Nurse Manager, RN-Medicine Step Down-Mount Sinai Hospital-Full Time-Days-
About The Position
The Nurse Manager (NM) manages nursing practice and operations in a designated clinical setting. Responsibilities include clinical nursing practice, staff recruitment and retention, labor relations, supply chain and budget management, daily staffing, employee performance evaluation, quality improvement, staff education, medical-record documentation, regulatory compliance, and patient-safety solutions and corrective-action plans. The Nurse Manager collaborates with healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care from admission through discharge, as appropriate to the setting. Working closely with the Nursing Director, unit dyad partner, and staff, the Nurse Manager helps ensure the unit maintains high standards of patient care and responds to the needs of patients, families, and the organization. The role provides clinical and operational leadership across patient care, patient experience, quality and safety, operations and administration, and professional development.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing.
- Current New York State registered nurse license and registration.
- BLS certification through the American Heart Association.
- ACLS certification.
- Relevant clinical competence in the assigned area of nursing practice.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in nursing or a health-related field.
- Three to five years of nursing clinical care experience with Charge Nurse or supervisory experience.
- Board certification in a clinical specialty or leadership.
Responsibilities
- Lead nursing practice according to the Professional Practice Model of Relationship Centered Care and the Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model.
- Model, integrate, observe, and assess staff performance in Hourly Care Checks, providing feedback and coaching.
- Round with identified patients daily Monday through Friday and with staff weekly.
- Communicate patient-experience and staff-engagement information and help develop and implement action plans.
- Collaborate with physician partners and interdisciplinary teams; escalate concerns and follow up on patient concerns, including service recovery.
- Facilitate patient-centered care processes, communication huddles, interdisciplinary rounds, and safe discharge and transition planning.
- Monitor and communicate patient-experience measures, benchmarks, and improvement opportunities; support evidence-based practices and patient-centered care.
- Lead a safe, therapeutic, efficient, and patient-centered care environment across applicable clinical settings.
- Investigate practice or operational variances, participate in root-cause analysis and patient-safety processes, and implement corrective actions.
- Monitor quality, safety, throughput, length-of-stay, and discharge metrics; lead improvement initiatives using Lean methods, Daily Management Boards, and high-reliability principles.
- Promote a fair and open Just Culture, address safety hazards, support required compliance measures, and maintain staff competency evaluation.
- Provide administrative and clinical oversight of staffing, patient access and flow, support services, collaboration, resource use, and financial stewardship.
- Ensure compliance with staffing regulations, collective bargaining agreements, and applicable regulatory, accreditation, and professional practice standards.
- Work with the Center-led Staffing Department to meet staffing grids and optimize workforce deployment; monitor workforce trends and support retention and recruitment.
- Manage unit salary and supply budgets, capital equipment allocation, and the availability and maintenance of nursing equipment and supplies.
- Maintain position control; recruit, retain, evaluate, mentor, coach, counsel, and discipline staff as needed.
- Evaluate newly hired or transferred staff, contribute to probation decisions, complete annual performance appraisals, and implement performance improvement plans when needed.
- Interpret and implement collective bargaining agreements and system and hospital policies; participate in disciplinary activities and respond to assignment protests.
- Ensure staff complete orientation goals, progress reports, and annual competency requirements; conduct staff meetings and maintain meeting records.
- Recognize staff contributions, facilitate organizational change, and lead shared governance and staff-engagement processes.
- Serve as a clinical leader and professional role model; support ethical decision-making, scholarship, lifelong learning, evidence-based practice, and professional development.
- Precept new leadership staff and students and contribute to nursing through leadership and participation in professional organizations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
