Nurse Manager

Nurse Manager Opportunity!

Join the team in our state of the art 132 bed behavioral health facility!

This full-time opportunity offers 40 hours per week and full benefits.

Prairie St. John's has been providing services for children, adolescents, and adults to address behavioral health and substance use challenges since 1997. Prairie offers inpatient hospitalization, day treatment, and intensive outpatient services. Accredited by The Joint Commission, we are the largest, freestanding behavioral health facility in the region. More than 4,000 patients receive care from our compassionate health care team each year at Prairie St. John's.

Job Duties:

• Directly oversees all staff and nursing services provided in assigned units. Articulates and operationalizes the Nursing Department vision, mission and philosophy. Demonstrates support for the departmental strategic plan and provides leadership for establishing unit vision that is consistent with organizational direction and goals.
• Establishes, maintains, and oversees all functions, policies, procedures, practices, and tools related to nursing services. Maintains 24 hour accountability for the unit and staff. Meets regulatory changes, Identifies areas of needed focus for process improvement initiatives, and increases the productivity and effectiveness.
• Ensures compliance with Nurse Practice Act, Joint Commission and CMS standards. Audits patient care for compliance and effectiveness. Follows up with Nursing Staff to educate and ensure compliance with standards of care, environment of care, safety, security, infection control and emergency management procedures are followed by department staff. Maintains survey readiness throughout the assigned unit at all times.
• As department leader, the Nurse Manager is responsible for interviewing and staff selection, developing the training and implementation of orientation plans for each employee, performance evaluations, provide coaching and feedback and retention of nursing staff assigned to the units. The Nurse Manager must be effective in applying consistent employment practices and integrating nursing services with other disciplines. The Nurse Manager collaborates with the Staffing Coordinator regarding staffing needs and scheduling; reviewing and responding to nursing staff requests for time off for vacations, conferences, leaves of absences as well as requests to change shifts.
• Able to facilitate effective groups, both for nursing and interdisciplinary groups.
• Includes maintaining an environment of fairness and processes to support it.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Able to secure and maintain necessary equipment supplies pertinent to service unit.
• Provides direct care to patients and family through patient and family support and education with goal of enhancing patient and family functioning.
• Ensures effective patient care by maintaining regular contact and communication with treatment teams, Medical Director, Clinical Services Director, Director of Nursing and other Nursing Supervisors.
• Investigates grievances, compliance issues, incomplete/inconsistent documentation, medication errors, near misses, and incidents; communicates findings to appropriate employees; and implements training or process changes and communicates all matters to the Director of Nursing and designee.
• Responsible for staff selection, evaluation, scheduling, training and retention including, providing effective, positive direction to staff; meeting regularly with staff to discuss processes and goals and modifications to meet changing needs.

Benefits include:

• $6,000 Student Loan Reimbursement
• Reimbursement of licensing fees
• Tuition savings to continue your nursing education with Chamberlain University
• In-house Psychiatric Nurse Residency Transition-to-Practice Orientation (20 CEUs)
• Career development opportunities across UHS and our 300+ locations!
• Diverse programming to expand your experience
• HealthStream online learning catalogue with free CEU courses
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Pet Insurance
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program and more!

If you would like to learn more before applying, please contact one of our HR Recruiters at psjhr@uhsinc.com and by phone at (701) 476-7837.

What do our current nurses value at Prairie St. John's & UHS?

A safe and supportive environment that puts patient care first and values the nursing profession. One of the most rewarding aspects of working as a Registered Nurse (RN) is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. You are never alone, as you are part of a large, nationwide network of peer nurses and nursing leaders that educate the field, routinely exchange ideas, and review current topics within the industry. Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career through our House Charge, Nurse Manager-in-training programs and nursing executive tract. We are proud of our robust continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement as a Registered Nurse (RN) with UHS. We want to help you succeed and grow in your profession and enjoy a sense of belonging and trust that comes through your expanding experience. At UHS, you have a voice.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

Registered Nurse (RN) Job Requirements:

• Current license to practice nursing in North Dakota (or eligible to receive or renew).

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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