Manager Nursing- MedSurg
About The Position
The Manager Nursing is accountable for a unit area 24 hours a day and oversees a 30-bed Medical Surgical Telemetry Unit at St. Luke's Health–The Vintage Hospital. The role provides leadership and communication, monitors the work environment, assures quality, manages the fiscal budget and human resources, and ensures delivery of competent clinical practice. The manager supports and advances the Division of Nursing’s philosophy and goals through program development and implementation, staff development, shared governance, and effective communication. The role promotes positive working relationships across the patient-care team, facilitates problem solving and change, and supports staff participation in clinical decision-making and professional growth. The position is responsible for quality improvement, research-based standards of care, patient-care indicators, staffing according to unit activity and patient acuity, and management of operational and capital budgets. The manager also oversees recruitment and retention, employee orientation and performance processes, and use of human and material resources in accordance with division guidelines and standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) and at least 3 years of leadership experience, or a master’s degree and clinical leadership in the discipline.
- Registered Nurse license for Texas (RN:TX).
- Basic Life Support CPR (BLS-CPR) certification within 14 days.
Responsibilities
- Provide 24-hour accountability for the unit and leadership for delivery of competent clinical practice.
- Support and implement the Division of Nursing’s philosophy and goals through program development and implementation.
- Develop staff for formal and informal leadership roles, facilitate shared governance, and encourage staff participation in clinical decision-making.
- Facilitate problem solving and develop and implement solutions to problems.
- Establish effective communication channels, including holding at least one unit meeting per month and posting minutes and notices.
- Direct and participate in orientation of new employees; evaluate orientation programs and employee progress.
- Maintain an elected Staff Nurse Professional Practice Council representative and conduct monthly unit council meetings.
- Build positive working relationships and resolve problems with physicians and other members of the patient-care delivery team and departments.
- Participate in committees and task forces as indicated.
- Promote a caring and helpful environment, including arranging the physical setting and equipment to support effective, efficient nursing care.
- Participate in unit, service, and divisional CQI/CQE programs; document and report results by deadlines and develop corrective action plans.
- Meet research-based standards of care and quality-control targets, operationalize CQI, and develop multidisciplinary monitoring of quality patient-care indicators.
- Maintain the fiscal budget within established variance, monitoring HPPD, labor costs, overtime, orientation costs, SSP costs, and medical supplies.
- Adjust staffing patterns to unit activity and patient acuity.
- Review fiscal worksheets, analyze variances, and implement appropriate action plans.
- Develop and manage unit operational and capital budgets, prioritizing capital equipment according to patient-unit needs and budget policy.
- Support shared leadership, structured recruitment and retention, and PEP/professional practice.
- Facilitate staff professional growth using career development plans; identify training needs and develop educational programs using CQI/CQE and staff input.
- Manage human and material resources in accordance with division guidelines and standards, monitoring and correcting productive and non-productive utilization variances.
- Comply with personnel policies and procedures, conduct effective performance interviews, and ensure employees understand job standards.
- Participate in an innovative program, such as a pilot study or research project, affecting patient care within the past year.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
