Nurse Manager Behavioral Health

Title: Nurse Manager Behavioral Health Psychiatric Unit Management

Location: On-site - Brooklyn NY

Duration: Permanent Full-Time Direct Hire

Seeking an experienced Nurse Manager Behavioral Health to lead psychiatric unit operations at an acute care hospital in Brooklyn NY. This psychiatric nurse manager / behavioral health nursing leader role requires demonstrated experience managing a psych unit in a hospital setting.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Manage daily operations of an inpatient psychiatric / behavioral health unit ensuring 24-hour operational leadership and regulatory compliance
• Oversee patient care delivery across all disciplines ensuring clinical competencies PCS Scope of Service and ethical nursing standards are met
• Coordinate interdisciplinary performance improvement activities and compliance with NYSDOH JCAHO OMH DOHMH and ACS regulatory requirements
• Assemble and submit clinical statistical and special reports required by NY State Office of Mental Health and NYC Department of Health regulatory bodies
• Monitor and manage admissions discharges and discharge planning to ensure appropriate clinical management across the behavioral health unit
• Lead budgeting supply management and inventory functions in collaboration with the Director of Nursing and Sr. VP of Patient Care Services
• Drive continuous quality improvement (CQI) Root Cause Analysis and HCAHPS development in an integrated psychiatric care setting

Skills:

• Psychiatric unit management / behavioral health unit operations / inpatient psychiatry leadership
• Regulatory compliance: NYSDOH JCAHO NY OMH DOHMH ACS
• Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) / Root Cause Analysis / performance improvement
• Budgeting administrative leadership and nursing department operations
• Electronic health records (EHR) / electronic medical records (EMR) systems proficiency
• Crisis management: PMCS / TRUST certification
• ACLS / Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Oral and written communication; interdisciplinary team collaboration

Qualifications:

• BSN from an accredited nursing school (required); MSN preferred
• Minimum 5 years experience as a Registered Nurse
• Minimum 5 years clinical experience in psychiatry / behavioral health
• Minimum 2 years nursing leadership / nurse manager experience
• MUST HAVE: Direct experience managing a psychiatric unit in a hospital
• Active NY State RN license (required)
• BLS ACLS Crisis Management (PMCS / TRUST) certifications required
• Virtual interview process