Manager-Nursing-ABQ

Presbyterian Healthcare Services • New York, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Assists the Department Director in planning, directing, and coordinating the operational, financial, and personnel activities of designated departments. Provides clinical and operational leadership for assigned areas. The role is exempt and full-time, with a day shift schedule, at 1100 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Manager-Nursing is responsible for leadership across self, teams, and Presbyterian Healthcare Services. The position oversees unit operations and business performance, including staffing and recruitment, new-staff orientation and retention, labor-law compliance, process improvement, technology use, strategic work plans, clinical practice, and financial management. It also leads staff performance and development, builds collaborative relationships, supports diversity and shared decision-making, and models professional accountability and continuous learning.

The position supports the organization’s Synergy Professional Practice Model and C.A.R.E.S. behaviors, with a focus on clinical judgment, patient advocacy, caring practices, interprofessional collaboration, systems thinking, responsiveness to diversity, learning, and clinical inquiry. The role requires current nursing licensure, a BSN, BLS, and additional emergency-response credentials depending on the assigned service area. The employer describes educational and career development resources, staff-safety support, shift and qualification differentials for eligible positions, malpractice liability insurance, loan-forgiveness opportunities, and use of the EPIC electronic charting system.

Requirements

• Current State of New Mexico or Compact State nursing license, or Graduate Nurse Permit.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Degree from an accredited academic nursing program; approval may be granted by the system CNO if a program is under conditional status.
• Current BLS certification required.
• Additional emergency-response training is required according to the assigned service area; examples listed include ACLS, PALS, NRP, fetal monitoring, Chemotherapy certification, TNCC, ENPC, and STABLE.
• Nurse Managers hired or rehired on or after July 2012 who do not have a BSN must enroll in and begin BSN coursework within 12 months of hire or rehire and complete the program within 48 months, subject to stated exceptions.
• Ability to manage and direct team and unit operations.
• Knowledge of nursing and care processes in assigned service areas.
• Skills in staff management, communication, relationship management, conflict management, negotiation, and mediation.
• Ability to manage unit financial operations, including budgeting and variance analysis.
• Proficiency with computer-based applications and clinical technologies, including electronic medical records and medication-management systems.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Department Director with planning, directing, and coordinating operational, financial, and personnel activities for designated departments.
• Provide clinical and operational leadership for assigned areas.
• Manage recruitment, interviewing, and candidate selection processes.
• Oversee new-staff orientation outcomes and retention, and address opportunities to meet organizational goals.
• Support compliance with state and federal labor laws.
• Monitor and improve quality indicators, utilization, patient safety, regulatory readiness, communication, processes, and outcomes.
• Use analytical, data-driven techniques to make decisions, structure work models, and support evidence-based practice.
• Use computer applications and clinical technologies, including electronic medical records and medication-management technology, and support staff learning and technology use at the point of care.
• Contribute to or drive work plans and report and present outcomes to key business audiences.
• Apply nursing and care-process knowledge relevant to assigned service areas.
• Create, monitor, and analyze unit budgets; report variances and work toward established financial targets.
• Manage staff performance through evaluations, goal setting, development plans, engagement, mentoring, and succession planning.
• Build collaborative relationships with stakeholders and healthcare partners using communication, conflict-management, negotiation, and mediation skills.
• Maintain an environment that supports cultural and population-specific standards and a diverse workforce.
• Advocate for and support shared governance and shared decision-making.
• Model professional standards, continuous learning, academic advancement, and current care practices; maintain a self-assessment and development plan.
• Provide in-the-moment leadership at the point of care and support and hold staff accountable to C.A.R.E.S. behaviors.
• Manage staff performance and accountability in alignment with the Synergy Model, including clinical judgment, patient advocacy, caring practices, collaboration, systems thinking, responsiveness to diversity, facilitation of learning, and clinical inquiry.
• Maintain current professional licensure and required emergency-response training for the assigned service area.

Benefits

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarship opportunities.
• Wearable staff-safety badge for nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern.
• Differentials for night and weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and various lead roles for eligible positions.
• Malpractice liability insurance.
• Loan-forgiveness opportunity through the New Mexico Higher Education Department.
• EPIC electronic charting system.
• Wellness program with free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges.

What This Job Offers

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