Manager, Nursing - Inpatient Mental Health - Clifton Springs Hospital
About The Position
The Manager, Nursing develops and sustains an environment that supports excellence in clinical practice and patient care on the inpatient mental health unit at Clifton Springs Hospital. The role plans and directs operational, budgetary, and personnel activities for a designated area and develops nursing policies and standards for care delivery. It promotes customer service for patients, visitors, family members, staff, and physicians, working collaboratively across disciplines to support efficient, team-based care. For assigned quality initiatives, the manager collaborates with the CNO or Director of Quality on quality review activities and guides the area in using recognized improvement tools, data analysis, and outcome measures. The role is scheduled Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with flexibility required for on-call responsibilities. It requires a BSN and a New York State RN license, along with BLS certification from the American Heart Association. The position is described as sedentary and primarily office-based, with prolonged sitting, minimal physical effort, lifting under 10 pounds, and substantial cognitive and emotional demands.
Requirements
- BSN / Bachelor's degree in Nursing required.
- Current New York State RN license required.
- BLS (Basic Life Support) certification from the American Heart Association required.
- Sedentary work involving prolonged sitting (67–100% of the workday), minimal physical effort, and lifting limited to under 10 pounds.
- Fine motor skills for computer work, writing, and telephone use, with clear visual and auditory ability.
- High cognitive and emotional demands, including extended concentration, frequent interruptions, independent decision-making, and information processing.
Responsibilities
- Develop and sustain an environment that supports excellence in clinical practice and promotes quality patient care with a focus on safety.
- Develop programs and strategies to monitor the quality of patient care and patient outcomes.
- Promote collaboration with medical and administrative colleagues in establishing unit patient-care goals and daily operations.
- Ensure the organization's philosophy, standards, and policies are translated into action on the patient-care unit.
- Develop, justify, and implement, in collaboration with the Director, long-term staffing patterns, personnel complement needs, and recruitment plans for the patient-care unit.
- Allocate resources to achieve clinical-care and financial goals by preparing, monitoring, and maintaining approved salary and non-salary budgets.
- Select and develop staff to meet patient-care goals.
- Monitor and evaluate operations for compliance with licensure, accreditation, and regulatory standards.
- Support and facilitate staff professional development and participation in research programs.
- Demonstrate leadership and influence others in internal and external environments to promote optimal individual patient care and health-care services for the public.
- Pursue continuing self-development to maintain, strengthen, and broaden professional concepts, philosophy, and abilities.
- Perform quality responsibilities for one or more assigned key processes, potentially including quality, regulatory, and risk-management functions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
