Nurse Manager of Interventional & Procedural Services

Cheshire Medical Center•Keene, NH

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About The Position

The Nurse Manager is responsible for maintaining a safe environment for staff, patients, and visitors; ensuring standards of practice and quality of care; sustaining customer-focused care; managing human and financial resources; and aligning departmental goals with the hospital’s strategic priorities. The role provides clinical oversight and leadership, in close partnership with operational leadership, for Electrophysiology Lab, Radiology Nursing, Cardiology (including Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation), Vascular Surgery, Orthopedics, and Podiatry. The Nurse Manager supports departmental goals, evidence-based practice, regulatory compliance, quality improvement, patient-centered service, patient flow, staffing plans, clinical workflows, staff performance and development, shared governance, diversity and inclusion, and transparent communication. In collaboration with centralized educators and/or practice management, the manager coordinates orientation, education, competency evaluations, drills, and simulations. The role maintains clinical competence in supervised areas and may cover staff or provide staffing during periods of patient need. This position requires a graduate of an accredited RN nursing program. A BSN is required upon hire or within two years of hire, or a BS in another field with five years of RN experience; an MSN is preferred. Candidates must have at least three years of clinically related experience with progressive responsibility. A strong combination of electrophysiology experience, critical care nursing knowledge and skills, and demonstrated leadership experience is sought. Compensation ranges from $52.78 to $74.17. Cheshire Medical Center employees are offered benefits eligible on day one, RN loan repayment up to $20,000, tuition reimbursement up to $3,000 each year, an earned-time plan, and CEU/training programs.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited RN nursing program.
BSN required upon hire or within two years of hire, or a BS in another field with five years of RN experience.
Minimum three years of clinically related experience with progressive responsibility.
Strong combination of electrophysiology experience, critical care nursing knowledge and skills, and demonstrated leadership experience.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Handle confidential material with maturity, sensitivity, and discretion.
Adapt quickly and effectively to stressful situations.
Function as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
Handle fluctuating workloads in a multi-focused work setting and adjust scheduling to productivity.
Demonstrate critical thinking and appropriate delegation.
Understand and use principles of superior customer service.
Skilled with electronic health records, MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access database.
Data analysis and interpretation skills; ability to analyze productivity, financial benchmarking, and budget data.
Perform payroll duties in a timely manner.

Nice To Haves

MSN preferred.
Teaching experience and/or supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain a safe environment for staff, patients, and visitors and ensure standards of practice and quality of care are maintained.
Manage human and financial resources and align departmental goals with the hospital’s strategic priorities.
Provide clinical oversight and leadership for Electrophysiology Lab, Radiology Nursing, Cardiology (including Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation), Vascular Surgery, Orthopedics, and Podiatry, in partnership with operational leadership.
Promote accountability to the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities.
Assist with developing and modifying departmental goals and objectives and ensure they are achieved.
Maintain standards of practice, promote evidence-based care, and assure compliance with applicable national standards and professional and regulatory guidelines.
Oversee departmental quality improvement activities and facilities change.
Communicate and negotiate interdepartmental resources and plan with other managers to support efficient resource use and organizational safety, quality, and service standards.
Sustain patient-centered customer service, support positive patient experience and engagement, monitor processes such as patient flow, and provide service recovery as needed.
Assist with developing and implementing staffing plans and clinical workflows; adjust staffing to patient volumes, needs, and staff skill mix in partnership with the Practice Manager.
Supervise clinical staff and ensure performance standards are met.
Interview, hire, coach, develop, counsel, and take disciplinary action with staff as appropriate; recognize employees meaningfully.
Foster teamwork, healthy disagreement, and effective conflict resolution; promote diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and shared governance.
Empower staff contributions and maintain transparent communication through department meetings, individual meetings, email, instant messaging, and interpersonal communication.
Coordinate orientation, departmental and staff education plans, competency evaluations, drills, and simulations with centralized educators and/or practice management.
Maintain clinical competence in supervised areas and cover staff or provide staffing when needed to meet patient needs.
Perform payroll duties in a timely manner and analyze productivity, financial benchmarking, and budget data.