Nurse Manager-Hospital at Home, IL & WI

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•Port Washington, WA

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Nurse Manager-Hospital at Home will coordinate and manage all resources necessary to provide optimal nursing care within the Hospital at Home program. This role involves managing staff resources, patient care supplies, and automated patient care systems to ensure efficient and high-quality patient care. The manager will also focus on productivity, quality evaluation, service strategy development, and interdepartmental coordination. A key aspect of this role is fostering evidence-based nursing practices and supporting shared governance. The position requires ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies like The Joint Commission and managing human resources functions for the staff. Budget development and adherence to ethical conduct are also critical components of this role. The Nurse Manager must demonstrate age-specific knowledge and skills to provide appropriate patient care.

Requirements

Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
Typically requires 5 years of experience in nursing that includes experiences in multiple areas.
Includes 1 year of supervisory experience in managing a staff and budgets in a nursing environment at the supervisory/management level.
Advanced knowledge of nursing management concepts, clinical practice, and facilities policies and procedures.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to deal with conflict resolution.
Strong aptitude in human resource management.
Ability to handle multiple demands simultaneously.
Sound decision making and critical thinking skills.
Proficient in use of computers, software, and other electronic systems.
Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently during work shift.
Occasionally required to lift over 50 lbs. with assistance.
Required to use foot pedals on carts or machines.
Must have functional sight and hearing.
Required to wear gloves, goggles and gowns on an as-needed basis.
Operates equipment essential to performing the duties of the job.

Responsibilities

Coordinates and manages all resources necessary to provide optimal nursing care, including staff resources, patient care supplies, and automated patient care systems.
Effectively manages resources through systems management and coordinates system issues to assure optimal patient care.
Maintains an optimal level of productivity through efficient 24-hour staffing and scheduling patterns and labor management standards.
Evaluates the quality of patient care provided by department staff using standards of practice, patient outcomes, and other quality indicators.
Ensures appropriate resources are available for department performance improvement initiatives.
Develops service strategies and monitors service levels against indicators to demonstrate improvement in customer and patient satisfaction.
Coordinates and integrates services with other areas.
Maintains and promotes effective relationships with patients, families, staff, other departments, medical staff, other health care facilities, and vendors.
Acts as a liaison between medical and nursing staffs as necessary.
Facilitates evidence-based nursing by creating an environment that encourages utilization of evidence in practice and decision-making.
Participates in shared governance councils and provides feedback as requested.
Makes recommendations for changes in nursing practice to shared governance councils and promotes new approaches and concepts.
Supports shared governance by holding staff accountable and monitoring and counseling department representative(s) to ensure role compliance.
Responsible for attaining and maintaining department's compliance with The Joint Commission (TJC) and other regulatory bodies.
Develops and communicates change initiatives.
Achieves care management targets in area(s) of responsibility and achieves target improvements in employee engagement.
Plans for staffing needs appropriately meeting established productivity benchmarks and achieves patient loyalty targets.
Assists physicians and other departments with development of new services, identifying potential new sources of revenue and/or assisting in the marketing of existing and new programs.
Performs human resources responsibilities for staff including interviewing, selection, promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, resolution of employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and overall employee morale.
Develops and recommends operating and capital budgets and controls expenditures within approved budget objectives.
Responsible for understanding and adhering to the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and ensuring compliance with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's age-specific needs.