RN Unit Manager

Title: RN Unit Manager

State Role Title: 49115

Hiring Range: $104,672 Salary commensurate with experience

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location:Comm Ctr for Child & Adoles

Agency Website:https://dbhds.virginia.gov/facilities/ccca/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

SIGN-ON BONUS is up to $5,000 (with a one-year commitment) to applicants new to the state or who have not served any DBHDS facilities in the past year.

The Commonwealth Center for Children & Adolescents (CCCA) is recruiting for an experienced RN Unit Manager to provide high quality acute psychiatric evaluation, crisis stabilization, and intensive short-term treatment that empowers children and their families to make developmentally appropriate choices.

Our mission is to provide high quality acute psychiatric evaluation, crisis stabilization, and intensive short term treatment that empowers children and their families to make developmentally appropriate choices and that strengthens children's hope, resilience, and self-esteem.

Candidate will be eligible for sign-on bonus up to $5,000 with one-year written commitment. This bonus is available to candidates that are new to DBHDS or have not worked for at least one year for Department of Behavior Health Developmental Services (DBHDS).

Responsibilities:
- The Rn Unit Manager is responsible for ensuring quality nursing care and a safe therapeutic environment for patients, coordinating nursing service along with advising, supervising, and supporting Nursing Department Staff.
- The Unit Manager will work closely with other members of nursing leadership by communicating clinical and administrative issues.
- RN unit manager will supervise 15 - 25 employees and responsible for modeling and mentoring positive and appropriate care practices for their staff and documenting / evaluating performance to develop employee under their supervision.
- Interprets treatment plans and evaluate patient care provided by all levels of nursing staff and reports accordingly.
- Collaborates effectively with other disciplines and members of the treatment team related to clinical issues.
- Monitors staffing levels and acuity levels on the unit, serves as a resource, and assists to assure patient care needs are met.
- Assist with the recruitments as needed.
- Understands the importance of their leadership role to the team dynamic on their shift, as well as the importance of their active participation in various leadership and facility teams and groups.
- Will work on-call covering weekends and on-call nights every 3 weeks.
- Rn Unit Manager may be required to work weekends to provide house supervision.
-Will conduct audits of the patients charts on assigned unit and follow up as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

- This position requires graduation from an accredited nursing program, with a ASN degree.
- Current licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia or a compact license that is eligible to be utilized in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- The must have RN supervisor/management experience.
- Must have working knowledge of illness and treatment procedures.
- Ability to work independently, show initiative, and work productively in a team environment.
- Good Interpersonal skills.
- Proficient with computers and electronic health records.
- Ability to pass UKERU and CPR certification.

Additional Considerations

- BSN or MSN preferred.
- Prior clinical experience in psychiatric nursing working with children and adolescents preferred.
- Bilingual in Spanish is preferred.
- Veterans and Veteran's spouses are preferred.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Commonwealth's Alternate Hiring Process: In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: https://www.vadars.org/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx, or call DARS at 800-552-5019.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact Human Resources at (540-332-2100) for assistance. Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply. EEO/AA/TTY.

Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment opportunities are open to all regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or disability.

DBHDS Facilities are no longer required to ensure that all staff members are vaccinated for COVID-19. However, facilities encourage and educate staff on the benefits and offer COVID - 19 vaccination programs to staff, residents, clients. Employees may be required to disclose immunization status for purposes of infection prevention and/or management of outbreaks. Upon acceptance of a job offer, new recruits will be asked to disclose their vaccination status (and for those fully vaccinated, proof of vaccination) during the pre-employment process. If you have questions, please contact the Office of Human Resources.

Contact Information

Name: Elizabeth Weber

Phone: 540-332-8056

Email: elizabeth.weber@dbhds.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.