Nurse Manager PACU, Fulltime
About The Position
Stamford Health is hiring a full-time Nurse Manager for its Main Hospital PACU. The role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday through Friday. The organization’s Planetree philosophy emphasizes compassionate, personalized, person-centered care and a respectful, collaborative environment that honors the needs, values, and preferences of patients, care partners, and colleagues. The Nurse Manager is accountable for daily unit operations, including staffing, productivity, and service recovery. The manager mentors and develops staff, coordinates with other departments to support patient throughput, and works with professional development to identify staff learning needs. The role uses clinical and leadership skills to identify performance improvement opportunities and participates in employee selection, evaluation, and coaching. Responsibilities may evolve according to the needs of the practice setting and Patient Care Services. The posting also describes responsibilities for an Endo/GI Nurse Manager at the Tully Center. These include maintaining staffing competency and performance, managing personnel and supply budgets, supporting capital equipment budgeting, coordinating patient placement and discharge, adjusting staffing to volume and acuity, leading performance and quality improvement, ensuring compliance with regulatory and nursing practice standards, and advancing unit and hospital goals. The posting’s title and opening identify the position as a Main Hospital PACU role, while the responsibilities section refers to Endo/GI and the Tully Center.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- At least three years of nursing supervision experience as a coordinator, charge nurse, or manager.
- Connecticut RN license.
- BLS certification.
- Ability to compile objective, measurable data and produce written reports.
- Ability to develop and communicate written policies and procedures.
- High competency with computers and software such as MS Office or equivalent.
- Excellent organizational, communication, interpersonal, and public speaking skills.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree.
Responsibilities
- Oversee daily unit operations, including staffing, productivity, and service recovery.
- Mentor and develop staff and work with professional development to identify learning needs.
- Participate in selecting, evaluating, and coaching unit employees.
- Collaborate with the Director on staff selection, orientation, competency development, and ongoing performance management.
- Identify yearly staff competencies in collaboration with staff and the professional development department.
- Manage annual personnel and supply budgets and maintain operations within the established fiscal-year budget.
- Assist in developing the capital equipment budget for the assigned unit.
- Coordinate with Bed Coordinators, Case Managers, physicians, and nursing units to support timely patient placement and discharge.
- Monitor hospital bed availability and staffing needs; adjust unit staffing based on volume and acuity.
- Plan and organize unit-based performance improvement activities.
- Respond to issues involving staff, patients, and physicians.
- Lead and participate in quality improvement and patient satisfaction efforts at the unit and hospital levels.
- Ensure unit staff comply with internal and external regulatory requirements and understand regulatory and professional nursing practice standards.
- Participate in establishing unit goals and objectives and the overall Nursing Strategic Plan; provide leadership for unit goals and participate in patient care initiatives as requested.
- Build effective interpersonal relationships with unit staff, peers, physicians, and partners throughout the system.
- Identify performance improvement opportunities using clinical and leadership skills.
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Comprehensive, low-cost health insurance plans, including GLP-1 coverage options, available on day one.
- Wellness programs.
- Paid time off accruals.
- Tax-deferred annuity and 403(b) pension plan.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Free on-site parking and train station shuttle.
- Childcare partnership with Children’s Learning Center.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
