Manager Nursing Inpatient (RN) - Intensive Care Unit

Advocate Health • Grafton, ND

7d • $51 - $77 • Onsite

About The Position

The Manager Nursing Inpatient (RN) leads ICU services at Aurora Medical Center–Grafton, a 132-bed facility. The role is part of the leadership team and calls for previous leadership experience and a critical care background; cardiothoracic experience is highly preferred. The manager provides steady, compassionate, and decisive leadership, builds effective teams, and supports professional growth.

This is a full-time, exempt position scheduled during business hours, Monday through Friday, with 24/7 accountability. Visibility during off shifts and weekends is required to build relationships. The manager is expected to attend huddles, round, and meet with providers, staff, and leaders.

The manager is accountable for nursing standards of practice and unit operations, including safety, quality, patient experience, staffing, workforce development, budgets, and regulatory readiness. The role partners with senior and interdisciplinary leaders, physicians, and staff to advance organizational priorities, professional governance, evidence-based practice, and a culture of safety and accountability. The manager also performs human resources responsibilities and ensures compliance with applicable policies, laws, regulations, and ethical standards.

The position requires an active RN license, BLS, a bachelor's degree in nursing, and typically three years of nursing experience across multiple areas, including one year of supervisory experience managing staff and budgets in a nursing environment. The role involves frequent movement and lifting, exposure to workplace hazards, use of protective equipment, and operation of job-related equipment.

Requirements

• Active RN license in the current state of practice.
• Graduate of a Board of Nursing-approved nursing education program.
• Basic Life Support (BLS); additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required based on specialty.
• Active RN multi-state compact and/or single-state license with privileges to practice in the state(s) where nursing services are provided.
• Comply with the laws, rules, regulations, and standards of practice in the state(s) where clients are located, including for telehealth, telenursing, or virtual services.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing.
• Typically three years of nursing experience, including experience in multiple areas.
• One year of supervisory experience managing staff and budgets in a nursing environment at the supervisory or management level.
• Advanced knowledge of nursing management concepts, clinical practice, and facility policies and procedures.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to resolve conflicts.
• Strong aptitude in human resource management.
• Ability to manage multiple demands simultaneously.
• Sound decision-making and critical-thinking skills.
• Proficiency with computers, software, and other electronic systems.
• Previous leadership experience and a critical care background.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above the shoulders, and twist frequently during a work shift.
• Ability to lift and support 35 pounds when handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies.
• Ability to push or pull with 30 pounds of force and perform a sliding transfer of 150 pounds with a second person present.
• Ability to use foot pedals on carts or machines and have functional sight and hearing.
• Ability to work around continuous mechanical, electrical, chemical, radiation, blood, and body-fluid hazards and wear gloves, goggles, and gowns as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Previous cardiothoracic experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Model integrity and ethical decision-making, and demonstrate clinical and leadership excellence.
• Maintain accountability for nursing standards of practice and operational outcomes within the unit.
• Promote professional development, lifelong learning, and evidence-based practice for self and team.
• Advance nursing governance and professional autonomy, and empower staff participation in decision-making.
• Align unit performance with the organization's mission, vision, and strategic priorities.
• Plan and monitor performance to achieve safety, quality, patient experience, and cost objectives.
• Lead change management to embed high-reliability principles and sustain a culture of safety and accountability.
• Partner with senior leadership to influence organizational policies and advocate for resources that support care delivery.
• Build strategic partnerships with physicians, executives, and interdisciplinary leaders to achieve organizational goals.
• Lead complex stakeholder engagement, conflict resolution, and collaborative decision-making.
• Oversee workforce planning, recruitment, retention, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Anticipate trends, regulatory changes, and market dynamics that may affect care delivery.
• Integrate quality, safety, and performance-improvement methods into workflows.
• Lead accreditation readiness and compliance initiatives.
• Develop strategies to improve patient experience and clinical outcomes.
• Manage departmental financial performance, including operating and capital budgets; recommend budgets and control expenditures within approved objectives.
• Use data analytics to optimize resources and contain costs.
• Align nursing objectives with organizational growth strategies and lead innovation projects to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Create and optimize staff schedules and workforce allocation based on skills, competencies, and patient coverage needs.
• Maintain staffing models that balance patient acuity, regulatory requirements, and budget constraints.
• Perform human resources duties, including interviewing and selecting employees, promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, addressing employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and teammate engagement.
• Ensure personal and supervised employees' actions comply with the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills to provide care appropriate to patients' ages and developmental needs, following departmental policies and procedures.
• Attend huddles, round, and meet with providers, staff, and leadership; maintain visibility during off shifts and weekends.
• Operate equipment essential to performing the job.

Benefits

• Paid time off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Premium pay, such as shift and on-call pay, based on the teammate's job.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.
• Career development programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager