Registered Nurse Manager Behavioral Health

IHMS USA, Inc. provides medical services to some of the world’s most vulnerable populations, including individuals and families who are migrating, displaced, or affected by conflict, disaster, or disease. For more than 20 years, IHMS has delivered compassionate, high-quality healthcare services across the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, IHMS USA focuses on supporting communities across the Western Hemisphere while drawing on the global experience and best practices developed by IHMS teams around the world. Our work is driven by a commitment to delivering safe, effective, and patient-centered care in complex environments. To support this mission, IHMS has developed accredited and compliant management systems that help ensure quality care while tracking and coordinating every aspect of patient health services. These systems promote transparency, strengthen safeguarding practices, and provide near real-time visibility into clinical operations. We understand that many of the individuals we serve are navigating difficult and uncertain circumstances. That’s why our care model includes access to comprehensive behavioral health services when needed, ensuring patients receive both medical and emotional support. For healthcare professionals, working with IHMS means being part of a mission-driven team dedicated to making a meaningful impact. Our teams operate around the world and stand ready to provide compassionate care wherever it is needed most. For more information, please visit: www.ihmsusa.us . **POSITION IS LOCATED IN HAGERSTOWN, MD** This position is eligible for an additional sign on bonus and daily per diem. The Behavioral Health Registered Nurse Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of Behavioral Health Unit nursing services and assigned nursing staff to support safe, timely, trauma-informed, and contract-compliant care for patients with serious mental illness and other behavioral health conditions. The role ensures nursing coverage, clinical coordination, documentation, emergency response readiness, continuity of care, staff competency, and alignment with applicable contract standards, accreditation requirements, and federal, state, and local requirements.  Key Responsibilities: Provide day-to-day supervision and operational oversight of Behavioral Health Unit nursing services and assigned nursing staff.  Plan, coordinate, and monitor nursing coverage to support continuous on-site registered nurse coverage and safe patient care across all shifts.  Support nursing operations for the Behavioral Health Unit, including care for patients with serious mental illness, patients on suicide precautions, and patients requiring observation, stabilization, or ongoing behavioral health nursing support.  Ensure nursing care is delivered in accordance with applicable scope-of-practice requirements, contract standards, accreditation requirements, and facility policies and procedures.  Ensure required nursing participation in initial screening, ongoing assessment, daily triage of requests for health care, patient monitoring, and timely referral or escalation when clinical findings require higher-level evaluation.  Coordinate patient care with psychiatrists, behavioral health providers, medical providers, behavioral health technicians, and other interdisciplinary staff to support treatment planning, continuity of care, transfer preparation, and follow-up.  Monitor nursing documentation for completeness, timeliness, and accuracy, including documentation in the electronic health record and other required tracking systems.  Oversee safe medication administration practices and support continuity of prescribed medications during transfer, discharge, or other transitions of care, as directed by licensed providers and contract requirements.  Ensure timely communication and escalation of significant changes in patient condition, serious clinical concerns, and urgent safety issues to the appropriate licensed provider and operational leadership.  Support suicide prevention and emergency response processes, including staff readiness for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, automated external defibrillator use, emergency first aid, recognition of mental health emergencies, and safe transfer for higher-level care when required.  Ensure nursing operations comply with contract requirements related to suicide precautions, including limits on the use of telehealth for patients on suicide watch.  Support a trauma-informed and culturally responsive care environment for a diverse patient population, including use of professional interpretation and communication assistance services when needed.  Maintain confidentiality and secure handling of patient records and protected information and support prompt reporting of privacy or security concerns in accordance with contract requirements.  Participate in quality assurance activities, audits, inspections, annual policy review activities, corrective action processes, and program improvement efforts related to nursing and behavioral health services.  Lead or support orientation, competency validation, ongoing education, and performance management for assigned nursing personnel.  Provide direct patient care within scope of licensure when operationally required.  Complete required organizational compliance education, including assigned requirements that are client-specified, for Joint Commission Healthcare Staffing Services certification or other regulatory bodies.  This list is non-exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake additional duties that are not specifically listed above. Basic Requirements/Certifications:   Current, full, active, and unrestricted Registered Nurse license in Maryland or the ability to obtain one.  Minimum six years professional nursing experience.   Experience in a detention or correctional healthcare setting preferred.  Basic Life Supp