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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NURSE MANAGER - NEUROBEHAVIORAL UNITS
$98k-121k (estimate)
Full Time
1 Week Ago
Hospital for Special Care is Hiring a BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NURSE MANAGER - NEUROBEHAVIORAL UNITS Near New Britain, CT
- QUALIFICATIONS
- Required: Current valid licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Connecticut.
- Required: Minimum of 2 years management and clinical supervisory experience in a behavioral health setting
- Required: Minimum of 3-5 years of experience with pediatric behavioral health population.
- Required: Associates or Bachelors in Nursing.
- Preferred: Master's degree in Nursing, or Master's degree in related healthcare field, management, business administration or current matriculation.
- JOB SUMMARY
- The Behavioral Health Nurse Manager serves as an integral member of the Autism Services leadership team, whose primary role is to supervise nursing practice and performance across inpatient programs. The Nurse Manager is also an essential liaison between nursing staff, Autism Services leadership, and hospital administration. The Nurse Manager, as a member of hospital leadership, strives to achieve a safe and optimal patient care experience, including excellence in behavioral health nursing practice, through effective collaboration with all disciplines. With 24-hour accountability for the coordination and continued oversight of Autism Services practice, he/she will assist the Autism Services leadership team with all aspects of operation, including but not limited to: staffing, urgent medical and clinical issues, and administrative processes. He/she is cognizant of, accountable to, and adheres to, standards established by regulatory and accrediting agencies and the hospital.
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Job requires standing occasionally for brief (15 min) periods. Job mostly sedentary, sitting at desk functions or at committee up to but usually no greater than 120 minutes at a time. Job involves carrying of documents, books, chairs or small equipment(i.e. audiovisual) items. Reaching and bending as is related to accessing file drawers and shelves for documents, positions would be sustained for no greater than 15 minutes. Fine manipulation is required as related to writing, graphing, or computer usage.
- COGNITIVE DEMANDS
- Position requires independent problem identification, abstract reasoning and adaptability. Quick decision making on issues with organizational impact is required. A very high degree of selective attention discernment, perception and/or concentration is necessary. In addition, a high degree of writing proficiency including attention to detail, adherence to all elements of style and ability to postulate. Position requires a high level of communication skill, including expression of abstract/complex ideas, use of negotiation and active listening and an ability to dialogue with multiple parties. Requires reading and auditory comprehension of abstractions and an ability to make inferences. Requires the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide with all units of measure and the ability to perform these operations with common and decimal fractions. Also to compute ratio, rate and percent and perform arithmetic operations involving all American monetary units.
- WORK DEMANDS
- Job requires working primarily indoors, only occasional need to be out of doors. Job requires working frequently around and with others. Schedule fluctuation is frequent and at times unpredictable. Job requires on call duty and emergency response. Job involves possible exposure and handling of the following; bloodborne and/or airborne pathogens, body fluids, infections and contagious diseases, latex, antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs.
- ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Communicates and holds nursing staff accountable to unit standards and policies, procedures, protocols, guidelines, rules and regulations, including clinical best practices. Assures compliance to applicable standards of practice and adherence to regulatory and accrediting standards. Monitors patient care plans, unit-based documentation and related processes.
- Provides leadership, direction, and overall performance management to direct report staff nurses . Ensures proper orientation and ongoing training of new and existing staff members.
- Serves as the nexus of collaboration between disciplines across shifts, including shared decision making with the NBU Services leadership team.
- Delegates tasks to appropriate staff in a courteous manner to ensure clinical programming continues to operate effectively across all shifts.
- Collaborates with the clinical team and department leadership to fully understand BIP.
- Engages in consistently positive and professional interactions with patients, families, and colleagues, demonstrating appropriate boundaries. Serves as a role model for appropriate and therapeutic interpersonal interactions.
- Collaborates with the leadership team to improve the effectiveness and reliability of the delivery of care. Disseminates timely
information related to the efficiency and reliability of the delivery of care. - Handles crisis situations in a calm, safe, and effective manner, utilizing the least restrictive interventions and following the patient's care plan and BIP.
- Manages resources and unit staffing.
- Assures timely and appropriate handling of patient/family concerns or complaints in collaboration with leadership team. Takes the lead in monitoring and responding to queries related to compliance with hospital and/or regulatory policies and procedures.
- Performs quality and compliance audits supporting the HRO culture. Develops a quality improvement plan for areas of responsibility and establishes appropriate indicators for monitoring. Evaluates action plans.
- Prepares for and engages in visits from licensing bodies and executes recommended changes.
- Performs other related duties as required, assigned or directed by NBU leadership or Chief Nursing Officer.
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
SALARY
$98k-121k (estimate)
POST DATE
05/03/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
05/20/2024
WEBSITE
hfsc.org
HEADQUARTERS
NEW BRITAIN, CT
SIZE
50 - 100
FOUNDED
1941
CEO
JHON J VOTTO
REVENUE
$10M - $50M
INDUSTRY
Hospital
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About Hospital for Special Care
Hospital for Special Care (HSC) is the fourth largest, free-standing long-term acute care hospital in the U.S. and the only one in the nation serving adults and children. HSC is recognized for advanced care and rehabilitation in pulmonary care, acquired brain injury, medically-complex pediatrics, neuromuscular disorders including ALS research, spinal cord injury, comprehensive heart failure and comprehensive inpatient and outpatient treatment for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Located in New Britain and Hartford, CT, HSC operates inpatient and outpatient facilities ser...ving Southern New England and the Tri-State area on a not-for-profit basis. For the latest news and information, please visit www.hfsc.org, and follow us on Facebook @HospitalforSpecialCare.
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