool (PSRU) team supporting inpatient and residential behavioral health programs.
• Foster a culture of engagement, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous learning.
• Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop staff to support workforce stability and professional growth.
• Collaborate with Psychiatry Operations, Nursing Leadership, Clinical Directors, Educators, and other stakeholders to support patient care delivery.
• Promote workforce flexibility through cross-training, competency development, and ongoing professional development.
• Integrate IPM into daily operations and leadership practices.
• Oversee daily staffing operations, deployment, and resource allocation across supported behavioral health areas.
• Support onboarding and orientation of new float pool team members.

Skills

Leadership

Staff development

Staffing management

Cross-functional collaboration

Employee engagement

Job description

• Expected Starting Pay Range $100,526.40 - $130,686.40


• Starting pay is based on experience, skills, and equity; exceptions may apply for highly qualified candidates. Additional pay (e.g., shift, on‑call, or weekend differentials) and benefits may apply. Annual pay may vary based on FTE status.

Primary Location

College Hill Campus

Department

Psychiatric Resource Unit

Shift

Evening (United States of America)

Schedule

Full time

Weekly Hours

40

FTE

1

Employee Status

Regular

• Expected Starting Pay Range $100,526.40 - $130,686.40


• Starting pay is based on experience, skills, and equity; exceptions may apply for highly qualified candidates. Additional pay (e.g., shift, on‑call, or weekend differentials) and benefits may apply. Annual pay may vary based on FTE status.

Clinical Manager, Psychiatry Float Pool

PSRU Float Pool Psych Team | College Hill Campus

Location/Unit:

PSRU Float Pool Psychiatry Team, College Hill Campus

Shift/Hours/FTE

1.0 FTE (40 hrs/wk), Evening Shift (12:00pm-10:30pm; 4 days per week; 2 weekend shifts required every 12 weeks)

Benefits Eligibility

Full-Time Benefits Eligible

Why Join Us?

Are you passionate about developing staff, leading operations, and ensuring high-quality behavioral health care across multiple settings? Join Cincinnati Children’s as a Clinical Manager for the Psychiatry Float Pool within the Psychiatry Supplemental Resource Unit (PSRU).

In this leadership role, you will oversee a team of psychiatry-focused nurses and clinical staff who provide flexible support across the inpatient and residential behavioral health programs. You will partner with operational and clinical leaders to support safe staffing, workforce readiness, high-quality patient care, and employee engagement while meeting the needs of multiple psychiatry care environments.

Lead a highly adaptable team, strengthen workforce capacity, and help ensure exceptional care experiences for patients, families, and staff.

Recruitment message:

This is not a traditional unit-based manager role. It is an opportunity to lead one of the organization’s most flexible and strategically important psychiatry nursing teams, supporting care delivery across behavioral health programs at our College Hill and Lindner Center of Hope locations.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership

• Provide leadership and oversight for the Psychiatry Float Pool (PSRU) team supporting the inpatient and residential psychiatric and behavioral health programs.


• Foster a culture of engagement, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous learning.


• Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop staff to support workforce stability and professional growth.


• Collaborate with Psychiatry Operations, Nursing Leadership, Clinical Directors, Educators, and other stakeholders to support patient care delivery.


• Promote workforce flexibility through cross-training, competency development, and ongoing professional development.


• Integrate the Interprofessional Practice Model (IPM) into daily operations and leadership practices.


• Support shared governance and evidence-based decision making.

Operations

• Oversee daily staffing operations, deployment, and resource allocation across supported behavioral health areas.


• Collaborate with operational leaders to proactively address staffing needs, patient volume fluctuations, and workforce challenges.


• Monitor staffing effectiveness, workforce utilization, and operational performance metrics.


• Identify workflow efficiencies and implement operational improvements that support patient care and employee experience.


• Serve as a leadership resource for escalated staffing, operational, and employee concerns.


• Support onboarding and orientation of new float pool team members.

Quality and Compliance