Nurse Manager - Behavioral Healthcare

The Nurse Manager promotes patients' health by developing day-to-day management and long-term planning of the patient care area; directing and developing staff; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary professional staffs; providing support for patients and their families. Identifies patient service requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand service requirements. Maintains nursing operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures. Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting Helio Health's philosophies and standards of care; enforcing adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements and to other governing agency regulations; measuring health outcomes against standards; making or recommending adjustments. Maintains nursing staff by supervising, orienting, and training nurses. Completes patient care requirements by scheduling and assigning nursing and staff; following up on work results. Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching and counseling patients and their families individually and/or in groups and reinforcing their understanding of disease, medications, and self-care skills. Resolves patient needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies. Protects patients and employees by developing and interpreting infection-control policies and protocols; enforcing medication administration, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations. Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by monitoring confidential information processing. Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records. Maintains nursing supplies inventory by studying usage reports; identifying trends; anticipating needed supplies, and placing orders. Other duties as assigned by supervisor. Qualifications:

• Must have a valid, active Registered Nurse License with NYS.
• One to three years of clinical experience appropriate to program preferred
• Minimum Bachelor's in Nursing degree, Master's degree strongly preferred
• An equivalent combination of training and experience may be substituted for educational requirements.
• Knowledge of the biopsychosocial process of addiction/recovery, self-help group process and principles of counseling. Our Comprehensive Employee Benefits Package Includes:
  Health insurance for employees and families including domestic partners Dental insurance Paid vacation leave - No Waiting Period for Accruals! Paid sick leave - No Waiting Period for Accruals! Paid holidays, including birthday holiday 401(k) plan - No Waiting Period for Enrollment! Company-paid short-term disability insurance Company-sponsored life insurance Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  Helio Health provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment, without regard to race, creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), parental status, religion, national origin, citizenship, status as a victim of domestic violence, age, military or veteran status, handicap or disability, family medical history or predisposing genetic characteristics or carrier status, marital status, family status, political affiliation, felony conviction record, status as a victim of a crime, or status as an employee who has complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit, or any other categories, status or activity protected by federal, state or local LawIND123A

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