Manager of Inpatient Nursing - Outpatient Surgery, Pre-Anesthesia Assessment, PACU and IV Therapy

Mercyhealth Wisconsin and Illinois•Rockford, IL

12d•$110,807 - $177,291

About The Position

The Manager of Inpatient Nursing provides strategic and operational leadership for Outpatient Surgery, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), Pre-Anesthesia, and IV Therapy services. The role ensures safe, high-quality, patient-centered care and oversees clinical operations, staff development, regulatory compliance, and performance improvement while fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, operational efficiency, and a culture of excellence. The manager carries out the strategic vision for the departments in alignment with the System and Department of Nursing missions and visions. Responsibilities include managing budgets and productivity targets, controlling expenditures, improving operational efficiencies, and ensuring effective staffing plans for recruitment, evaluation, orientation, continuing education, competency assessment, and scheduling based on patient acuity. The role promotes patient satisfaction and service excellence, builds strong relationships with clinicians and physicians, and contributes to hospital and department committees. This position works Monday through Friday on day shift, 40 hours per week, with 24/7 accountability. It performs duties with general direction and regularly supervises and manages others.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Minimum of 2 to 4 years of progressively responsible hospital nursing leadership experience.
Licensed as an RN in the state of practice.
Strong business acumen, analytical, problem-solving, and financial skills, including experience managing budgets and teams.
Experience with cost savings, expenditure controls, and healthcare operational efficiencies.
Strong relationship-building skills, including physician relationship skills.
Commitment to quality, safety, patient-centered care, and customer service.
Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, interpersonal, listening, and conflict-resolution skills.
Ability to interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and other documents; write routine reports and correspondence; and speak effectively before groups.
Ability to perform basic arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to apply common-sense reasoning to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to perform job duties with general direction and regularly supervise and manage others.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a related field.
Certification in a specialty.

Responsibilities

Carry out the strategic vision for assigned departments in alignment with the System and Department of Nursing missions and visions.
Manage budgets, productivity targets, expenditures, and operational efficiencies to meet organizational objectives.
Ensure organized plans for staff selection, evaluation, orientation, education and development, competency evaluation, and acuity-based scheduling.
Identify, recruit, and retain strong clinicians.
Achieve patient satisfaction targets by implementing PressGaney and HCAHPS action plans for areas of responsibility.
Lead process improvement in operations, quality, and organizational change, applying continuous quality improvement principles and practices.
Maintain knowledge of accreditation and certification requirements and standards.
Participate in and lead hospital and department committees.
Develop and mentor staff and colleagues.
Model professional behavior and accountability, and hold others accountable to the same standards.
Build consensus and align diverse stakeholders' needs and expectations to reach effective solutions.
Serve as a role model and coach for Service Excellence Standards and service recovery.
Provide strategic and operational leadership for Outpatient Surgery, PACU, Pre-Anesthesia, and IV Therapy services.
Regularly supervise and manage others.