Registered Nurse Manager

UHS•Huntington, WV

9d•Onsite

About The Position

River Park Hospital, a 165-bed behavioral health facility in Huntington, West Virginia, is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse Manager. The Nurse Manager has 24-hour responsibility for managing, delivering, and coordinating care for assigned nursing units, including assessing, planning, providing, and evaluating patient care and nursing services. The role consults with the Director of Nursing, staff, physicians, and clinical administration about nursing issues and facility policies to ensure patient needs are met. The Nurse Manager maintains departmental performance-improvement activities, participates in hospital-wide initiatives, mentors clinical staff, and provides coverage as a nursing supervisor or staff nurse when assigned. The position provides leadership and supervision to nursing and mental health technician staff; oversees patient care, documentation, treatment-plan updates, medication administration, and milieu management; and assesses and intervenes in crises. The Nurse Manager participates in treatment-team decisions, maintains qualified staffing and performance evaluations, works within budgeted staffing and unit allocations, and develops nursing goals and plans for personnel, supplies, equipment, and physical-plant needs. The role also requires compliance with hospital policies and support of its mission, philosophy, and goals, with sensitive and developmentally appropriate communication.

Requirements

High school diploma required.
Associate degree required.
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Valid West Virginia registered nurse license required.
Certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse.
Current CPR certification.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred.
One to three years of experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage, deliver, and coordinate care for assigned nursing units, with 24-hour responsibility.
Assess, plan, provide, and evaluate patient care and nursing services.
Consult with the Director of Nursing, staff, physicians, and clinical administration on nursing problems and facility policies.
Maintain performance-improvement activities within assigned departments and participate in hospital-wide initiatives.
Mentor registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, mental health technicians, and other clinical staff as needed.
Provide coverage as a nursing supervisor or staff nurse when assigned.
Comply with administrative, clinical, corporate compliance, and human resources policies and procedures; support the hospital’s mission, philosophy, and goals.
Provide leadership, supervision, and direction to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and mental health technicians.
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care and the care milieu.
Ensure medications and treatments are administered as prescribed and that documentation reflects care provided.
Provide and direct milieu management and assist teachers and therapists while prioritizing safety.
Document nursing care and treatment progress in timely, accurate chart entries and update nursing care plans.
Ensure nurses complete treatment-plan updates accurately and on time.
Assess, direct, and intervene in crisis situations.
Participate in treatment-team decisions; gather and incorporate data into care-plan updates; assess patient needs; design and implement programs; and document and evaluate patient responses.
Use age-, growth-, and developmentally appropriate therapeutic communication.
Maintain qualified staffing and provide performance evaluations for staff on the assigned unit.
Work within budgeted FTEs to support consistent patient care.
Develop and implement nursing goals within the program and determine personnel, supply, equipment, and physical-plant needs.
Maintain professional conduct and adhere to unit and hospital expectations.
Maintain unit fiscal responsibility by adhering to budget allocations.
Perform other duties as assigned or required.