(3078) Residential Nurse Manager

Program Overview:

The core components of a crisis continuum are somewhere to call, someone to respond, and a place to go. Bluebonnet Trails Adult Crisis Residential programs provide 24/7 access to immediate crisis assessment and intervention services in a facility-based setting.

Our Vision is Healthy and Fulfilled Lives, and residential programs offers an interdisciplinary team of clinical, medical, and direct care staff to provide support to persons in crisis.

Our Mission is to continuously improve the health and independence of the persons we serve, and the Diversion Center provides critical access to care to stabilize a crisis while diverting individuals from jail, emergency rooms, and hospitalization. Under the clinical leadership of the Director of Residential Nursing and the administrative leadership of the Director of Crisis Services, this leader will assist with the clinical supervision, education, direction, and oversight to Registered Nurses (RNs) within the residential programs.

Critical Impact:

The residential facilities provide an option for expedited access to immediate behavioral health treatment, with a focus on pre-arrest jail diversion and recidivism reduction. The Residential Nurse Manager oversees how we deliver care to the people we serve, how we develop and support our talented team, and how we collaborate with our community partners. Additionally, the Residential Nurse Manager collaborates with the unit Program Managers on communication with our staff and contractors on strategy for maintaining essential operations, including during emergencies and disasters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the residential program operations in alignment with the Center’s mission, values, policy, and procedures.
• Ensures nursing services are provided timely and in the most clinically appropriate setting
• Oversight of unit infection control processes, internal and external reviews (audits) of nursing and medical programs as assigned by the DRN for the purposes of quality measurement and improvement.
• Provide consistent opportunity for 360 degree feedback to direct reports, including individualized support, goal setting, and coaching
• Builds relationships with internal and external colleagues, collaborating across programs, seeking and offering input towards shared goals and objectives
• Oversees the unit flow, medication inventory, testing, and supplies to standards
• Develop and pilot ideas that improve the system of care and increase efficiency and efficacy for continuous quality improvement
• Effectively lead change within the team
• Establish clear direction for the program, in alignment with local, state, and federal contracts and standards of care
• Continuously seek learning opportunities for evidenced-based practices and intervention, identifying opportunities to apply new knowledge to residential operation
• Provide consultation, analyzing and evaluating variables through a person-centered approach to care
• Able to provide training and delegation of nursing duties

Location: Seguin and Bastrop, TX

Hourly Salary Range: $48.38 – $52.13

Differential Detail:

• $1.00 per hour – 2 years experience
• $1.00 per hour – 2 years BTCS tenure
• $0.75 per hour – Bilingual
• $1.00 per hour – Specialty

Join our dynamic and enthusiastic Team dedicated to continuously improving the health and independence of the persons we serve. 

Click on https://bbtrails.org/work-with-us/ for additional details on other rewards and compensation, including our excellent benefits package and generous leave accruals!