Manager-Nursing-ABQ

Presbyterian System Services • Albuquerque, NM

1d

About The Position

The Nurse Manager assists the Department Director in planning, directing, and coordinating the operational, financial, and personnel activities of assigned departments. The role provides clinical and operational leadership for assigned areas and is accountable for team and unit operations, patient care outcomes, regulatory readiness, and organizational results.

The manager oversees recruitment, selection, staff orientation and retention, performance management, staff development, and compliance with labor laws. The role drives process improvement using quality measures and data-informed decision-making; manages technology that supports patient care and work systems; contributes to strategic work plans; and manages unit budgets and financial targets. The manager builds collaborative relationships, supports shared governance and diversity, models professional accountability and continuous learning, and promotes the organization’s C.A.R.E.S. behaviors and Synergy professional practice model.

The position requires current nursing licensure, a BSN, and current BLS certification. Additional emergency-response training depends on the assigned service area. Nurses hired or rehired on or after July 2012 without a BSN must enroll in BSN courses within 12 months and complete the program within 48 months, subject to stated exceptions. This is a full-time, exempt position working day shifts.

Requirements

• Current New Mexico or Compact State nursing license, or Graduate Nurse Permit.
• BSN from an accredited academic nursing program; conditional-status programs may require system CNO approval.
• Current BLS certification.
• Additional current emergency-response training as required by the assigned service area; examples include ACLS, PALS, NRP, fetal monitoring, TNCC, ENPC, or STABLE.
• Nurse Managers hired or rehired on or after July 2012 who do not have a BSN must enroll in BSN courses within 12 months and complete the BSN program within 48 months, subject to stated exceptions.
• Ability to manage and direct team and unit operations.
• Skills in staff performance management, development, engagement, and mentoring.
• Communication, active listening, conflict management, negotiation, and mediation skills.
• Ability to use computer applications and clinical technologies, including electronic medical records and medication-management technologies.
• Ability to use data and analytical techniques for decision-making and process improvement.
• Knowledge of nursing and care processes relevant to assigned service areas.
• Ability to manage budgets, analyze financial performance, and meet established targets.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Department Director in planning, directing, and coordinating operational, financial, and personnel activities for assigned departments.
• Provide clinical and operational leadership for assigned areas.
• Manage recruitment, interviewing, selection, orientation, and retention processes for staff.
• Support compliance with state and federal labor laws.
• Monitor quality indicators and targets, drive process improvement, optimize patient safety, and maintain regulatory readiness.
• Use analytical, data-driven techniques to inform decisions and support evidence-based practice.
• Use clinical technologies and electronic medical records to support patient care and work systems, and foster staff technology learning.
• Contribute to or lead work plans, report outcomes, and present results to key business audiences.
• Apply nursing and care-process knowledge in assigned service areas.
• Create and monitor budgets, analyze financial results, report variances, and work toward established financial targets.
• Manage staff performance, evaluations, goal setting, development plans, engagement, mentoring, and succession planning.
• Build collaborative relationships with stakeholders and healthcare partners; use communication, conflict management, negotiation, and mediation skills.
• Promote a diverse workforce and culturally appropriate care; support shared governance and shared decision-making.
• Model professional accountability, continuous learning, reflective practice, integrity, and the organization’s C.A.R.E.S. behaviors.
• Manage staff performance and accountability in accordance with the Synergy professional practice model.

Benefits

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarship opportunities.
• Staff Safety wearable badge for discreetly calling for help when safety is a concern.
• Differentials for night and weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and eligible lead roles.
• Malpractice liability insurance.
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department.
• EPIC electronic charting system.
• Wellness program with free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager