Overview
$5,000 sign-on bonus and $5,000 relocation (for greater than 100 miles) or $2,500 relocation (for greater than 50 miles) for nurses with 1 or more years experience - External Applicants Only
The RN Supervisor coordinates the operations and nursing personnel within the Behavioral Health department, including psychiatry and addiction medicine. Provides clinical expertise and program management within the behavioral health service line. Serves as a liaison and resource to staff members, as well as provides direct patient care as needed. The RN Supervisor is responsible for supporting the Patient Care Managers and Executive Director in the administrative duties of the clinics and providing leadership through collaboration with the healthcare teams and maintaining standards of professional nursing practice within the clinical settings. This position will participate in organizational and department based quality improvement activities, and provide input on standards of care to maintain quality patient outcomes. Will also maintain the clinical competencies needed to provide direct patient care when the need arises.
Qualifications
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
Certification & Licensure Requirements
Registered Professional Nurse (RN) License Illinois upon hire and National Nursing Certification within 3 years.
Experience Requirements
Minimum of 2 years experience in Behavioral Health/Psychiatric nursing.
Skills And Knowledge
Demonstrates clinical leadership, good communication skills, and the ability to multi-task. Must demonstrate the ability to accept and institute change. Must be able to work independently as well as function as part of the healthcare team. Demonstrates competency with working in mental health, addiction medicine populations.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates daily nursing and staffing activities of department
- Monitoring and oversight of daily nursing workflow. This will include performing staff nurse duties as needed to ensure adequate staffing and delivery of safe patient care.
- Monitoring of all quality initiatives and process improvement act ivies in the department.
- Development and implementation of departmental and organizational policies/ procedures and initiatives.
- Staff education, competencies, and orientation and bi-yearly evaluations.
- Monitoring and oversight of ordering of department supplies, equipment, and medication.
- Participation in all nursing and organizational leadership programs, meetings and initiatives.
- Ensures staff members are adequately trained and are competent to perform all required job tasks.
- Responsible for various personnel actions including but not limited to hiring, performance appraisals, and promotions; make work assignments and review and edit work of subordinates.
- Resolves work related issues, or assists employees in solving work related issues, confers with manager to resolve more complex situations.
- Provides and facilitates competent health care of patients and families in area of practice. Ensures adherence to established standards of care and scope of practice.
- Develops, implements and participates in Quality Improvement initiatives and performs quality audits as directed/needed
- Plans, administers, and evaluates patient care in practice.
- Coordinate quality outcome metrics and data to support quality activities.
- Role modeling through the prioritization of activities, the setting and attaining of professional, personal, and processional goals.
- Coordinate and attend appropriate organizational and departmental meetings where employment related matters, policies, procedures, and programs are discussed. Maintain leadership role as appropriate within division meetings.
- Coordination and delivery of monthly team meetings.
- Participates in community outreach programs.
- Actively participates in professional committees, maintains membership in national and/or local professional organizations, promotes team building, establishes and achieves team’s goals, facilitates team meetings, coordinates joint projects, operational coordination, maintain physician and staff schedules.
- Involvement in Psychiatry Residency program development with input and oversite of nursing staff involved.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary patient care conferences to discuss current and upcoming high risk patients with physicians.
- Supports the Director & Manager in collecting information for accreditation surveys and departmental audits. Actively assists the Director with implementation of the recommended changes.
- Serve as educational liasion and resource to nursing throughout health system on behavioral health patient care and needs
About Us
Find it here. Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance – and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all here at Carle Health. Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,500 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses and is recognized as a Great Place to Work®. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital and Carle Health Pekin Hospital hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance™. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: human.resources@carle.com.
