Nurse Manager (RN) - Inpatient Coed Adolescent Psychiatric Unit

Description

Management/Leadership
Req #: 38113

The Spring Harbor Child and Adolescent service is a 34 bed, 4-unit, service providing care to youth from throughout Maine. Youth who require acute mental health treatment are typically imminent risk to themselves or others and are unable to receive treatment at a lower level of care due to the severity of their psychiatric symptoms.

The 1 North West Coed Adolescent Psychiatric Unit at Spring Harbor Hospital specializes in the care of lower acuity adolescent girls and boys generally between ages 12-18. Unit treatment and programming includes comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, medication management, individual and family therapy, occupational therapy interventions, and utilization of positive behavioral incentives and supports. Patients receive on-site academic tutoring and engage in recreational opportunities in the gym, and the outside playground and courtyard areas. Treatment includes dialectical behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, milieu activities, and skills-based groups.

Summary:

The Nurse Manager assists the Director in the coordination, supervision, and management of all personnel and patient care activities of the unit and in the successful operation of the hospital and network at large.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

1. Education: Bachelor's degree in Nursing or a graduate of an accredited Nursing program required. RNC preferred.
2. License/Certifications: Licensed as a registered professional nurse by the Maine State Board of Nursing required.
3. Experience: 2+ years of psychiatric nursing or comparable experience preferred.
4. Demonstrate leadership and management skills.
5. Demonstrate expertise in clinical practice and judgment.
6. Demonstrate effective communication skills.

If you have questions about this role, please contact tabor.badger@mainehealth.org