Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Salary:

The Psychiatric Program Nurse Manager Position manages the 14-bed senior adult psychiatric unit.

He/she will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of psychiatric nursing care. He/she provides managerial support to the Director of Nurses by providing supervision and evaluation of all nursing personnel. He/she contributes to the program, nursing, and the Hospital through support of nursing and program philosophy and objectives to meet the psychiatric program need.

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education: Registered Nurse for at least 5 years with a minimum of 3 years of clinical psychiatric/mental
health nursing care; past working experience minimum with MSN oversight.

License: RN License through the state board of nursing

Experience: Prior mental health nursing experience preferred 

Additional Requirements:

 Effective verbal communication skills
 Effective organizational skills
 Effective interpersonal skills
 Analytical problem-solving skills.
 Ability to read and comprehend written instructions; ability to follow verbal instructions.
 Proficient knowledge of PC computers
 Basic understanding of medical and psychiatric diagnoses and conditions

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND/OR REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:
 Photo ID
 Social Security Card/Driver’s License
 Primary Source Verification of education
 Copy of clinical license
 CPR, ACLS

 Behavioral Management Training (optional)

Duties:

• Collaborate with the medical and clinical staff in coordinating and managing the medical and psychosocial treatment plan.
• Provides input in formulating patient care policies, procedures, and nursing care standards for establishing effective treatment plans.

• Ensures continuity of nursing care based on the knowledge of clinical nursing needs and the patients’ individual treatment plans. 
• Supervises all nursing activities related to patient care and sets guidelines for accurate reporting and recording or patient’s symptoms, reactions, and progress.
• Administers nursing care to patients as needed, to maintain clinical skills, assesses patient requirement and/or provide clinical support to the staff nurses in knowledgeable and competent manner.
• Attends interdisciplinary team meetings to ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
• Monitors Quality Assurance and identifies areas for improvement with regular performance improvement measures.
• Develops patient monitoring measures to accommodate volume of referrals.
• Ensures nursing staff completes duties regarding the highest quality of care especially with treatment plans, initial nursing assessments, skin assessments, daily rounds, fall assessments, nutritional screenings, and discharge planning.

Freedom Behavioral Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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