Manager of Nursing - PACU and Universal Care Center

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare • Lake Forest, IL

14d

About The Position

The Nursing Manager reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. Responsibilities: Relationship to Patient/Family and Community Education/Ethics and Diversity/Care Coordination & Access Customer Focus: Clearly identifies the internal and external customer(s) for their unit or service area and their respective requirements/expectations. Actively seeks methods of concurrent and retrospective feedback from customers, listens to customer feedback and implements solutions and/or interventions as appropriate. Relationship to Colleagues Resource Utilization/Healing, Safe Environment/Professional Practice Core Skills: Time, People and Resource Management Establishes, implements, and monitors the unit or service area’s capital and operating budget to achieve defined targets. Recruits and retains staff members consistent with the unit and organization’s human resource plan. Develops systems for the responsible use of all hospital resources. Shared Leadership/Education Creative Leadership: Translates organizational vision into a unit or service area vision that engages staff in contributing to and achieving that vision. Actively participates and or leads multidisciplinary committees to support the advancement of patient care. Coaching and Development: Provides daily, just-in-time feedback to improve performance and self-esteem of staff. Tracks coaching discussions and actual performance of associates to ensure accountability. Seeks ways to match staff members’ talents and career interests with organizational opportunities Relationship to Self EBP/Research/Innovation/Professional Practice Continuous Learning: Continually examines ways to improve business relationships with customers, suppliers, community, etc. Seeks and is open to new ideas from a wide range of sources; encourages others to share knowledge and best practices. Additional Responsibilities: Healing, Safe Environment/Care Coordination and Access Responsible for coordinating specialty teams as needs arise. Responsible for coordinating effective patient throughput. Responsible to meet targeted Relationship, Reliability, Efficiency and Growth metrics per department/ service line Resource Utilization/Shared Leadership Responsible for development of staffing program to support clinical expertise. Technology/Resource Utilization Responsible for assisting the director in the capital budget to support replacement of infrastructure equipment and new technology. Responsible for understanding the impact of new technology on the population served and coordinating reimbursement activities with the Business manager. Responsible for maintaining the following systems: patient charging, inventory, staff scheduling In collaboration with Materials Management staff, Responsible for maintaining appropriate supply formularies and par levels

Requirements

• Registered Nursing license issued by the State of Illinois
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• BLS through American Heart Association
• Entry level experience in leadership (ie: Shared Leadership, Charge RN, Coordinator role)

Nice To Haves

• Master of Science in Nursing
• Board Certified in Nursing Administration from ANCC or AONE within two years of hire
• Five to eight years of managerial experience

Responsibilities

• Clearly identifies the internal and external customer(s) for their unit or service area and their respective requirements/expectations.
• Actively seeks methods of concurrent and retrospective feedback from customers, listens to customer feedback and implements solutions and/or interventions as appropriate.
• Establishes, implements, and monitors the unit or service area’s capital and operating budget to achieve defined targets.
• Recruits and retains staff members consistent with the unit and organization’s human resource plan.
• Develops systems for the responsible use of all hospital resources.
• Translates organizational vision into a unit or service area vision that engages staff in contributing to and achieving that vision.
• Actively participates and or leads multidisciplinary committees to support the advancement of patient care.
• Provides daily, just-in-time feedback to improve performance and self-esteem of staff.
• Tracks coaching discussions and actual performance of associates to ensure accountability.
• Seeks ways to match staff members’ talents and career interests with organizational opportunities
• Continually examines ways to improve business relationships with customers, suppliers, community, etc.
• Seeks and is open to new ideas from a wide range of sources; encourages others to share knowledge and best practices.
• Responsible for coordinating specialty teams as needs arise.
• Responsible for coordinating effective patient throughput.
• Responsible to meet targeted Relationship, Reliability, Efficiency and Growth metrics per department/ service line
• Responsible for development of staffing program to support clinical expertise.
• Responsible for assisting the director in the capital budget to support replacement of infrastructure equipment and new technology.
• Responsible for understanding the impact of new technology on the population served and coordinating reimbursement activities with the Business manager.
• Responsible for maintaining the following systems: patient charging, inventory, staff scheduling
• In collaboration with Materials Management staff, Responsible for maintaining appropriate supply formularies and par levels

Benefits

• We pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, our goal is to take care of our employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees