Nursing Unit Manager

Title: Nursing Unit Manager

State Role Title:Registered Nurse Manager I

Hiring Range: $107812 - $148781

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location:Hiram Davis Medical Center

Agency Website:

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Hiram W. Davis Medical Center is one of 12 inpatient facilities operated by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.

Hiram W. Davis Medical Center located in Petersburg Virginia is a 94-bed medical facility providing acute medical diagnoses skilled care intermediate care and long-term care to individuals receiving services in DBHDS facilities and within the community that have intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Admissions to HWDMC are generally either permanent placement or special hospitalization. Patients typically come to HWDMC as a special hospitalization for step-down to stabilize post-surgery rehabilitation or long-term care.

Unit Manager will supervise entire unit engaged in direct nursing care and implementation of treatment plans for assigned unit. Serves as one of Nursing Unit Managers (NUM). Assist Chief Nurse Executive assist in the daily management of the department including the administration organization supervision and evaluation of all activities and patient care. Assists in quality assurance activities and assures compliance with Agency Departmental and accrediting Agencies policies procedures rules and regulations. Perform lower level nursing duties as needed such as charge nurse duties admissions discharges and unit rounds. Oversee Fine dining Restorative program perform audits and participate in interdisciplinary team meetings.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Considerable knowledge of professional nursing supervising and administrative principles and practices; basic knowledge of budgeting and scheduling; knowledge of legal requirements affecting nursing practices. Considerable skill in advanced nursing procedures specifically in a med-surgical psychiatric or geriatric field. Demonstrated ability to work independently to evaluate program and staff performance to develop standards of care and operational procedures to perform patient assessment to troubleshoot problems and to establish priorities.

Minimum Qualifications

Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Commonwealth of Virginia required.

Experience in staff supervision performance management and employee development.

Experience managing clinical operations regulatory compliance and quality improvement processes.

Experience with staffing coordination scheduling and workforce management.

Additional Considerations

Experience working in a healthcare behavioral health long-term care or institutional setting preferred.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Application Requirements: Applications and résumés for this position are accepted electronically through the Commonwealth of Virginias Electronic Recruitment System only. Interview decisions will be based solely on the information provided in your electronic application and/or résumé. Please ensure you detail all relevant work experience clearly and specifically; we will not make assumptions about your qualifications.

You will receive a confirmation of receipt once your application and/or résumé has been successfully submitted. To check the status of your application refer to Your Application in your account.

This position is open until filled; however applications/résumés will begin to be reviewed within five (5) days of the posting date.

Background Investigation: All applicants are subject to an extensive background investigation and a pre-employment drug screening. This investigation may include fingerprint checks (State Police FBI) local agency checks Department of Social Services/Child Protective Services checks employment verification and verification of education relevant to the position.

Under Virginia Code 37.2-314 and 37.2-408.1 the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services (DBHDS) cannot employ or utilize as volunteers individuals convicted of specific (barrier) crimes or those with pending barrier charges.

Reasonable Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations are available to individuals with disabilities during the application and/or interview process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require assistance or accommodation please notify Human Resources at during business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

Equal Opportunity: The Commonwealth of Virginia is committed to conducting all aspects of human resource management without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture hair type and protective hairstyles such as braids locks and twists) sex color national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity or expression age veteran status political affiliation disability genetic information and pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions.* There shall be no retaliation against anyone making allegations of violations of this policy.

Veteran Preference: DBHDS is a Virginia Values Veterans (V3) certified employer and provides hiring preference to qualified veterans and service members. We highly encourage veterans active members of the Virginia National Guard and U.S. Military Reserve members to apply and respond accordingly on the state application.

Benefits: DBHDS offers a comprehensive benefits package including your choice of health plans paid life insurance retirement plans 13 paid holidays annual leave family personal leave sick leave employee discount programs and more!

Contact Information

Name: Taylor Mayton

Phone:

Email:

In support of the Commonwealths commitment to inclusion we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS) or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation if applicable to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at .

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1 2022- February 29 2024 can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.