
Acute Adult Mental Health Nurse Manager
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Job overview
The Nurse Manager oversees administration of the adult psychiatric programs, including planning, budgeting, quality management, team building, clinical services, and marketing. The role provides clinical supervision, manages personnel and program development, and supports compliance with licensing, accreditation, and regulatory standards. The manager works with nursing and program leadership to maintain quality behavioral health care and guides staff in caring for patients with mental illness.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
This position is incentive eligible.
Introduction
Want to join a team of daring managers who care without reservations or limits? Our Mission Hospital team is looking for a Nurse Manager of a Mental Health unit at Sweeten Creek Mental Health and Wellness Center. HCA Healthcare is an advanced healthcare network that has committed up to $300 million to our incredible team members over the course of three years.
Benefits
Mission Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
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Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
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Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
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Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
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401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
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Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
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Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
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Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
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Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
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Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
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Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
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Colleague recognition program
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Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
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Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
HCA Healthcare is committed to research and clinical protocols. Do you want to impact standards of care and save lives across the country? Apply today to our Nurse Manager Mental Health and be a part of the innovation of ideas.
Job Summary and Qualifications
Under the supervision of the Director of Nursing, Behavioral Health Services, the Nurse Manager is responsible for the overall administration of the Adult Psych Programs including planning, budgeting, quality management, team building, clinical services, and marketing. Essential functions include clinical supervisory duties, fiscal planning and management, personnel management, program development and planning, public relations/community outreach, compliance with internal/external standards including licensure, accrediting and regulatory agencies and other duties as assigned.
Position Responsibilities:
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Clear understanding and experiences specifically within behavioral health
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Demonstrates knowledge of human growth and development, assessment, range of treatment, and care of patients appropriate to ages of patients served.
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Collaborates with staff, physicians, patients, and families to promote customer satisfaction and service values.
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Assists in daily monitoring of patient care quality.
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Coordinates and provides initial and on-going staff education.
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Assists and coordinates annual competencies.
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Assists with daily operations, including staffing, scheduling, and productivity management, and serves as a back-up for Director of Nursing.
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Follows all hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
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Notifies Director of Nursing of unresolved issues.
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Works closely with Nursing Director and Program Director to assure quality nursing care is consistent with the behavioral health program mission and vision.
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Assess, plans, implements and evaluates all aspects of care provided to patients in behavioral health program. Department Specific:
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Communicates with peers, Program Director, Director of Nursing and COO when needed.
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Shows responsibility in reporting significant events through electronic notification.
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Accepts and supports changes in hospital and departmental policy.
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Competent as appropriate to responsibilities in the knowledge of the prevention of contamination and transfer of infection and safety policies.
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Competent in the effective and safe use of all equipment.
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Performs all other duties as assigned.
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Follows all hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
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Experienced and competent in the care of mentally ill patients utilizing behavioral health clinical skills to educate and guide the behavioral health staff in quality behavioral health care.
What qualifications you will need:
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Behavioral Health nursing experience - Required
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One to three years leadership experience in a Behavioral Health acute care setting preferred.
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Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
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Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
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Registered Nurse
Required License/ Certifications: Must have and maintain current licensure as registered nurse with the North Carolina Board of Nursing. eNLC (Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact) license may apply, licensee should confirm with NCBON. National Certification in area of specialty within one year of accepting the role. Certification may be in leadership or area of clinical practice. Those actively pursuing degree must obtain national certification within 1 year of graduation. BLS Healthcare Provider
Mission Hospital (https://www.missionhealth.org/locations/mission-hospital) , a member of Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare, located in Asheville, North Carolina, serves as the regional tertiary and quaternary care center in Western North Carolina and the adjoining region. Mission Hospital is licensed for 853 beds and is the region’s only trauma center, comprehensive stroke center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, and includes the only children’s hospital in Western North Carolina. Mission Hospital is also a Magnet® designated hospital for nursing excellence.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
Unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to its patients, colleagues and communities. Help guide our team as a Nurse Manager Mental Health and help us improve more lives in more ways .
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,183 open Nurse Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$98–146K/yr350 salary ranges
- US median$42–64/hr213 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 54 open Nurse Manager jobs in North Carolina and 1,183 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- UNC Health Care11 open
- HCA Healthcare (this employer)10 open
- Novant Health9 open
- Experience
- Nurse Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 3 years (937 postings).
- Education
- 627 of the 1,183 open Nurse Manager jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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