RN Manager Behavioral Health

LewisGale Regional Health System; Pulaski (VA); On-site; USD 81,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits (health, dental, etc)

401(k) with 100% match on 3–9%

Tuition assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Wellbeing support

Job summary

LewisGale Hospital Pulaski is seeking an experienced Behavioral Health Nursing Manager to oversee daily unit operations, staff coordination, and care quality. The role focuses on delivering patient-centered care and ensuring adherence to hospital policies within the behavioral health program.

The Manager will work with the Nursing Director and Program Director to maintain high clinical standards, assess patient needs, and coordinate education and development for the team.

Qualifications

• Behavioral health experience is required.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support within 30 days of start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention within 30 days of start date.

Responsibilities

• Clear understanding and experience within behavioral health.
• Collaborates with staff, physicians, patients, and families to promote customer satisfaction and service values.
• Assists in daily monitoring of patient care quality and coordinates staff education.
• Provides back-up for Director of Nursing and helps manage staffing, scheduling, and productivity.

Skills

Behavioral health experience

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

Salary Estimate: $81369.60 - $122054.40 / year

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Job Summary And Qualifications

The Manager ensures high quality, patient-centered care through oversight of the overall daily function and staffing of the unit/department. The Manager monitors and evaluates the provision of nursing care in accordance with established policies/procedures and holds staff accountable for quality and clinical outcomes in support of facility objectives.

Position Responsibilities

• Clear understanding and experiences specifically within behavioral health
• Demonstrates knowledge of human growth and development, assessment, range of treatment, and care of patients appropriate to ages of patients served.
• Collaborates with staff, physicians, patients, and families to promote customer satisfaction and service values.
• Assists in daily monitoring of patient care quality.
• Coordinates and provides initial and on-going staff education.
• Assists and coordinates annual competencies.
• Assists with daily operations, including staffing, scheduling, and productivity management, and serves as a back-up for Director of Nursing.
• Follows all hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Notifies Director of Nursing of unresolved issues.
• Works closely with Nursing Director and Program Director to assure quality nursing care is consistent with the behavioral health program mission and vision.
• Assess, plans, implements and evaluates all aspects of care provided to patients in behavioral health program.

Department Specific

• Communicates with peers, Program Director, Director of Nursing and COO when needed.
• Shows responsibility in reporting significant events through electronic notification.
• Accepts and supports changes in hospital and departmental policy.
• Competent as appropriate to responsibilities in the knowledge of the prevention of contamination and transfer of infection and safety policies.
• Competent in the effective and safe use of all equipment.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.
• Follows all hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Experienced and competent in the care of mentally ill patients utilizing behavioral health clinical skills to educate and guide the behavioral health staff in quality behavioral health care.

Education & Experience

Behavioral Health Experience Is Required

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Registered Nurse

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

LewisGale Hospital Pulaski has provided quality healthcare services since 1915. We are located in Pulaski, Virginia. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 140+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in Southwest Virginia and New River Valley. As a member of the LewisGale Regional Health System network, we provide a full scope of healthcare services. Our hospital is home to the LewisGale Regional Cancer Center Pulaski. The first medical facility in the region to provide a radioactive seed implant procedure which is a radiation therapy alternative for treating breast and prostate cancer. Our accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer comes with many commendations for our program of service and patient care. We specialize in orthopedics and are an accredited chest pain center.

At LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

LewisGale Hospital Pulaski has provided quality healthcare services since 1915, giving patient's access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 140+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in Southwest Virginia and New River Valley. As a member of the LewisGale Regional Health System network, we provide a full scope of healthcare services from our facilities located in Pulaski, Virginia. Our hospital is also home to the LewisGale Regional Cancer Center Pulaski – the first medical facility in the region to provide a radioactive seed implant procedure -- a radiation therapy alternative for treating breast and prostate cancer. Our accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer comes with numerous commendations for our program of service and patient care. We also specialize in orthopedics and are an accredited chest pain center.

At LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.