Nurse Manager - CHC
About The Position
The Nurse Manager supervises and delegates nursing care to members of the health care team and may provide direct care based on staffing needs. The role plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates patient care services while operating within the legal scope of practice and the organization’s policies and procedures. The position generally assists the Assistant Director of Nurses and provides supervision and direction to nursing staff to maintain a safe, efficient, and professional environment. The Nurse Manager monitors patient-data communication through the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to support decisions about optimal patient care, and ensures nursing staff are properly educated and supervised. The role investigates quality-of-care concerns and accidents or injuries, prepares occurrence reports for unexpected outcomes, and may personally assist with or perform examinations and procedures, documenting interventions in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). The manager also helps ensure adequate staffing by appropriately trained licensed nurses, attends meetings and shares information with staff, responds to requests in a timely manner, and assists with unit management functions. Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Graduate of an approved, accredited nursing program.
- Current Registered Nurse license approved by the Texas Board of Nursing, or ability to transfer an RN license to Texas.
- CPR certified.
- At least four years of related experience.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and delegate nursing care to members of the health care team; provide direct care when staffing needs require it.
- Plan, organize, direct, and evaluate patient care services.
- Assist the Assistant Director of Nurses and provide supervision and direction to subordinate nursing staff.
- Monitor communication of patient data through the EHR to support patient-care decisions.
- Ensure nursing staff are properly educated and supervised to perform their job functions.
- Investigate quality-of-care concerns.
- Attend meetings and share relevant information with staff during regular staff meetings.
- Assist with or perform examinations and procedures, and document interventions in the EMR.
- Investigate accidents and injuries and generate occurrence reports for unexpected outcomes.
- Help ensure the unit has adequate numbers of appropriately trained licensed nurses.
- Respond to requests in a timely manner.
- Assist in planning, coordinating, and directing management functions for the unit.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
