Supervisor Behavioral Health Nursing
Listed compensation
$38.78-$56.24/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Where You’ll Work
At CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, patients are at the heart of our care. Our campus is designed to heal the body, mind and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services include a new pavilion featuring enhancements in heart and vascular care, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Supervisor Behavioral Nursing you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
Every day, you will oversee the functional and technical job performance or team members. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.
Allocates and directs staffing needs to meet patient, unit and Hospital needs, and collaborates with others toensure overall staffing needs are met.
Manages performance including: goal-setting, clarifying job expectations, monitoring performance progress, providing feedback, recognize, developing skills and addressing performance issues related to work and ourcommitments using corrective action.
Monitors and oversee customer and patient engagement, growth, quality initiatives and patient safety formultiple departments, utilizing regulatory and organization knowledge and policy for multiple areas as separatefunctions.
Coordinates and manages operating systems, operational standardization, service standards and communicationmethods in line with system policies and processes.
Ensures optimal utilization of department resources within guidelines set forth through capital and operationbudget planning, implementation of practices that achieve defined objectives, and benchmark data.
Assures appropriate level of understanding, awareness and compliance with all applicable Joint Commission, federal, state and agency laws, regulations, guidelines and professional standards.
- Job Requirements
- Bachelors degree in nursing upon hire and minimum of 1-3 years leadership experience
- Registered Nurse: IA
- Basic Life Support - CPR
Key Responsibilities
The Supervisor of Behavioral Health Nursing oversees daily unit operations, manages staff performance, and ensures high-quality patient care. They are responsible for resource allocation, regulatory compliance, and fostering a collaborative environment to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Nursing and possess a valid Registered Nurse license. A minimum of 1-3 years of leadership experience and Basic Life Support (CPR) certification are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Behavioral Health Nursing Career Context
Of the 40 active Behavioral Health Nursing listings this role was benchmarked against, 25% are remote, 35% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$99k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $113k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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