Nursing Manager

Responsibilities

Position Summary

The Nurse Manager provides clinical, operational, and people leadership for assigned behavioral health units. This role supports quality patient care, staff engagement, regulatory compliance, and departmental performance while maintaining a visible and approachable leadership presence.

Responsibilities include staff coaching and development, performance management, staffing oversight, quality improvement, patient flow, and collaboration with providers and interdisciplinary teams. The Nurse Manager serves as a resource to staff, promotes a culture of safety and accountability, and supports positive patient outcomes.

This is a full-time, salaried exempt position primarily scheduled during evening hours. The Nurse Manager participates in a weekend leadership support rotation approximately one weekend per month and may provide occasional support across other shifts as needed to ensure effective leadership presence and team engagement.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Required

• Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Minimum three (3) years of Behavioral Health, Psychiatric Nursing, or related clinical nursing experience.
• Minimum two (2) years of progressive leadership experience, such as Charge Nurse, Clinical Coordinator, Supervisor, Assistant Nurse Manager, or equivalent.
• Current BLS certification.
• Strong leadership, communication, conflict resolution, and team-building skills.

Preferred

• Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related field.
• Previous Nurse Manager experience in an inpatient psychiatric or behavioral health setting.
• Experience with performance improvement, accreditation standards, and regulatory compliance.

Why Join Our Team?

Join a team dedicated to providing compassionate behavioral health care while fostering a culture of clinical excellence, teamwork, professional development, and exceptional patient outcomes. As Nurse Manager, you will have the opportunity to directly influence patient care, develop future nursing leaders, and help shape the success of the department and organization.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $15.8 billion in 2024. UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Qualifications

Required

• Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Minimum three (3) years of Behavioral Health, Psychiatric Nursing, or related clinical nursing experience.
• Minimum two (2) years of progressive leadership experience, such as Charge Nurse, Clinical Coordinator, Supervisor, Assistant Nurse Manager, or equivalent.
• Current BLS certification.
• Strong leadership, communication, conflict resolution, and team-building skills.

Preferred

• Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related field.
• Previous Nurse Manager experience in an inpatient psychiatric or behavioral health setting.
• Experience with performance improvement, accreditation standards, and regulatory compliance.

Why Join Our Team?

Join a team dedicated to providing compassionate behavioral health care while fostering a culture of clinical excellence, teamwork, professional development, and exceptional patient outcomes. As Nurse Manager, you will have the opportunity to directly influence patient care, develop future nursing leaders, and help shape the success of the department and organization.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $15.8 billion in 2024. UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Position Summary

The Nurse Manager provides clinical, operational, and people leadership for assigned behavioral health units. This role supports quality patient care, staff engagement, regulatory compliance, and departmental performance while maintaining a visible and approachable leadership presence.

Responsibilities include staff coaching and development, performance management, staffing oversight, quality improvement, patient flow, and collaboration with providers and interdisciplinary teams. The Nurse Manager serves as a resource to staff, promotes a culture of safety and accountability, and supports positive patient outcomes.

This is a full-time, salaried exempt position primarily scheduled during evening hours. The Nurse Manager participates in a weekend leadership support rotation approximately one weekend per month and may provide occasional support across other shifts as needed to ensure effective leadership presence and team engagement.