Position Overview
The Nurse Manager provides clinical leadership and operational oversight for nursing services within a federally contracted ICE residential facility in Alexandria, LA.
Working under the direction of the Health Services Administrator (HSA) and in collaboration with the Medical Director and multidisciplinary healthcare team, the Nurse Manager supervises Registered Nurses (RNs) and other licensed nursing personnel assigned to the facility. The Nurse Manager is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, and compliant nursing services while overseeing daily nursing operations, staffing, clinical quality, infection prevention, medication management, regulatory compliance, staff development, and emergency preparedness.
The Nurse Manager serves as the clinical leader for the nursing department, ensuring nursing services are delivered in accordance with professional standards of practice, federal contract requirements, organizational policies, applicable state regulations. All services must be delivered in a manner that respects cultural, developmental, and individual differences and communicated in a language or manner the individual understands.
Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions
Nursing Leadership & Staff Supervision
- Provide direct supervision, leadership, and clinical oversight for Registered Nurses (RNs) and other licensed nursing personnel assigned to the facility.
- Develop and manage nursing staff schedules to ensure appropriate staffing coverage for a 24-hour, 7-day operation.
- Conduct employee performance evaluations, competency assessments, coaching, and corrective actions when appropriate.
- Assist with recruitment, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and orientation of nursing staff.
- Foster a collaborative, professional, and accountable work environment that promotes teamwork and patient-centered care.
- Serve as a clinical resource and mentor to nursing staff while promoting evidence-based nursing practice.
Clinical Operations
- Oversee daily nursing operations to ensure safe, efficient, and effective patient care.
- Ensure nursing assessments, medication administration, treatments, and clinical interventions are performed according to provider orders and accepted nursing standards.
- Monitor patient care activities and provide clinical guidance on complex patient situations.
- Coordinate continuity of care with medical providers, behavioral health staff, ancillary services, and outside healthcare organizations.
- Participate in interdisciplinary care planning, patient case reviews, and operational meetings.
- Assist with developing and implementing nursing policies, procedures, and clinical workflows.
Quality Assurance & Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure compliance with organizational policies, applicable state nursing regulations, and federal contract requirements.
- Conduct routine chart reviews, medication audits, infection control audits, and quality assurance activities.
- Identify performance trends and implement corrective action plans and process improvements.
- Participate in internal and external audits, inspections, accreditation reviews, and government monitoring activities.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA and all patient confidentiality requirements.
Medication Management & Infection Prevention
- Oversee medication administration practices and ensure compliance with medication management policies.
- Monitor medication storage, inventory, documentation, reconciliation, and controlled substance accountability.
- Ensure infection prevention and control practices are consistently implemented throughout the facility.
- Oversee communicable disease screening, surveillance, reporting, and outbreak response activities.
- Promote workplace safety and compliance with infection prevention standards.
Emergency Response
- Provide nursing leadership during medical emergencies.
- Participate in emergency preparedness planning, drills, and after-action reviews.
- Coordinate nursing response to infectious disease events, public health emergencies, and other critical incidents.
Staff Development & Education
- Coordinate orientation and onboarding for newly hired nursing staff.
- Ensure completion of annual competencies, mandatory education, and required contract training.
- Identify staff educational needs and provide ongoing coaching and clinical development.
- Promote continuous quality improvement and professional development throughout the nursing department.
Documentation & Reporting
- Ensure accurate, timely, and complete nursing documentation within the electronic health record.
- Review incident reports, patient care documentation, and nursing quality indicators.
- Prepare reports related to staffing, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and operational performance.
- Maintain documentation related to nursing licensure, competencies, certifications, and training.
Collaboration & Communication
- Collaborate with the Health Services Administrator, Medical Director, Behavioral Health leadership, and facility leadership to ensure integrated healthcare delivery.
- Communicate patient care concerns, operational issues, staffing needs, and quality initiatives to leadership.
- Participate in leadership meetings, interdisciplinary committees, and quality improvement activities.
- Promote effective communication across all healthcare disciplines.
Required Qualifications & Core Competencies
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required; Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, or a related field preferred.
- Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in Louisiana or Compact Multi-State License.
- Minimum five (5) years of progressively responsible clinical nursing experience.
- Minimum three (3) years of nursing leadership or supervisory experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing nursing operations and supervising licensed nursing staff.
- Strong knowledge of nursing practice standards, medication administration, infection prevention, emergency response, and quality improvement principles.
- Experience using Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.
