Nurse Manager - Milford Regional, Cardiac Cath Lab and Gannett Inpatient Med Surg Cardiac Unit - 40 hours, Days

UMass Memorial Health•Milford, MA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

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. The Nurse Manager is responsible for the operational, clinical, and financial oversight of the Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and the Gannett Unit, a 29-bed Medical-Surgical/Cardiac inpatient unit. This leader will promote high-quality patient care, patient safety, staff engagement, and operational excellence across both areas while fostering a collaborative, patient-centered culture. The Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory provides comprehensive diagnostic cardiac catheterization services and supports the care of patients undergoing cardiac evaluation and treatment. The Gannett Unit specializes in the care of adult medical-surgical patients with a strong focus on cardiac conditions, telemetry monitoring, and post-procedural cardiac care.

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.
Responsible to oversee that the nursing process is being utilized for each patient and a plan of care is established, coordinated, and delivered to each patient and family.
Responsible for appropriate staffing levels, scheduling, hiring, and budgeting.
Assesses candidates, through behavioral and peer interviewing, for appropriate positions within the unit and makes recommendations for hire, transfers, promotions and/or other staff changes.
Partners with Safety Specialists for orientation of new clinical staff.
Provides clinical and administrative oversight of all staff and completion of specific performance reviews.
Assures appropriate orientation, competence assessment, in-service training and continuing education for all staff.
Ensures the proper documentation for recruiting, on-boarding, evaluating and terminating staff are completed timely and thoroughly. (i.e. position requisition, orientation checklist, separation).
Develops annual departmental budgets based on established patient care indicators, projected volumes and patient populations.
Maintains cost effective staffing patterns based on department of nursing approved staffing budgets.
Maintains master staffing plans, position control and produces monthly staffing schedule aligned with departmental standards.
Demonstrates fiscal responsibility via monitoring of salaries and supply expenses, prepares and submits Corrective Action Plans on time and on schedule.
Develops capital budgets in collaboration with medical staff for assigned units/areas.
Educates staff regarding unit and medical center budgets in order to promote awareness and instill accountability for the financial performance of the unit. Seeks medical leadership and staff feedback on changes that impact such performance.
Responsible for VMS safety, quality idea boards on unit.
Accountable for the execution of daily and shift safety and clinical care huddles.
Rounds on existing and new patients, addressing issues or concerns of patients and/or families on the unit.
Responsible for the closure of Safety Intelligence reports and appropriate Corrective Action Plans in place. Responsible for reporting all Serious Reporting Events (SRE) to leadership and provide feedback to staff on results.
Links departmental goals to department of nursing/organizational goals and strategic plans.