Nurse Manager Specialty Recovery Unit

Intermountain Health • St. George, UT

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This Full Time Nurse Manager position in the Specialty Recovery Unit at St. George Regional Hospital involves managing and supervising nursing departments. The role is key in ensuring excellent patient care, achieving financial objectives, and fostering leadership development. The position is accountable for developing departmental structure, processes, and outcome standards, typically for one unit. The job duties are distributed as follows: 50% Tactical (day-to-day activities like staffing and equipment availability), 40% Operational (budget management, supply acquisition, and employee performance evaluations), and 10% Strategic (developing goals to meet the Intermountain/Regional Strategic Plan and holding employees accountable to these goals). The scope for a Level 1 Nurse Manager is managing <50 headcount or managing a department operating Monday through Friday. A Level 2 Nurse Manager-Complex manages >50 headcount or more than 2 departments and manages a department operating 24/7. This position is Full Time, 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, with operational hours primarily from 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. The unit is currently closed after hours, on weekends, and on holidays. The manager may occasionally need to be available outside of normal hours on an as-needed basis for administrative tasks, education sessions, meetings, or other operational needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution (degree will be verified)
• Current Nursing License to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice
• Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers
• Leadership/supervisory experience
• Must complete Intermountain Health’s required leadership training and development courses within one year of accepting this leadership position
• 2 years clinical experience

Nice To Haves

• Specialty Certification
• Demonstrated experience in the area of oversight

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the clinical nursing environment
• Contributing to strategic planning
• Managing day-to-day operations
• Establishing and maintaining standards of care
• Facilitating collaborative problem-solving
• Advocating for necessary resources
• Promoting shared decision-making
• Implementing the organization's vision and values
• Managing budgets, including annual capital/operating and personnel (FTE) budgets for the unit
• Ensuring employee engagement, recruitment, retention, and competency verification
• Championing the use of available resources to ensure nursing care is efficient, effective, safe, and delivered with compassion, in line with current practice standards
• Facilitating collaborative decision-making and upholding professional independence by contributing departmental perspectives to executive decisions and ensuring staff are updated on activities at the executive level
• Using resources effectively and managing expenses to meet financial goals of the department
• Modeling and fostering an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit
• Ensuring a competent and sufficient number of staff to meet patient care needs, which includes hiring, orientation, retention, and employee satisfaction
• Ensuring that new skill training and ongoing competency verification is completed annually by providing mentorship and professional educational opportunities
• Evaluating staff competency through the use of performance reviews and peer reviews
• Coordinating performance and compliance with patient safety initiatives, federal, state and other regulatory bodies such as Joint Commission, OSHA, CMS, DOPL, and other unit specific accrediting and certifying bodies
• Facilitating the use of resources by nursing staff such as nurse practitioners, other expanded role RNs, and other specialty roles
• Serving as an exemplary figure for employees, promoting the integration of Healing Commitments and Healing Connections within all facets of providing patient care
• Monitoring and improving patient satisfaction utilizing available service metrics and national benchmarks to develop and implement action plans to achieve desired outcomes
• Partnering with physicians at the unit level to achieve clinical, operational, and service goals
• Supporting the Nurse Director in overseeing, organizing, and facilitating the activities of student nurses
• Supporting staff participation in outside community organizations such as volunteer health clinics, health fairs and advisory boards for not-for-profit organizations

Benefits

• Generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged
• PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution
• The PEAK program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates
• Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment

What This Job Offers

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