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RN MANAGER

Salary

$7,763.60 - $11,284.00 Monthly

Location

Jackson, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

ELMHS5.12.25RNMAN

Department

LDH-Office of Behavioral Health

Opening Date

05/13/2025

Closing Date

5/19/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

This vacancy is located in theNursing Department of Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System in Jackson, LA (East Feliciana Parish). ELMHS is the largest 24-hour, multi-site, state psychiatric complex, comprised of residential, outpatient and inpatient services.

*This posting may be used to fill vacancies in other divisions or units at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System within 90 days of closing.

The position may be filled as either a Probational or Job Appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agencywide permanent status employees); by Detail to Special Duty; or as a part-time WAE. Current permanent status, classified employees may be required to accept a Probational appointed if selected. If filled as a Job Appointment, there is a possibility that this position may be converted to a Probational Appointment should funding become available.

Salary is negotiable based on experience.

Please list all work experience and describe your duties as you will not be qualified on job titles alone.

Special Entrance Rate (SER) - $3583.20 Biweekly

Premium Pay (per HOUR physically worked):

$10.00 Retention Pay

Longevity Pay:

$2.00/hr

SHIFT DIFFERENTIALS (per HOUR physically worked):

Shift Diff 2nd Shift - $4.50

Shift Diff 3rd Shift - $5.00

Weekend Shift Diff - $2.50

Weekend Shift Diff 2nd - $6.00

Weekend Shift Diff 3rd - $7.00

Holiday Shift Diff - $3.50

Holiday Shift Diff 2nd - $7.00

Holiday Shift Diff 3rd - $8.00

Weekend Holiday Shift Diff - $4.50

Weekend Holiday Shift Diff 2nd - $7.50

Weekend Holiday Shift Diff 3rd - $8.00

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of work experience. An application may be considered incomplete if the work experience and education sections are not completed. Please list all work experience.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

For further information about this vacancy, please contact:

LDH-ELMHS Human Resources

Jackson, La. 70748

225-634-0680

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Possession of a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse plus one of the following:

Four years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR

A bachelor's degree in nursing plus three years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR

A master's degree in nursing or public health plus three years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR

A doctorate in nursing or public health plus two years of experience as a licensed registered nurse.

Job Specification

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To provide management of nursing services in a clinical, education, or programmatic setting.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Manager.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

General from a Registered Nurse Assistant Director of Nursing A or other higher level personnel.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Direct over Registered Nurse Supervisor A, Registered Nurse Supervisor B and/or other equivalent level supervisors. See allocation criteria memo for details.

LOCATION OF WORK:

Statewide.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from RN Manage-House by the presence of direct line supervision.

Differs from RN Regional Manager by the absence of serving as the manager of facilities and/or staff in a region.

Job Duties and Other Information

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Provides management and direction to assigned clinical, programmatic, or educational units and coordinates activities with other departments and/or facilities.

In absence of Director and Assistant Director, assumes responsibility for supervision of entire Nursing Department and/or facility.

Assists with determining suitable organizational structure and staffing requirements for assigned nursing areas.

Prepares, monitors, and submits monthly and annual patient statistics, staff training, and budgetary reports.

Develops/assists in the preparation of the budget for the assigned sections.

Establishes long-term goals and objectives for assigned sections and/or facility.

Develops area operation policies, procedures, and standards of care in accordance with overall hospital and accreditation committee policies.

Develops and interprets to other professional and nonprofessional staff area operation policies, procedures, and standards of care in accordance with overall hospital and accreditation committee policies.

Assists in maintaining patient care standards by supervising and directing activities of subordinate nurses engaged in quality assurance, infection control, and utilization review activities.

Reviews staffing roster for assigned area to ensure adequate nursing coverage of professional and non-professional staff.

Serves on various committees for, patient safety, quality assurance, infection control, risk managements, and hospital accreditation.

Provides guidance, direction, and oversight in complying with JCAHO, HCFA, OSHA, Center for Disease Control, State Boards of Nursing, and other regulatory agencies.

Initiates or responds to various codes; supervises staff to assure that proper procedure is followed.

When necessary acts as liaison with families, other facilities, law enforcement agencies concerning patients' admission, discharge, transfer, etc.

Manages staff education programs including nursing staff and hospital-wide orientation that support education standards of licensing and accrediting bodies.

Serves as a liaison between the hospital, schools of nursing and other allied health training programs such as practical nurse, paramedic, psychology, laboratory, respiratory, radiology, National Guard Units, etc., providing student orientation and assuring that the goals of the agency and hospital are maintained.

Provides administration, direction, and evaluation for a hospital-wide comprehensive patient education program for both inpatient and outpatient areas.

Provides advanced practice courses such as Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Critical Care Core Curriculum (12 lead EKG interpretation, Hemodynamic Monitoring, Pathophysiology of the Critical Patient, Nursing Interventions, Ventilator Dependent Care, and other invasive monitoring).

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

01

Have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge?

+ Yes

+ No

02

If 'YES', give the law enforcement authority (city police, sheriff, FBI, etc.), the offense, place, and disposition of case. If 'NO', enter N/A.

03

Do you possess a valid Louisiana license or temporary permit to practice as a registered nurse or a multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state?

+ Yes

+ No

04

If you answered 'YES' to the question above, please list the license TYPE, NUMBER, ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE and EXPIRATION DATE. If you answered no, enter N/A.

05

Are you a current employee at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System?

+ Yes

+ No

Required Question

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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