Charge Nurse - Behavioral Health Adult - FT - Day

Position Overview Position Status: Full time Shift: 12 Hour Day Shift (United States of America) Hours per week: 36 Exemption Status: Non-Exempt Responsibilities Responsible for the daily to day operations of the Behavioral Health department. Promotes a strong team atmosphere through motivation, coaching, and conflict management. Prioritizes communication throughout the system and community to facilitate a multi-disciplinary approach to coordination of throughput and capacity management. Promotes effective relationships among all disciplines to achieve quality outcomes and a culture of safety. Engages in creating an interprofessional environment that promotes respect, trust, and integrity. Communicates to lead change, influence others, and resolve conflict. Embraces and leads practice innovations and role performance to promote ongoing personal and professional growth among team members. Mentors team and others to enhance their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Demonstrates authority, ownership, accountability, and responsibility for appropriate delegation of nursing care to support patient throughput and capacity management. Remains clinically competent to perform direct patient care. Links organization objectives and strategic planning to department goals and operations. Supports the direction and vision of the organization and is able to communicate that effectively to the team. Uses critical thinking to identify and prioritize responsibilities and activities. Problem‑solves and makes decisions using professional judgment. Participates in developing staff through education and competencies. Creates a welcoming environment and a successful orientation for new team members. Performs staff performance evaluations and provides constructive feedback and ongoing coaching. Proficient in staffing and scheduling practices to optimize patient care and remain fiscally responsible. Enforces compliance with standards of patient care and regulatory requirements. Required Education and Experience Bachelor’s Degree – Bachelors of Science: Nursing (BSN) Preferred: 2 years current experience in a related clinical field in an acute care facility. Preferred: Supervisor experience. Licenses and Certifications Registered Nurse – KSBN (or a multistate license with the ability to practice within the State of Kansas). Psychiartic – Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – ANCC – Magnet. Basic Life Support – BLS/RQI required within 90 days of hire. Skills and Abilities Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to rights of patient/significant other, as identified within the institution. Demonstrates awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution. Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and departmental functioning. Strives to manage situations that minimize risk to the patient and the institution. Demonstrates competency in selected psychomotor skills. Ability to communicate effectively using verbal, non-verbal, and written methods. Ability to perform mathematical calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration. Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, fundamentals of plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Equal Employment Opportunity Stormont Vail is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to the philosophy and practice of providing equal opportunities for all employees and prospective employees, without regard to the following classifications: race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, uniformed service, disability or genetic information. This applies to all aspects of employment practices including hiring, firing, pay, benefits, promotions, lateral movements, job training, and any other terms or conditions of employment. Retaliation is prohibited against any person who files a claim of discrimination, participates in a discrimination investigation, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment act based upon the above classifications. #J-18808-Ljbffr