Psychiatric Nurse Manager, Leitchfield KY

Come work with a great team! Signet Health is actively recruiting for a seasoned Nurse Manager to manage the psychiatric services for our program at Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center in Leitchfield, KY.

This position has accountability for managing resources, (human, material, and financial) and ensuring quality, cost-effective delivery of services for the inpatient population. This person is recognized as a professional role model and promotes an environment that supports the goals, mission, vision, philosophy and values of the behavioral health unit.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Directs quality and utilization standards across the continuum of care to ensure coordinated plans of treatment, patient-focused delivery of services and cost- effective utilization of necessary services. Builds trust with the nursing staff through visibility.
• Provides for the seamless transition of patients across the continuum of care. Establishes partnerships with hospital's leadership groups. In collaboration with medical staff and facility leadership, ensures a superior care experience and a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.
• Ensures policies, practices and procedures comply with administrative, legal and regulatory requirements of governmental and accrediting agencies.
• Communicates and interprets policies and procedures to nursing staff and monitors staff practices and implementation.
• Maintains a state of continuous regulatory readiness.
• Evaluates the work performance of all nursing personnel.
• Ensures delivery of compassionate quality care and nursing supervision as evidenced by adequate services and staff coverage on unit, and general cleanliness.
• Reviews each unit daily to monitor and ensure timely, effective responses to significant changes in condition, transfers, discharges, use of restraints, unexplained injuries, falls, behavioral episodes, medication errors, and environmental issues. Performs rounds to observe care and to interview staff, patients, families or other interested parties.
• Collaborates with physicians, consultants, community agencies and institutions to improve the quality of services and to resolve identified problems.
• Utilizes research data to implement clinical changes & the delivery of patient care.
• Oversees nursing schedules to assure they meet patient needs and regulatory and budgetary standards.
• Participates in the recruitment and selection of nursing personnel.

Qualifications:

• Active Kentucky RN licensure or compact RN license.
• 3+ years leading a successful and profitable behavioral health program.
• Working knowledge of State, CMS, and TJC accreditation standards.
• Understanding of/ability to operate under a contract management arrangement.
• Strong staff training and education skills.

Areas of experience:

• Budgeting and financial management.
• Referral development.
• Enforcing compliance measures.
• Establishing resources to achieve program goals and effectiveness.
• Personnel management.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Psychiatry

Work setting:

• Inpatient

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Leitchfield, KY 42754: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• How many years experience do you have as a Psychiatric Nurse Manager?

Experience:

• behavioral health nursing: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Kentucky RN license (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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