Nurse Manager - Emergency Department

#REF!•Cleburne, TX

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Manager - Emergency Department is responsible for planning, organizing, and delegating activities for the safe, efficient, and effective operation of the unit. This role involves active participation with other hospital departments and leadership to ensure optimal patient care outcomes. The manager will provide resources and guidance for evidence-based practice, facilitate processes for data and information utilization, and prepare the unit to meet credentialing body requirements. Key responsibilities include identifying and resolving barriers in the patient throughput process, managing patient care to improve performance, and ensuring documentation meets hospital and credentialing standards. The manager is also responsible for staffing, personnel functions including performance reviews and corrective actions, promoting professional growth and development, staff retention, and facilitating new staff orientation. They will support shared decision-making through the unit-based council, incorporate customer needs into operations, and promote team building. Budgetary responsibilities include preparing and managing operating and capital budgets, and evaluating patient care requirements based on acuity, system, and budgetary guidelines. Professional accountability includes involvement in professional organizations, hospital/department/system committees, staying current with professional activities, and addressing ethical and legal concerns. The manager will educate staff on the chain of command, act as a role model, adhere to the ANA Code of Ethics, comply with hospital policies and the Nurse Practice Act, and participate in community activities and peer review. They will also create development plans and complete reports in a timely manner.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Nursing Required
3 Years Experience as a registered nurse with previous experience as a charge nurse or similar leadership role (i.e., charge nurse, committee chair, preceptor, supervisor) Required
RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required
BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support with in 90 Days of hire Required
CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually with in 90 Days of hire Required
PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support with in 90 Days of hire Required
TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course with in 12 Months of hire Required
Knowledge of industry standards: organization, theory, principles, and research processes, quality improvement and change management techniques, financial analysis, budget process and planning, accreditation and regulatory standards, strategic planning principles, ability to assess nursing care requirements based on nursing principles, scope of practice, and regulatory standards.

Nice To Haves

Emergency Department Experience Strongly Preferred
Supervisory or Managerial Experience Preferred

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, and delegate activities for safe, efficient, and effective operation of the unit.
Provide resources and guidance for evidence-based practice standards.
Identify and utilize processes and resources that support optimal delivery of data and information to staff.
Facilitate activities that prepare unit, environment, and staff to meet credentialing bodies requirements.
Identify key drivers in throughput process, evaluate areas role, and develop solutions to barriers.
Plan and manage patient care processes to improve performance.
Facilitate delivery of quality patient care.
Ensure documentation meets hospital and credentialing standards/policy/guidelines.
Responsible for staffing based on patient care needs.
Responsible for personnel functions including staff, performance reviews and corrective action.
Promote professional growth and development of all employees.
Recognize and reward individual and team accomplishments.
Promote staff retention.
Facilitate new staff orientation.
Supports shared decision-making through the unit-based council.
Incorporate customer needs and expectations into daily operations and business planning strategies.
Promote team building strategies and principles of group process in interaction with staff.
Prepares operating and capital budgets for areas of responsibility.
Manages approved operating and capital budgets effectively and adjusts strategies as needed to meet budget expectations.
Identifies and evaluates patient care requirements and outcomes based upon patient acuity, system and budgetary guidelines.
Demonstrates involvement in professional organization.
Participates in hospital/department/system committees.
Stays current with professional activities.
Alerts appropriate individuals regarding ethical and legal concerns (i.e. Risk Manager, Compliance Officer, Director).
Educates, promotes and evaluates appropriate use of chain of command by staff.
Acts as a role model/mentor.
Adheres to ANA Code of Ethics.
Complies with hospital policies and with Nurse Practice Act.
Active in Reach Out THR and other community activities.
Makes appropriate referrals to Peer Review.
Participates in 360 degree evaluations.
Creates development plan that identifies and addresses areas of needed growth.
Completes reports in a timely manner.
Utilizes various resources for development.