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Nurse Manager- Behavioral Health

  • Randallstown, MD
  • $97,323 to $145,000
OPEN JOB: Nurse Manager- Behavioral Health
LOCATION: Randallstown, Maryland
***Relocation Assistance Available
BASE SALARY: $97,323 to $145,000

Ideal Candidate
  • Looking for someone who is currently in an inpatient behavioral health facility.
  • Ideally a current Nurse Manger or an Assistant Nurse Manager looking to progress to a Manager.

DETAILS:
  • The Behavioral Health Nurse Manager assumes 24-hour accountability for the coordination of resources to ensure quality service to all customers, reflecting the mission, vision, and philosophy of the Department of Nursing.
 
  • Provides overall direction for and coordination of unit operations in concert with Hospital vision, mission, goals, and department specific goals and objectives.
  • Demonstrates awareness of changes, concepts in nursing practice and treatment modalities, and utilizes results of Performance Improvement activities to improve the quality of patient care.
  • Communicates effectively with leadership team regarding staff, physician and systems problems or issues affecting both the department as a whole and individual services.
  • Networks and utilizes resources of other disciplines and allied health personnel to improve delivery of patient care.
  • Demonstrates awareness of ethical/legal aspects surrounding the provision of patient care.
  • Ensures self and unit staff functions within legal limitation.
  • Ensures that hourly rounding is consistently and effectively completed on the unit according to plan, and that staff members are coached as necessary to achieve success.
  • Establishes standards and expectations for all personnel within the area of responsibility.
  • Promotes team building through cooperation and consensus building to create positive patient outcomes, i. e. work groups.
  • Follows up with and provides feedback to all team members by reviewing expectations with action plans to improve.
  • Mentors and coaches team members through active role modeling, i. e. rounds, team meetings, performance improvement, evidenced based practices.
  • Designs and implements plans for unit improvements which demonstrate flexibility, creativity, and cost effectiveness.
  • Identifies unit-based indicators that reflect customer relations, clinical performance, and financial improvement. Implements evidence-based practices.
  • Assists with the preparation and implementation of operational and capital budget.
  • Develops a unit-based expense budget.
  • Monitors financial expense variance reports for staffing and supplies.
  • Maintains financial variances plus or minus one percent.
  • Knowledgeable about current regulatory standards governing patient care and ensures that nursing staff carries out patient care according to those standards. (i. e. JCAHO, IDPH/HCFA, specialty).
  • Incorporates national standards of practice and care into unit based standards.
  • Monitors and measures effectiveness of unit standards of practice and care.
  • Develop and ensure compliance with appropriate departmental policy and procedure manuals for use by the staff.
  • Ensure compliance with government regulatory agencies and accrediting bodies

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
  • Nursing Degree
  • Required: 3-5 years
  • Registered Nurse License - Current Maryland license or eligibility to obtain Maryland license
  • Basic Life Support
PREFERRED:
  • APRN-Clinical Nurse Specialist License - Current Maryland license or eligibility to obtain Maryland license  
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support 
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:
 
  • MS WORD Resume
  • required compensation.
  • Contact information.
  • Availability
 
Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.


STEPHEN FLEISCHNER
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
EMAIL: sfleischner@intermediagroup.com
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefleischner/