Nurse Manager of Nursing Resources

HFSC • New Britain, CT

87d

About The Position

The Nurse Manager of Nursing Resources is responsible for the leadership, direction, and coordination of all activities related to centralized nurse staffing and nursing float pool. This role ensures safe, efficient, and cost-effective staffing coverage across all patient care areas while supporting workforce flexibility, maintaining budgets and the professional development of staff. The Nurse Manager serves as a key partner to nursing leadership to optimize staffing resources, promote quality care, and enhance staff engagement and satisfaction.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) required; Master’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, or related field preferred.
• Current and active Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Minimum of 3 years of progressive nursing leadership experience; prior experience in staffing coordination, resource management, or float pool operations strongly preferred.
• Valid/current BLS Healthcare Provider.

Nice To Haves

• Strong fiscal management, analytical and budgetary skills.
• Advanced proficiency with electronic staffing and scheduling systems and comfort with technology driven processes (e.g. Workday, ShiftWizard).
• Strong leadership, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent leadership, communication and critical thinking abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the centralized staffing office and float pool, ensuring appropriate nurse staffing levels to meet patient care needs across all units and adheres to the budget.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the telemonitoring program including oversight of staff, policy development and adherence to best practices.
• Develop, implement, and monitor staffing policies, scheduling practices, and resource allocation models consistent with organizational priorities and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with leadership to proactively address staffing challenges, workload balancing, and resource utilization.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and retention of float pool staff, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and professional growth.
• Leverage workforce management technology and data analytics to optimize scheduling efficiency, staffing forecasts and real time decision making across the entire nursing division.
• Ensure accurate and timely documentation, reporting, and maintenance of data in electronic systems.
• Promote integration of new technologies and digital tools that enhance operational efficiency, communication and workforce planning.
• Ensure daily staffing operations are efficient, equitable, and responsive to changing patient acuity and census.
• Communicates timely and effectively with staff to assure continuity of operations from shift to shift and amongst care team members.
• Assume full responsibility for the budgets ensuring financial sustainability and efficient resource use.
• Collaborates with Finance, Human Resources and Nursing Leadership to align staffing plans with budget goals, volume trends, and organizational priorities.
• Identify and implement cost containment strategies without compromising quality and safety.
• Monitors and analyzes productivity, salary and wage expenses, premium labor utilization.
• Has 24-hour accountability for the coordination and continued oversight of assigned department(s) to facilitate effective, efficient and patient centered care delivery.
• May require occasional off-hours availability to support staffing operations or emergent coverage needs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees