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Req #: 241541

Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWEST - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Job Location Detail: 1550 North 115th Street, Seattle, WA 98133

Posting Date: 01/17/2025

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $12,500 - $15,500 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-contract-covered-exempt-20240419-a11y.pdf)

UW Medical Center-Northwest has an outstanding opportunity for a Nurse Manager to lead 3 units:

• Our Neuromodulation Clinic

• Our Behavioral Health Intake Evaluation Team

• Our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) These units are part of UW Medicine's Center for Behavioral Health and Learning - a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive facility designed to transform the way we approach mental health care. WORK SCHEDULE

• Full time / 100% FTE

• Monday - Friday

• Day shifts only DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTIONS The Garvey Institute Center for Neuromodulation opened in April 2024 and will significantly expand in 2025. The clinic provides outpatient, evidence-based Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) services for adult patients with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, catatonia, and schizophrenia. This is a complex procedural unit that regularly works with patients undergoing anesthesia. Approximately 80% of the Nurse Manager’s time will be focused on this unit.Our Behavioral Health Intake Evaluation Unit confirms if patients will benefit from our behavioral health services. Intake Evaluators work closely with our physicians to perform clinical screens and verify insurance information.Our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) provide ongoing therapy services to patients transitioning out of inpatient behavioral healthcare. IOP and PHP patients typically live at home, but meet multiple times each week for individual counseling, behavioral therapy, psychoeducation, and case management services. PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages all day-to-day and operational functions of our Neuromodulation Clinic, our Intake Evaluation Unit, and our IOP/PHP programs

• Oversees approximately 20 staff, including Registered Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, Social Workers, and an Operations Supervisor

• Collaborates directly with the Behavioral Health Assistant Administrator regarding access, referrals, volume development, department flow, and productivity

• Develops workflows and policies as the units expand

• Ensures evidence-based practice is integrated into department operations

• Ensures that units meet regulatory healthcare standards

• Ensures that documentation meets current standards and policies and is completed for each visit by clinical staff

• Models customer service standards for staff and practitioners

• Interviews and hires new staff

• Completes regular performance evaluations for each staff member

• Counsels employees, develops staff, and utilizes the disciplinary process when appropriate

• Provides leadership and direction in accordance with organizational goals and objectives REQUIREMENTS

• 1 year of department manager-level nursing experience

• At least 4 years of nursing work experience, preferably in a procedural area

• Demonstrated skillsets in project management and clinical workflow development

• Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington State

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

• Demonstrated skillsets in procedural nursing

• Knowledge of The Joint Commission, DOH and other regulatory agency standards ABOUT THE CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND LEARNING The new Center for Behavioral Health and Learning , which opened on the UW Medical Center-Northwest campus in 2024, offers an unparalleled opportunity to transform mental health care and to improve mental health care training in our state. Located in North Seattle, the new facility features a multitude of specialty units and houses an interdisciplinary training and workforce development program focused on preparing and supporting the next generation of behavioral health providers for Washington State. The six-story building is a beautiful place to work with lots of windows, natural lighting and open-concept spaces and offers amenities including a new kitchen and dining area for patients, staff and visitors. ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest. Become part of our team. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs) Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.