Manager, Clinical

Wellstar Health System•Dallas, GA

20h

About The Position

The Manager Clinical RN is a registered professional nurse who supports and works in conjunction with the nurse leader of one or more units or services. The role provides evolving leadership and management support, mentors staff, and helps promote a center of excellence for staff recruitment and retention, clinical outcomes, and business outcomes. The manager upholds executive nursing leadership direction, leads staff in daily activities, participates in performance reviews, and provides coaching and counseling as appropriate. In collaboration with partner leaders, the Manager Clinical RN holds staff accountable for the delivery of care and services through communication, observation, and measurement of interventions and outcomes. The role contributes to clinical and financial goals and manages human and material resources as delegated. The manager models teamwork with physicians, staff, patients, and other departments, and supports patient voice, system policies and procedures, and service excellence. The position follows Wellstar's Nursing Professional Practice Model and the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, and implements the American Nurses Association's Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics standards.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Master's degree in Nursing.
At least 3 years of clinical experience.
Current RN license: single-state or multistate compact.
BLS certification, or an accepted American Red Cross BLS or BLS Instructor certification; required upon hire.
Excellent verbal and written communication and relationship-building skills.
Interest in progressive nursing management responsibilities and in coaching and mentoring others.
Ability and willingness to develop skills in managing a patient-care unit or service and gaining nursing staff commitment and productivity.
Continuous-learning mindset, including willingness to develop understanding of healthcare financing, business-unit strategy and operations, and use of data and technology for work processes and decisions.
Ability to support shared governance or shared decision-making and care delivery based on evidence, quality, and safety.
Interest and aptitude in risk management and accreditation, regulatory, and licensing requirements.

Nice To Haves

National certification in nursing administration; preferred upon hire.

Responsibilities

Engage staff in decision-making through shared governance and collaborate to promote patient-centered care and service excellence.
Support the executive nursing leader as a designee and develop leadership and management skills for assigned clinical or business units.
Represent the organization positively in the community and participate in a professional organization.
Support charge nurses and other unit leaders, help ensure care-delivery processes are effective, serve as a staff resource, and accept additional responsibilities.
Manage budget development and support monitoring and achievement of fiscal outcomes for the work unit.
Learn and apply Lean and other quality-improvement skills to reduce waste and improve operational and clinical systems.
Communicate effectively with a diverse workforce and mentor others.
Hold staff accountable for performance standards and for the delivery of care and services.
Create opportunities for staff development and support a healthy, safe workplace that promotes recruitment and retention.
Promote staff competency in clinical care delivery and uphold professional, ethical, and corporate compliance standards.
Serve as a role model for professional nursing practice and leadership.
Work with nursing executives to implement change-management strategies and encourage exploration of new knowledge and ideas.
Pursue formal and informal educational opportunities to develop knowledge and skills, including understanding healthcare financing and managing a diverse nursing workforce.
Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing.
Participate in value analysis and other decision-making activities for evaluating patient-care products.
Identify performance-improvement opportunities for staff and clinical systems and support nurse executive improvement projects.
Help ensure services meet or exceed licensure, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
Use data and evidence to support clinical and operational decisions while protecting the legal and ethical confidentiality of patient and staff information.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with Wellstar policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.