Registered Nurse - Assistant Nurse Manager Inpatient Mental Health Services

Department of Veterans Affairs • Long Beach, CA

36d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) Assistant Nurse Manager is assigned to the Mental Health Service Line at the Long Beach VA Healthcare System in the Inpatient Mental Health Services for the Mental Health Acute Unit (MH-Acute). Designated first-line supervisory authority, responsibility, and accountability for the 24/7 operations of the unit, ensuring that subordinate personnel provide timely nursing care which complies with generally accepted standards of clinical practice. This includes the authority to accept, amend, or reject the work of subordinates. Has continuing responsibility for all the following functions: (1) Planning work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting priorities and preparing schedules for completion of work; (2) Assigning work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and the requirements of the assignments, and the capabilities of subordinates; (3) Evaluating the performance of subordinates; (4) Making recommendations for appointments, advancements or reassignments of subordinates; (5) Giving advice, counsel, or instruction to subordinate personnel on work and administrative matters; (6) Hearing and resolving complaints of subordinates and referring more serious complaints not resolved to higher level supervisors; (7) Recommending and/or taking disciplinary action where appropriate; (8) Identifying developmental and training needs of subordinates and providing or making provision for such development and training; (9) Duties as assigned by the Nurse Manager. Deputy Chief Nurse for Mental Health, and/or the Chiefs of Mental Health Care Group. Other duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: performance improvement, customer service/patient satisfaction, patient and employee safety, interviewing applicants, employee relations, standards of care and practice, the work environment, and accreditation and regulatory standards. Actively develops and manages collaborative partnerships with physicians and other clinicians. Responsible for· staffing their units on a continual basis (24/7), validating the daily patient classifications, and working with other Nurse Managers to identify and share resources. Responsible for time scheduling of the unit, coaches staff, deals with employee conduct and performance issues, completes recurring reports and performance evaluations in a timely manner. Participates on service and medical center committees and task forces to improve nursing practice and patient care. Identifies educational needs of staff and ensures that these needs are addressed. Has an integral role in supporting and facilitating student nurse clinical experiences, as well as orienting new Nurse Managers. Works in partnership with the union and adheres to EEO principles. In the absence of a Nurse Manager, a cross-covering Nurse Manager will be designated to handle administrative and clinical issues, such as staffing coverage, granting leave, and patient and/or staff issues.

Requirements

• 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
• Minimum 2-3 years current experience as an Assistant Nurse Manager/Administrative Coordinator and/or Charge Nurse in acute inpatient mental health programs, primarily adult psych.

Nice To Haves

• Desired MSN
• Desired Certification in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Responsibilities

• Planning work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting priorities and preparing schedules for completion of work
• Assigning work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and the requirements of the assignments, and the capabilities of subordinates
• Evaluating the performance of subordinates
• Making recommendations for appointments, advancements or reassignments of subordinates
• Giving advice, counsel, or instruction to subordinate personnel on work and administrative matters
• Hearing and resolving complaints of subordinates and referring more serious complaints not resolved to higher level supervisors
• Recommending and/or taking disciplinary action where appropriate
• Identifying developmental and training needs of subordinates and providing or making provision for such development and training
• performance improvement
• customer service/patient satisfaction
• patient and employee safety
• interviewing applicants
• employee relations
• standards of care and practice
• the work environment
• accreditation and regulatory standards
• staffing their units on a continual basis (24/7)
• validating the daily patient classifications
• working with other Nurse Managers to identify and share resources
• time scheduling of the unit
• coaching staff
• dealing with employee conduct and performance issues
• completing recurring reports and performance evaluations in a timely manner
• participating on service and medical center committees and task forces to improve nursing practice and patient care
• identifying educational needs of staff and ensures that these needs are addressed
• supporting and facilitating student nurse clinical experiences
• orienting new Nurse Managers
• working in partnership with the union and adheres to EEO principles
• handling administrative and clinical issues, such as staffing coverage, granting leave, and patient and/or staff issues

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees