What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Manager position at Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital?
The Nurse Manager provides leadership and operational oversight for assigned behavioral health units, ensuring regulatory compliance, quality care, and staff development. This role emphasizes unit-level operations, enabling closer oversight of compliance and staff performance. Responsibilities include corrective action implementation and continuous improvement of nursing practices.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Directs daily operations for assigned units, ensuring adherence to policies and procedures.
- Conducts routine audits (admission assessments, treatment plans, MAR checks, safety rounds) and implements corrective actions as needed.
- Provides real-time feedback, mentor nurses and Mental Health Technicians, and coordinate competency training with the Clinical Nurse Educator.
- Participates in hiring, evaluations, and disciplinary actions for unit staff.
- Monitors unit metrics, identify trends, and lead initiatives to improve patient outcomes and staff performance.
- Works closely with CNO, House Supervisors, and interdisciplinary teams to maintain safe, therapeutic environments.
- Ensures units are survey-ready at all times through proactive compliance monitoring.
- Serves as a resource for clinical decision-making and escalates concerns appropriately.
- Enforces infection control compliance by ensuring staff adhere to protocols and promptly correct deficiencies identified by Infection Control Nurse audits.
- Serves as a leader in maintaining a safe, structured, and therapeutic milieu on assigned units, ensuring adherence to behavioral health standards and patient engagement protocols.
- Prepares and submits accurate reports on unit audits, compliance metrics, staffing, and quality improvement initiatives to nursing leadership and the CNO.
- Analyzes data trends and presents findings during leadership meetings to support decision-making.
- Provides leadership coverage during the CNO’s absence, assuming administrative and operational responsibilities.
- Two (2) positions available - one day shift and one swing shift
- Current Nevada State RN License required
- BSN or equivalent preferred
- Minimum one (1) year leadership experience required, preferably in Nursing
- Ability to organize activities and schedules for medical and/or non-medical tasks for patients.
- Ability to stabilize acute psychotic and non-violent crises by using accepted intervention techniques.
A full benefits package is available the first of the month following 30 days of employment.
Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include:
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401K Retirement Plan
- Healthcare spending account
- Dependent care spending account
- PTO Plan with holiday premium pay
- Discounted cafeteria meal plan
- Life insurance (including plans for spouse and children)
- Short- and long-term disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
- Pet Insurance
- Identity Theft Insurance