Unit Manager (Center For Eating Disorders)

The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt is one of the nation's leading programs for the treatment of children, teens, and adults with eating disorders.

As a Unit Manager you will:

• Provide 24-hour operational management of the Inpatient Unit/Partial Hospitalization Program.


• Manage expense budget(s) of assigned clinical programs and maintain clinical environment and staffing strategy that enables the program to maintain or exceed budgeted census.


• Respond to changes in patient acuity and census and make appropriate adjustments to ensure the maintenance of a safe and therapeutic environment of care; respond to changing program needs that meet internal and external requirements.


• Utilize clinical expertise in the delivery of direct patient care, consultative activities, staff development, and treatment planning.


• Participate in appropriate marketing activities, promoting effective team-building, quality improvement and strong orientation toward customer relations.


• Supervise nursing, social work, rehabilitation services, and support staff.

Requires:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited nursing program and at least 3 years of progressively more responsible experience. Individuals without a bachelor's degree may be considered if they have completed a diploma nursing program and have at least 5 years of progressively more responsible inpatient psychiatric nursing experience.


• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Maryland.