- Excellent leadership, organizational, communication, conflict resolution, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to effectively lead multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced healthcare environment.
- Current CPR and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Ability to obtain and maintain all required federal background clearances.
Desired Skills
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or related graduate degree.
- Nurse leadership certification (CNML, NE-BC, or equivalent).
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.
- Experience working in a government-contracted healthcare program, detention center, correctional facility, residential shelter, or congregate-care setting.
- Experience managing healthcare quality assurance and regulatory compliance programs.
- Experience providing nursing oversight for patients across the lifespan.
- Experience with infectious disease screening and outbreak management.
- Bilingual proficiency in Spanish or another commonly encountered language.
- Training or experience in Trauma-Informed Care (TIC).
- Training or experience in Motivational Interviewing (MI).
- Crisis intervention and verbal de-escalation training (CPI, MANDT, or equivalent).
- Experience working in a high-volume, 24/7 healthcare environment.
Conditions of Employment
Employees must be a U.S. Citizen due to contract requirements
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the following screening:
- Federal background investigation (up to and including a Tier 4 DHS clearance)
- Criminal history check
- Verification of employment and education history
- Compliance with all government credentialing requirements
- Drug screening
Employees must adhere to all federal security, confidentiality, and operational protocols while working within government facilities.
Anovaeon operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year and requires flexibility to work additional hours, evenings, weekends, holidays, and respond to operational emergencies as needed
Internal background check to the satisfaction of contract requirements.
If applicable, Child Abuse/Neglect Report (CAN) or child protective services check with no adverse findings.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods during facility operations (up to 8–12 hours per shift).
- Ability to respond quickly to emergency situations throughout the facility.
- Ability to sit at a computer workstation for extended periods while completing documentation and reports.
- Ability to lift, carry, and move supplies and equipment up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to bend, stoop, reach, and perform repetitive motions.
- Capability to work in varied environmental conditions (indoor/outdoor, temperature variations).
- Visual acuity for reviewing medical records, medication labels, laboratory results, and clinical documentation.
- Auditory ability to communicate effectively with patients, staff, and emergency responders.
Work Environment
- Fully on-site position at a federally contracted residential ICE facility in Alexandria, LA.
- Work schedules may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and on-call responsibilities as operational needs require.
- Fast-paced, high-tempo operational healthcare environment requiring professionalism, adaptability, attention to detail, and cultural sensitivity.
- Requires frequent interaction with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, security personnel, government representatives, and individuals of all ages residing within the facility.
Other Duties & Information
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
Position Type: Full-Time
Travel Requirements: None
Location: On-Site
About Anovaeon, LLC
Anovaeon, LLC is a solutions-driven company providing end-to-end expertise in humanitarian response. We don't staff projects—we bring the right teams with the right tools, guided by innovative leadership, that together deliver operational success. From disaster response and recovery to migration and emergency preparedness, we integrate strategic leadership with hands-on execution. Our team combines deep industry experience with data-driven solutions, ensuring our partners are well equipped to mitigate crises effectively and deliver real impact and mission success.
Anovaeon, LLC is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of any protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local law.
If you need accommodations to complete the application, participate in an interview, take part in pre-employment testing, or engage in any part of the selection process, please contact [email protected].
Pay: $100,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Are you a US citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident?
- If a CA/N check (Child Abuse and Neglect) is required for your position, we will need to know all the states you lived in the past 5 years. Please list them below.
- Have you reviewed the essential job functions, and can you perform them with or without reasonable accommodation?
- If you are applying for an onsite position, are you local/able to commute to work?
- Do you have any outside employment, school commitments, or other obligations that could interfere with your work schedule, job responsibilities, or present a potential conflict of interest?
- What is your current highest level of completed education?
- Do you have experience with data entry and/or are you proficient in computer skills such as navigating databases and using Microsoft Office or similar software?
- Do you currently hold an active U.S. government security clearance? If so, please provide the issuing agency and expiration (or last investigation date) in the comments.
- Have you ever completed a federal background investigation or submitted an eQIP in the past?
- Are you willing to complete the required eQIP background investigation if selected for this position?
- Can you provide a complete employment history for the past 7–10 years, including supervisor names and contact information as well as a complete residential history for the past 7-10 years?
- If selected, are you willing to provide fingerprints, identity documentation, and references as part of the background investigation process?
- Do you currently reside in the United States?
- Are you bilingual? If you select yes, please list all languages you speak fluently in the comment box.
- Are you 21 years of age or older?
Work Location: In person
