Registered Nurse Psychiatric Hospital Unit Manager

2 weeks ago

Chattanooga, United States State of Tennessee Full time

**Location**: Hamilton County
**Last Day to Apply**: Jun 3, 2024
**Business Unit**: Health Care - Licensed
**Job Family**: Mental Health
**Job Opening ID**: 58287

**Job Information**
- Opening Date/Time- 05/28/2024 12:00AM Central Time- Closing Date/Time- 06/03/2024 11:59PM Central Time- Salary (Monthly)- $6,383.00 - $10,108.00- Salary (Annually)- $76,596.00 - $121,296.00- Job Type- Full-Time- City, State Location- Chattanooga, TN- Department- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services**State of Tennessee Job Information**

**LOCATION OF (1) POSITION TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, MOCCASIN BEND MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE, HAMILTON COUNTY**

**Qualifications**

**Education and Experience**: Qualified applicants must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse and have experience equivalent to at least three years of full time work as a registered nurse, including at least one year of mental health nursing work experience.

**Substitution of Graduate Education for Experience**: A master's degree or higher in nursing may substitute for one year of the required work experience, there being no substitution for the required one year of mental health nursing work.

**Necessary Special Qualifications**:Must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Tennessee or hold a privilege to practice in the State of Tennessee under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).

**Examination Method**: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.

**Summary**

**Summary**: Under direction, is responsible for professional nursing management/supervisory work of average difficulty within a state psychiatric hospital; and performs related work as required.

**Distinguishing Features**: An employee in this job classification is responsible for the management and supervision of a patient unit within a state psychiatric hospital. This includes the direct supervision of registered nursing staff, as well as other patient care and support staff within assigned patient unit.

**Responsibilities**

**Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings**:

- Monitors health status of the patients, efficacy of care, safety issues, and responses to treatments to determine patients' progress.
- Monitors unit activities to detect/prevent problems and intervene as necessary to promote and maintain a safe environment for patients and staff.
- Monitors staff during nursing rounds to assess work performance/level of care and determine if counseling, re-training, or other action is warranted.
- Utilizes various monitoring tools and techniques (e.g., cameras, observation of unit rounds, review of accountability and assignment sheets) to assess staff job performance and insure they are strictly adhering to policies and procedures while completing assigned tasks.

**Getting Information**:

- Interacts with patients to assess their condition, mental status, level of functioning, and progression, as well as to identify any areas of concern or complaints of the patient.
- Reviews patient admission/transfer paperwork to gather information needed to determine care needs (e.g., medication, dietary, and/or lab orders).
- May participate in daily meetings with nurses, clinicians, and/or other staff to obtain/provide information as necessary to ensure patient quality of care, treatment, and services.

**Performing General Physical Activities**:

- Performs physical hold/restraint techniques in accordance with Comprehensive Crisis Management to assist with assaultive or aggressive patients on assigned unit.
- May assist in moving patients using stretchers, wheelchairs, or other means.

**Controlling Machines and Processes**:

- Operates medical equipment such as nebulizers, CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machines, glucometers, oxygen concentrators, Doppler scanners, suction machines, and other medical devices to provide therapeutic patient care.

**Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates**:

- Oversees the delivery of nursing care, treatment, and services within assigned unit.
- Develops an Individual Performance Plan for every direct report staff member, making sure to include specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-sensitive (SMART) goals for performance.
- Implements corrective measures (i.e., discussions/coaching, written warnings, and/or recommendations for suspension or termination) as necessary to address inappropriate actions or poor job performance of direct report staff.
- Identifies methods and strategies to discuss with employees for improving performance.
- Identifies outstanding performance characteristics through personal observations and discusses with employees to encourage/acknowledge positive behavior.

**Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People**:

- Assesses the performance of each direct report employee as necessary to complete two formal interim evaluations and an annual performance evaluation which includes the determination of a final

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