Unit Shift Manager (Every Other Sunday, 1st Shift)

Mission:

The Unit Nurse Manager is responsible for coordinating and supervising the day-to-day activities within the Nursing Department when Administrative and Clinical Leaders are not present in the facility. The Unit Nurse Manager is responsible for leading the department by empowering staff to function to their highest level of competency, ensuring compliance with nursing policies and procedures, and providing support in critical thinking and thorough independent judgment. The Unit Nurse Manager's duties include providing clinical and managerial links between the nurses and Behavioral Health Technicians, the Executive Nurse Manager, and the Kirkbride Center administrative team, including the Administrator-on-Call, in the absence of the administrative team.

Essential Functions:

• Promote the mission, vision, and values of the Kirkbride Center
• Interpret and ensure adherence to Kirkbride Center’s and nursing’s philosophy, policies, and procedures.
• Develop and implement a staffing plan for each shift based on patient acuity, census, and available staff.
• Assisted nursing staff on the unit in efficiently utilizing resources necessary to meet patient care requirements and other professional responsibilities.
• Serve as a resource for solving clinical problems.
• Act as a resource in identifying and/or solving administrative/operational problems when the administrative team is absent. 
• Anticipate actual/potential problems that may occur on their shift and set shift priorities accordingly.
• Respond to all emergencies (behavioral and/or medical) and assist as necessary.
• Work collaboratively with nursing and ancillary staff to solve problems fairly and consistently.
• Provide immediate documentation, communication, and follow-up of incidents to the Kirkbride Center Administrative staff and notification, if required, to regulatory agencies.
• Assess patient care requirements on each unit by making rounds on each unit and all other areas of the Kirkbride Center (according to departmental need/activity) 
• Report significant incidents and problems to the Administrator on Call.