Supervisor Behavioral Health Nursing

CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs in Council Bluffs, IA, seeks a Supervisor Behavioral Nursing to lead nursing teams, ensure compassionate, high-quality patient care, and drive excellence in a fast-paced hospital environment.

You will oversee staffing, performance development, patient engagement, compliance with Joint Commission and state regulations, and optimization of unit resources to support patient outcomes and staff growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing required at hire.
• Active RN license in IA.
• CPR/BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Oversees staffing needs to meet patient and unit requirements.
• Manages performance including goal-setting and feedback.
• Monitors patient engagement, quality initiatives, and safety.
• Coordinates operating systems and service standards per policy.
• Ensures efficient use of department resources within budget.
• Ensures compliance with Joint Commission, state, and agency rules.

Skills

Leadership

Staffing management

Performance feedback

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's in Nursing

IA RN License

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.