Assistant Nurse Manager (Sacramento)
Company: Northern California Behavioral Health System
Location: Sacramento
Posted on: May 26, 2023
Job Description:
SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER!!! Wage plan: Highly competitive
starting hourly rate based on a sliding scale for experience and
education. Tuition reimbursement: up to $5,000 per year is
available for qualifying employees as they work to further their
education.
Benefits: In addition to 401k and other flexible benefit
opportunities, SBHH offers full Medical, Vision, and Dental health
coverage for part-time and full-time employees (the complete
Signature benefits plan is available upon request). Do you love the
feeling at the end of the day, knowing you have changed someone's
life? Are you looking to become part of a family, instead of
becoming just another employee? Sacramento Behavioral Healthcare
Hospital is an Acute Psychiatric Hospital that caters to patients
who suffer from a wide variety of Mental Health diagnoses. We pride
ourselves on our Patient-Centered care while maintaining an
engaging environment for our staff. Our Vision Statement
"Empowering people to embrace healing for fulfilling and productive
lives" pertains not only to our patients but also to our visitors
and employees. The Hospital believes in bettering the lives of
everyone who walks through our doors. The Nurse Manager is an
integral part of the hospital's leadership team, and champions our
top priority of delivering high quality safe care to psychiatric
patients in an acute facility. The Nurse Manager embraces
Sacramento Behavioral Healthcare Hospital's mission, vision and
value statements and upholds all the hospital policies. The Nurse
Manager understands the regulations that govern hospital services
and provides clear direction to the team to meet all regulation
requirements. POSITION TITLE: Assistant Nurse Manager REPORTS TO
(TITLE): Chief Nursing Officer DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: The
Assistant Nurse Manager performs key responsibilities and meets
position requirements as outlined in the hospital's RN job
description. In addition to RN duties, the Assistant Nurse Manager
(ANM) is responsible for unit operations, fiscal and staff
management, managing patient care services and coordinating staff
scheduling. The Assistant Nurse Manager will support and direct
nursing staff assignments and facilitate communication with other
disciplines, departments and community resources. This includes
direct supervision of employees and conducting performance
evaluations. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Unit Operations
- Oversee unit operations including (and not limited to) timely
completion and review of multidisciplinary treatment plans (MDTP);
checking logs (refrigerator, emergency cart log, POC testing, legal
tracking logs); accuracy of patient chart; and Medication Dispense
discrepancy resolution.
- Audit all seclusion or restraints interventions on assigned
shift.
- Monitor inventory of office, medical, and patient care
supplies. Request replenishment of supplies as needed.
- Alert the Administrator on Call (AOC) when urgent or extreme
events occur. Examples include, but are not limited to, AWOL
patients, 911 or urgent ambulance transfers, patient injuries,
staff injuries, and incidents involving law enforcement.
- Gather and compile data for daily shift and routine reporting.
Prepare shift report and review with oncoming House Charge (HC) and
forward copy to CNO. Routine reports include Shift Summary, Bed
Control, and Incident Reports.
- Prepare and investigate Incident Reports (IR) in an accurate
and timely fashion; follow up with staff education to prevent
reoccurring incidents.
- Maintain a clutter free working environment.
- Directly supervise nursing staff on assigned shift.
- The NM collects staff performance data from the House Charges
to ensure proper supervision and to provide accurate meaningful
introductory and annual performance evaluations. Review performance
evaluations with CNO before reviewing with staff.
- Collaborate with CNO to address performance concerns or
potential need for staff disciplinary measures.
- Support CNO, HC, and RNs to provide a high-quality orientation
and ongoing education for clinical staff. Continually education
staff on key issues relating to hospital policies and procedures
and health care regulations.
- Ensure accurate and timely shift-to-shift reports.
- Monitor clinical issues for high acuity patients or patients
with unusual problems.
- Coordinate off site tests, emergency room visits, admission and
discharges, lab processes, work orders and audits.
- Address and resolve patient and family complaints. Proactively
work with CNO when a complaint becomes a potential grievance and
alert the hospital's Internal Patient Advocate. Fiscal and Staff
Management
- Oversee staff assignments to prevent unnecessary overtime and
ensure appropriate staffing levels based on census and acuity
assessments. Manage appropriate staffing levels in conjunction with
Staffing Coordinator. Report any staffing concerns to CNO. Document
approved overtime on employee time adjustment forms. Manage Patient
Care Services Staff Scheduling
- Monitor all nursing staff attendance records cards for
unapproved overtime, and patterns of attendance and punctuality.
Completes time records for all staff and forward to payroll each
pay period.
- The NM works closely with the Staffing Scheduling Coordinator
(SSC) to prepare staff schedules to ensure appropriate staffing
levels for upcoming shifts. Reviews staff level concerns with CNO.
Requirements POSITION Requirements Education/Licensure
- Current California RN License
- Current CPR certification
- Current NCI equivalent as approved by the Chief Nursing Officer
(or obtained within the first 30 days of hire).
- Knowledge and experience of psychiatric diagnosis and
associated risks, medications, biological systems, nursing process,
treatment planning, and leadership. New RN graduates may meet these
requirements if they have completed a psychiatric rotation as part
of nursing school or have psychiatric experience in another
role.
- Stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, and stand for sustained period of
time.
- Walk, push, pull, lift, carry objects from a lower to higher
position or horizontally from position to position or otherwise
move objects.
- Feel sizes, shapes, temperatures, and textures by touching with
skin, particularly that of the fingertips.
- Express or exchange ideas orally and potentially loudly,
accurately, or quickly.
- Perceive the nature of sound with no less than a 40 db loss @
1000 Hz and 2000 Hz with or without correction.
- Exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20
pounds of force frequently.
- Able to provide manual and mechanical restraints for patients
who are physically acting out and are potentially dangerous (at
times this occurs on the floor)
- Minimum standard of visual acuity with or without
correction.
- While worker may possibly be subjected to temperature changes,
the worker is generally not substantially exposed to adverse
environmental conditions as the work is predominantly inside.
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES The ANM will pass initial and annual
competency evaluations including (not limited to): suicide
prevention, safe use of restraints, de-escalation interventions,
medication knowledge, code blue/emergency interventions, infection
prevention, and appropriate use of seclusion and restraints. The NM
will need to complete additional competencies related to managing
patient care, staffing systems, and internal reporting
requirements. The Assistant Nurse Manager has a high level of
knowledge of Policies, Procedures, Unit Operations, Hospital
Operations, Health Care Regulations and educates staff on key
issues. The ANM will demonstrate that, in addition to being
competent, they are skilled in applying knowledge and competency in
their daily nursing practice. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS While
performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently
required to do the following: Benefits
- Medical
- Vision
- Dental
- 401(k)
- Generous PTO package
- $25,000 Life insurance policy is provided at no charge to the
employee Pay Range: $35-$65 hourly
Keywords: Northern California Behavioral Health System, Sacramento , Assistant Nurse Manager (Sacramento), Executive , Sacramento, California
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