Nurse Manager

Now offering up to $15,000 hiring bonus to full-time new hires!

Who is Comprehensive Healthcare?
Comprehensive Healthcare provides innovative behavioral health and integrated healthcare services to clients of all ages. We take pride in our creative and collaborative work environment and in delivering clinically excellent, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented services.

Position Summary: The Nurse Manager (IP and OP) leads and develops the inpatient nursing team to deliver safe, efficient, and high-quality clinical care. This role is responsible for maintaining compliance with standards of care, identifying and mitigating safety risks, and overseeing clinical operations to ensure regulatory and ethical standards are met. By optimizing nursing workflows and ensuring policies are up to date, the Manager fosters a high-performing environment focused on clinical excellence and patient safety.
 

General Purpose of Position:

• Lead and oversee inpatient and outpatient nursing operations, ensuring the delivery of safe, efficient, and high-quality clinical care.
• Maintain rigorous compliance with standards of care, regulatory requirements, and ethical guidelines while proactively identifying and mitigating clinical safety risks.
• Foster a high-performing nursing team through effective recruitment, retention, clinical supervision, and professional development.
• Optimize nursing workflows and policies to enhance clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, and patient safety across all service lines.

Values:

• Demonstrates behaviors which contribute to the growth and achievement of Comprehensive’s mission:
• Passion for the Work, Compassion for the Client
• Demonstrates empathy, professionalism, and sound judgment in all interaction
• Prioritizes client safety, dignity, and outcomes
• Maintains composure and effectiveness in high-pressure or emotionally demanding situations
• Customer Service
• Takes ownership of issues and follows through to resolution
• Communicates clearly, honestly, and proactively
• Maintains a solutions-oriented approach and supports both clients and colleagues
• Collaborative Problem Solving
• Engages others to develop effective, aligned solutions
• Communicates openly and works across teams to reduce silos
• Shares accountability for decisions and outcomes

 Leadership Expectation

• Sets clear expectations and holds self and others accountable
• Addresses issues at the appropriate level
• Aligns team performance with organizational goals

Key Success Measures

• Workforce Stability & Retention: Maintain ≥70% employed nursing staff and ≤30% locum utilization through effective recruitment, engagement, and retention strategies.
• Patient Safety & Clinical Outcomes: Achieve ≥95% compliance with medication administration standards and implement quality improvement initiatives to reduce medication errors.
• Regulatory Compliance & Operational Excellence: Maintain ≥95% compliance with regulatory, documentation, and policy requirements while addressing identified risks and audit findings within established timelines.

Key Activities:

• Standard of Care: Maintains compliance with standards of care to ensure nursing staff are receiving clinical supervision and providing high-quality care.
• Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement: Monitors quality indicators, clinical outcomes, and performance metrics to identify opportunities for improvement. Implements quality initiatives and identifies new nursing policies and procedures that need to be implemented for safe, high-quality care.
• Risk Identification and Management: Identifies and mitigates safety risks to ensure staff and client safety at all times. Identify incident trends and develop training or workflows to mitigate future incidents.
• Regulatory Compliance & Policy Oversight: Oversees nursing operations to ensure compliance with all regulatory, legal, and ethical requirements. Maintains current nursing policies and procedures that align with regulatory standards and organizational expectations.
• Optimizing Workflows: Collaborates with nursing services to standardize and improve workflows, enhancing efficiency, consistency, and quality of care across the organization.

Skills & Experience:

• Strong foundation in nursing practices, clinical standards of care, and patient safety protocols.
• Proven experience in managing nursing teams, providing clinical supervision, and fostering a collaborative, high-performing work environment.
• Deep knowledge of healthcare regulatory requirements, quality assurance, and risk management principles.
• Demonstrated ability to optimize workflows, develop policies, and manage operational logistics in a clinical setting.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) required; Master’s degree in Nursing (MSN), Healthcare Administration, or a related field preferred.
• Active, unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.
• 5+ years of clinical nursing experience, with 2+ years of progressive leadership or supervisory experience in a hospital, inpatient, or outpatient setting.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• Primarily operates in office, healthcare, residential, and community-based environments
• Requires frequent movement throughout agency facilities and grounds
• Ability to travel between sites and attend meetings across locations as needed
• Ability to inspect maintenance areas, mechanical systems, rooftops, and operational spaces
• Occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds

Cognitive & Mental Demands

• Ability to manage complex operational priorities and respond effectively to urgent situations
• Ability to analyze operational issues and implement effective solutions
• High level of attention to detail, organization, and accountability
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in high-risk and time-sensitive situations

Emotional & Behavioral Demands

• Ability to work effectively in a behavioral health environment
• Ability to maintain professionalism, composure, and effective decision-making during emergencies or operational disruptions
• Strong interpersonal skills to support collaboration across departments and external partners

Communication Requirements

• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with staff, leadership, contractors, vendors, regulatory agencies, and community partners

Schedule:

• Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM

Pay Range:

• $95,617.60 to $143,436.80 Salary

Qualifications:

• Associate's or bachelor's degree in nursing
• Active RN license in Washington or Compact State
• Must have valid driver's license and vehicle liability insurance
• In compliance with state and federal law, Comprehensive Healthcare requires all candidates to complete a post-offer, pre-employment drug screen and background check. Please refer to WAC 388-113-0020 through 388-113-0030 for information on criminal convictions and pending charges that automatically disqualify an individual from working for Comprehensive Healthcare. Please refer to RCW 49.44.240 for information on pre-employment drug screening

What Comprehensive Healthcare Can Offer You 
Training and Development

• A variety of career opportunities in a wide range of settings with room for mobility and promotion
• Regular training opportunities including support, supervision, and consultation in implementing evidence-based services and programs

Innovative Program & Services

• A strong reputation for providing quality, evidence-based services within a collaborative multi-disciplinary team environment 
• Innovative, forward-looking leadership that seeks to thrive in an ever-changing healthcare environment
• Joint Commission-accredited organization committed to continuous quality improvement
• Established partnerships with major research universities and other community and healthcare providers to implement cutting-edge treatment programs and services

Excellent Benefits

• Competitive salaries within our communities and industry
• Healthcare coverage for employee and qualified family members
• Generous vacation, paid holiday and sick leave policies
• Access to Employee Assistance Program services
• Agency-funded retirement plan with contributions equal to 5% of compensation
• Additional retirement investment opportunities with a 50% investment match of up to 4% of compensation
• Agency-funded life and disability insurance program 
• Financial incentives to further employee education