Assistant Clinical Mgr

Assistant Clinical Manager for Behavioral Health

Part-time position, 24 hours per week, from 3:00 pm to 11:30 pm with every other weekend. This Assistant Manager's position will report to the Director and will work in a management capacity as well as hands-on patient care. This is a very unique opportunity to gain valuable skills in management while still loving what you do in terms of patient care.

Job Description

• The Assistant Clinical Manager for Behavioral Health has 24-hour responsibility to ensure safe care and delivery of patients across the division and to enhance patient flow.
• The Assistant Clinical Manager will work in collaboration with the unit Clinical Manager and Advanced Practice Manager for Behavioral Health to improve patient flow, maintain safe practices, help to reduce unit acuity, provide real-time supervision and education to members of the clinical team, direct nursing care, and coordinate resources while performing administrative activities as assigned.
• Areas of major responsibility include: Patient Focus; Human Resource Management; Financial Management; Departmental/Organizational Support; and Clinical Practice Management/Development.

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities:

Patient Focus Core Behaviors:

• Collaborate and support the health care team in the delivery of quality evidence-based patient-focused care.
• Provide/direct nursing care throughout the life span with consideration of the aging process, developmental, and cultural patterns in each step of the nursing process.
• Identify and allocate environmental technical personnel resources needed to meet the needs of patients, families, and colleagues.
• Participate in quality assessment and improvement programs to evaluate the effectiveness of care delivered.
• Enhance unit behaviors through encouragement of education and implementation of new concepts and technology.
• Provide leadership in the development of policies, procedures, standards of care, and critical paths to promote positive patient outcomes.
• Assess unit acuity and provide in-time support to units across the division.
• Support patient flow and capacity initiatives across the division to include ensuring the timely admission and discharge of patients and supporting coordination of care efforts.
• Lead and assist with multidisciplinary team rounding.
• Support unit staff to decompress acuity and de-escalate agitated patients safely while managing restraint initiatives.

Financial Management Core Behaviors:

• Effectively utilize resources to develop cost-efficient delivery of high-quality services.
• Develop and utilize critical paths that provide quality cost-efficient guides to patient care.
• Encourage financial conscientious staff with stimulation to participate in the development of cost-effective ideas and plans.
• Assist in the development of capital and operational budgets defined for the unit.
• Monitor staff compliance to schedule through weekly payroll.

Departmental/Organizational Support Core Behaviors:

• Contribute to the organizational plan for development of short and long-term goals.
• Provide unit management coverage in collaboration with the Clinical Manager.
• Direct and supervise unit staff.
• Identify and resolve nursing care conflicts and problems related to the unit.
• Communicate the status of unit operations, activities, and issues to the Clinical Manager, Advanced Practice Manager, and/or Director.
• Participate in unit management meetings and recommend fiscal/patient care objectives, standards, and goals.
• Chair unit staff meetings in collaboration with the Clinical Manager.
• Collaborate with nursing faculty to facilitate students meeting educational needs.
• Participate in the formation of policy procedures standards.
• Participate on organizational committees.
• Comply with TJC standards.

Clinical Practice Management / Development Core Behaviors:

• Assist in the advancement of team participation by helping the health care team achieve and maintain clinical excellence.
• Remain current on the latest concepts, techniques, and methods relative to areas of responsibility.
• Demonstrate flexibility and recognize the needs for the overall organization.
• Participate in professional organizations.
• Analyze data and identify opportunities for improvement in patient care.
• Maintain open lines of communication with all members of the health care team.
• Create an environment that promotes and supports active patient and family participation in all aspects of informed decision-making.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span with consideration of aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.
• Participate in other leadership responsibilities as assigned.

Performance Standards:

• Oversee departmental activities ensuring that area policies and procedures are maintained while supervising subordinate staff.
• Maintain thorough knowledge of nursing practices within assigned clinical area.
• Interpret and respond to acute patient-care needs.

Qualifications - Education

• Baccalaureate in Nursing; Masters preferred (Nursing or related Health Care field acceptable).
• Must have current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island.
• BLS certification.

Qualifications - Experience

• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience with demonstrated clinical and leadership skills.

Supervision

• Work in collaboration with unit leadership to schedule, train, assign work, participate in evaluation, and when necessary recommend discipline and discharge of subordinate personnel when appropriate.

Brown University Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetics, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran or marital status. Brown University Health is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Location

Rhode Island Hospital, USA: RI: Providence

Work Type

Part Time

Shift

Shift 2

Union

Non-Union