Nurse Manager, PACU, 40 Hours, Days

UMass Memorial Health • Worcester, MA

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About The Position

Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day. The Nurse Manager is responsible and accountable for the 24-hour planning, organizing, directing, and coordination of clinical and administrative performance of assigned unit(s). Facilitates collaboration with medical and administrative leadership to assure patient needs are met and evaluates nursing care and patient outcomes. The scope of responsibilities includes clinical and safety practices of nurses and other members of the clinical team, professional nursing practice, leadership and professional growth, human resource management, financial performance, system coordination and clinical performance (safety, satisfaction and quality) improvement.

Requirements

• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with employee currently enrolled in a qualified MSN program.
• Master’s Degree completion within 5 years of employment at Nurse Manager level.
• Massachusetts Registered Nurse License.
• Broad and thorough knowledge of the discipline of Nursing.
• Previous leadership/management experience.
• Must possess the interpersonal and communication skills to provide effective participative leadership and to interact with patients, families, physicians, and other visitors and staff.
• Strong analytical skills required to perform various data analysis techniques, review statistical and budgetary information and synthesize information appropriately.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum 3 years of directly related work experience in the field of specialty.

Responsibilities

• Leads with high reliability principles framework with goal of zero harm.
• Is responsible for a positive work environment that is safe for patients, visitors and staff.
• Accountable for clinical practice and deployment of resources at the unit level to ensure ongoing implementation of nursing process and adherence to standards.
• Conducts daily patient care rounds, assessing patient care requirements and monitoring nursing & ancillary staff performance to achieve safe, cost effective and quality patient care.
• Directs the oversight of clinical practice through continuity of nursing assignments to optimize the patient plan of care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees