Supervisor Behavioral Health Nursing

CommonSpirit Health; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 53,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health in Council Bluffs is seeking a Supervisor Behavioral Nursing to lead a compassionate care team in a fast-paced hospital setting. You will ensure high-quality patient outcomes by directing staffing, evaluating performance, and coordinating with inter-disciplinary teams to support recovery.

The role requires strong assessment skills, critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, with a focus on safety and excellence in daily operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in nursing upon hire.
• 1-3 years leadership experience.
• Registered Nurse IA.
• Basic Life Support (BLS/ CPR) certification.

Responsibilities

• Allocates and directs staffing to meet patient, unit and hospital needs.
• Manages performance: goal-setting, feedback, development, corrective action.
• Monitors patient engagement, safety and quality initiatives across departments.
• Coordinates operating systems and service standards per policies.
• Ensures budget alignment and optimal use of department resources.
• Ensures compliance with Joint Commission and state/federal regulations.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Tools

BLS CPR certification

Job description

*Job Summary and Responsibilities*

As a Supervisor Behavioral Nursing you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will oversee the functional and technical job performance or team members. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Allocates and directs staffing needs to meet patient, unit and Hospital needs, and collaborates with others to ensure overall staffing needs are met.
• Manages performance including: goal-setting, clarifying job expectations, monitoring performance progress, providing feedback, recognize, developing skills and addressing performance issues related to work and our commitments using corrective action.
• Monitors and oversee customer and patient engagement, growth, quality initiatives and patient safety for multiple departments, utilizing regulatory and organization knowledge and policy for multiple areas as separate functions.
• Coordinates and manages operating systems, operational standardization, service standards and communication methods in line with system policies and processes.
• Ensures optimal utilization of department resources within guidelines set forth through capital and operation budget planning, implementation of practices that achieve defined objectives, and benchmark data.
• Assures appropriate level of understanding, awareness and compliance with all applicable Joint Commission, federal, state and agency laws, regulations, guidelines and professional standards.

*Job Requirements*

• Bachelors degree in nursing upon hire and minimum of 1-3 years leadership experience
• Registered Nurse: IA
• Basic Life Support - CPR

Where You'll Work

At CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, patients are at the heart of our care. Our campus is designed to heal the body, mind and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services include a new pavilion featuring enhancements in heart and vascular care, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.

*Pay Range*

$38.78 - $56.24 /hour