Nurse Manager Advanced Heart Failure/VAD unit
About The Position
This position is for a Nurse Manager in the Advanced Heart Failure/VAD unit at Carolinas Medical Center. The role is full-time, 40 hours per week, with a Monday through Friday schedule, offering weekends and holidays off. The pay range is $51.05 - $76.60. The Nurse Manager will support a Professional Practice model, ensure compliance with regulations and policies, and function as a team member to achieve unit and organizational goals. Key responsibilities include staff recruitment and retention, orientation, education, and professional development. The role involves effective delegation, promoting shared governance, and nurturing research to improve clinical outcomes. Direct patient care, including administering medications and providing patient/family education, is also part of the role. The manager will participate in performance improvement activities, assist in developing evidence-based policies and procedures, and promote shared accountability. Resource allocation, budgetary oversight, and maintaining a cost-effective unit are also key functions.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing required.
- Current RN licensure in appropriate state.
- Must have or complete MSN if undergraduate degree is not BSN.
- Enrollment in MSN program within 1 year of hire/transfer date and graduation of MSN program required within 5 years of hire.
- If undergraduate degree is BSN, a Master's Degree from a health-related program or MBA is acceptable.
- BLS required per policy guidelines.
- Appropriate professional certification (either clinical or leadership) is required within 1 year of eligibility for professional certification exam.
Nice To Haves
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred.
- Previous management experience preferred.
- Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader.
Responsibilities
- Continually demonstrates and supports a Professional Practice model that allows nurses to work in collaboration with interdisciplinary partners to achieve high quality patient outcomes.
- Ensures that unit operations and employees are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, regulatory agency standards, and policies and procedures.
- Functions as a team member to accomplish goals and objectives of the unit and the organization, upholding quality management, patient care, and departmental standards.
- Assumes responsibility in the recruitment and retention of qualified staff and to ensure appropriate orientation, education, credentialing and continuing professional development of personnel through mutual goal setting and performance evaluation.
- Delegates effectively by promoting shared governance, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes.
- Performs nursing care, assists with treatments, therapies, procedures, and administers medications as necessary.
- Provides and assesses effectiveness of patient and family education.
- Participates with performance improvement activities to improve quality of nursing care, promote patient outcomes and provide a cost effective environment for patient care.
- Assists in development of policies, procedures and standards reflective of evidence based practice.
- Promotes shared accountability for professional practice.
- Allocates resources to meet the unit needs. Responsible for budgetary oversight, and along with staff involvement, accountable to the organization for maintaining a cost effective unit.
Benefits
- Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards
- Benefits and well-being programs
- Competitive compensation
- Generous retirement offerings
- Programs that invest in your career development
- Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
- Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
