Nurse Manager Job at Rutgers University
Position Details
Position Information
Recruitment/Posting Title
Nurse Manager
Job Category
Staff & Executive - Healthcare - Nursing
Department
UBHC-Acute Treatment-PISC
Overview
Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), established in 1971, offers a full continuum of evidence based behavioral health and addiction services for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors throughout New Jersey. UBHC’s 1,060 experienced behavioral health professionals and support staff are dedicated to treatment, prevention, and education. UBHC, one of the largest providers of behavioral health care in the country, has a budget of $260 million and has 15 sites throughout New Jersey. Services are readily accessible and include: inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, screening, crisis stabilization, family/caregiver support, community outreach and case management, supportive housing, supported employment, prevention and consultation, employee assistance programs, and a licensed therapeutic school from preschool through high school. Specialty services include the New Jersey suicide prevention helpline and peer help lines for police, veterans, active military, teachers, mothers of special needs children and child protective service workers. In FY2016, UBHC treated 16,199 consumers, had 24,502 admissions, and touched the lives of 19,441 individual callers through peer support. In addition, UBHC is the primary mental health training resource for the New Jersey departments of Human Services, Children and Families, and Corrections, delivering 16,000 trainings each year.
Posting Summary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Nurse Manager for the Acute Treatment – Inpatient, Crisis and Acute Psychiatric Services Department within Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.
The Nurse Manager provides nursing services and participates in the delivery of individualized, goal directed nursing care through the use of the nursing process in accordance with the departmental and hospital policies and procedures and all regulatory requirements. The Nurse Manager functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team; participates in quality improvement activities, educational activities and supports research endeavors. The role is consistent with the scope and standards outlined by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
The Nurse Manager provides nursing services and participates in the delivery of individualized, goal directed nursing care through the use of the nursing process in accordance with the departmental and hospital policies and procedures and all regulatory requirements. The Nurse Manager functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team; participates in quality improvement activities, educational activities and supports research endeavors. The role is consistent with the scope and standards outlined by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
- Oversees and has accountability for staffing, scheduling and budgeting within 24-hour per day/7 day-day per week environments, inclusive of 79 inpatient beds (including 15 involuntary beds). Responsible for managing 24/7 programming for nursing services within Inpatient Services, Crisis Services, Acute Psychiatric Services, and the Children’s Transitional Residence.
- Communicates regularly with staff on progress toward defined goals and/or required results, providing specific feedback and initiating corrective action when defined goals and/or required results are not met.
- Assesses and evaluates staffing patterns for proper utilization of personnel in relation to patient needs in assigned units, and prepares appropriate work schedules.
- Supervises nursing staff in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating delivery of patient care and assists multidisciplinary treatment teams in communicating and coordinating patient care.
- Manages human resource and employee relation functions.
- Develops and implements unit nursing policies/procedures. Participates in development of departmental policies/procedures. Participates in development of operating and personnel services budgets.
- Communicates, as necessary, with other hospital departmental personnel to coordinate efforts, resolve operations problems and improve quality of patient care.
- Coordinates Performance Improvement activities for units and is a resource for Assistant Nurse Managers.
Position Status
Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
Work Arrangement
FLSA
Exempt
Grade
05S
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary
100357.000
Annual Mid Range Salary
126949.000
Annual Maximum Salary
153545.000
Standard Hours
40.00
Union Description
Non-Union
Payroll Designation
PeopleSoft
Benefits
Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.
Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment
Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility
ABP
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
- Five (5) years of progressively more responsible nursing experience with a minimum of two (2) years of supervisory/management nursing experience.
Certifications/Licenses
- Licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey with registration for the current year.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to provide psychiatric nursing, relate to patients, and use the nursing process.
- Effective communication skills, and ability to problem solve.
- Ability to direct non- professional staff and the ability to request help as needed.
- Demonstrate strong clinical nursing specialty.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Must be PC literate with proficiency in word processing.
- Outstanding human relations and leadership skills and ability to function in a team environment.
- Demonstrated knowledge is necessary of how to accomplish superior performance in a unionized environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment
- Physical Demands: Position requires standing 2/3 of the time, walking 2/3 of the time, requires sitting 1/3 of the time, use of hands to finger, handle or feel 2/3 of the time, reach with hands and arms, 1/3 of the time, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl 1/3 of the time, talk or hear over 2/3 of the time. Manual dexterity and intermittent physical exertion when performing job activities.
- Work Environment: Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic). Subject to unpredictable situations, patient crises, both medical and psychiatric. Occasionally exposed to patients exhibiting assaultive behaviors. Exposure to bloodborne pathogens that requires use of personal protective equipment. May be exposed to varying or extreme temperatures.
Special Conditions
Posting Details
Posting Number
23ST1339
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
- All applicants will be required to upload a recent copy of their professional license/certification.
Regional Campus
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus
Piscataway (RBHS)
City
Piscataway
State
NJ
Location Details
Pre-employment Screenings
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.
Immunization Requirements
Under Policy 60.1.35 Immunization Policy for Rutgers Employees and Prospective Employees, Rutgers University requires all prospective employees to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated and have received a booster (where eligible) against COVID-19 prior to commencement of employment, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Employees who are not eligible for a booster at the time of an offer of employment must provide proof they have received a booster upon eligibility and upload proof of same. Under Policy 100.3.1 Immunization Policy for Covered Individuals, if employment will commence during Flu Season, Rutgers University may require certain prospective employees to provide proof that they are vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza for the current Flu Season, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Additional infection control and safety policies may apply. Prospective employees should speak with their hiring manager to determine which policies apply to the role or position for which they are applying. Failure to provide proof of vaccination for any required vaccines or obtain a medical or religious exemption from the University will result in rescission of a candidate’s offer of employment or disciplinary action up to and including termination.
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