Behavioral Nurse Manager

Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital provides a safe and accepting environment for all of our patients. Our private facility currently has 152 patient beds and is staffed by qualified, experienced personnel who are dedicated to providing the highest level of care to each patient.

At Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, we are committed to delivering the best in psychiatric healthcare to our community through our mental health programs in Las Vegas, NV. This includes helping to educate patients, family members, and the community at large about mental health illnesses and addiction.

The Nurse Manager provides leadership and operational oversight for assigned behavioral health units, ensuring regulatory compliance, quality care, and staff development. This role emphasizes unit-level operations, enabling closer oversight of compliance and staff performance. Responsibilities include corrective action implementation and continuous improvement of nursing practices.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Directs daily operations for assigned units, ensuring adherence to policies and procedures
• Conducts routine audits (admission assessments, treatment plans, MAR checks, safety rounds) and implements corrective actions as needed
• Provides real-time feedback, mentor nurses and Mental Health Technicians, and coordinate competency training with the Clinical Nurse Educator
• Participates in hiring, evaluations, and disciplinary actions for unit staff
• Monitors unit metrics, identify trends, and lead initiatives to improve patient outcomes and staff performance
• Works closely with CNO, House Supervisors, and interdisciplinary teams to maintain safe, therapeutic environments
• Ensures units are survey-ready at all times through proactive compliance monitoring
• Serves as a resource for clinical decision-making and escalates concerns appropriately
• Enforces infection control compliance by ensuring staff adhere to protocols and promptly correct deficiencies identified by Infection Control Nurse audits
• Serves as a leader in maintaining a safe, structured, and therapeutic milieu on assigned units, ensuring adherence to behavioral health standards and patient engagement protocols
• Prepares and submits accurate reports on unit audits, compliance metrics, staffing, and quality improvement initiatives to nursing leadership and the CNO
• Analyzes data trends and presents findings during leadership meetings to support decision-making
• Provides leadership coverage during the CNO's absence, assuming administrative and operational responsibilities
• Two (2) positions available - one day shift and one swing shift
  
  

Requirements

• Current Nevada State RN License required
• BSN or equivalent preferred
• Current and active BLS/CPR certification
• Completion of CPI Certification upon completion of new hire orientation
• Minimum three (3) years of psychiatric nursing experience as a registered nurse required
• Minimum one (1) year nursing leadership experience required
• Thorough knowledge of current behavioral health concepts, principals and methods treatment required
• Ability to organize activities and schedules for medical and/or non-medical tasks for patients.
• Ability to stabilize acute psychotic and non-violent crises by using accepted intervention techniques.
  
  

Benefits

A full benefits package is available the first of the month following 30 days of employment.

Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include:

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Healthcare spending account
• Dependent care spending account
• PTO Plan with holiday premium pay
• Discounted cafeteria meal plan
• Life insurance (including plans for spouse and children)
• Short- and long-term disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
• Pet Insurance
• Identity Theft Insurance