Registered Nurse V

The Massachusetts Mental Health Center, a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Department of Mental Health is seeking a dynamic Registered Nurse V, Senior Nursing Supervisor, to oversee the daily operations of nursing staff and services across the Center’s behavioral health continuum. This role ensures that psychiatric nursing care is delivered efficiently and in line with established standards and protocols. The Senior Nursing Supervisor will lead by example, fostering a collaborative work environment while guiding, mentoring, and supervising the nursing team. This position is crucial for maintaining the safe and highly specialized clinical operations of the Center as well as playing a critical role in ensuring the clinical service delivery,  nursing supervision, and operational effectiveness by  meeting the complex and comprehensive direct clinical care needs of individuals in the Commonwealth who access services through the Department of Mental Health.

Please Note: The hours for this position are Monday through Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm. Employees in this position will be required to perform mandatory overtime

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

•        Responsible for the coordination and supervision of all nursing and wellness services at 75 Fenwood Road.
•        Responsible for the maintenance of all nursing-related medical documentation.
•         Meets with nursing staff and team leaders daily to discuss and address clinical and administrative issues impacting service delivery and quality assurance and collaborates with clinic leadership to mitigate concerns.
•        Attends all relevant meetings as assigned by the Center DON.
•        Functions as the Infection and exposure Control Nurse for the building, ensuring that all protocols are followed, all precautions are taken to prevent exposure, and that all IAs are submitted if and when an exposure incident occurs
•         Develops and updates unit policies/ procedures in conjunction with quality and clinical management
•         Approves timesheets and leave requests for assigned staff ensuring safe and appropriate staffing levels.
•        Coordinates and assigns nursing schedules including overtime shifts.
•        Provides direct nursing care and services.
•         Maintains confidentiality of client information.
•         Employs Motivational Interviewing approach to motivate clients to participate in individual treatment plans.
•         Ability to treat and interact with persons who are under physical/emotional stress.
•         Assesses, analyzes and determines the applicability of clinical data in order to make and/or take appropriate actions, recommendations, or referrals.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides discipline-specific supervision and support to all assigned staff.
•         Provides clinical coverage when staff are absent or unavailable, ensuring leadership and support for the assigned MMHC programs and ens