NURSE MANAGER - FITZ-GERALD CLINIC, FT

Whitfield Regional Hospital•Demopolis, AL

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, implementing, leading, directing staff, coordinating, and communicating on a general clinical and management level. This role requires a demonstrated understanding of administrative, clinical, and technical systems within healthcare operations, with the ability to work independently to resolve problems objectively. The Nurse Manager must lead and manage while maintaining high standards, handle emergency and stressful situations strategically, and maintain professionalism. This position involves analyzing clinical trends, determining equipment, educational, and staffing needs within budgetary guidelines, and managing personnel scheduling and staffing guidelines. Responsibilities include assessing educational needs, providing in-services, and recommending educational programs. A key aspect is the ability to plan, implement, and maintain an effective monitoring and evaluation system for quality patient care, including data collection, evaluation, and action implementation. The role also involves communicating relevant information for hospital-wide process improvement and evaluating/recommending budgeting guidelines. The Nurse Manager must assess and act upon the physical, social, developmental, and environmental needs of all patients, providing age-specific healthcare. This includes ensuring the continuity of total patient care, coordinating nursing care, and maintaining accurate patient record documentation. The position contributes to the organization's mission by providing cost-effective, quality care and supporting financial goals through staff productivity and resource utilization.

Requirements

Current Alabama licensure as a Registered Nurse.
Relevant, specific education and training and/or experience in implementing the nursing process, i.e., assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, and aspects of nursing care appropriate to the area.
Basic Life Support required.

Nice To Haves

A B.S. degree in nursing or business is preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, implement, lead, direct staff, coordinate and communicate on a general clinical, and management level.
Understand administrative, clinical, and technical systems and phases of Agency management and healthcare operations.
Work independently in resolving strategic and tactical (operating) problems without impairment or intimidation, always with objectivity and principle.
Lead and manage while maintaining a high standard of performance.
Deal with emergency, problematic and stressful situations on an objective and strategic basis without alarmed behavior.
Maintain a high degree of professionalism and present a positive outlook at all times.
Analyze and study current clinical trends and ascertain appropriate equipment, educational and staffing needs within parameters of defined budgetary guidelines.
Assume the responsibility for scheduling personnel and be cognizant of staffing guidelines.
Assess, identify, and anticipate educational needs of staff personnel, providing in-services and making recommendations for educational programs within budgeted parameters.
Provide staff meetings/in-services on a regularly scheduled, predetermined basis with documentation of the content of each meeting.
Plan, implement and maintain an effective monitoring and evaluations system to assure quality of patient care.
Communicate relevant information to Physician Advisor and the Division Director of Patient Care Services for review in the hospital-wide Process Improvement Committee.
Evaluate and make recommendations for budgeting guidelines of expenditures, consistently assuring compliance with budgeting guidelines.
Provide accurate productivity/financial status reporting in a timely manner, as outlined by the Division Director of Patient Care Services.
Assess, distinguish, report and act upon the physical, social, developmental, and environmental needs of all patients.
Provide age specific healthcare to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Be responsible for the continuity of total patient care within the Nursing unit.
Assess, plans, guides, and coordinate nursing care given to patients by unit personnel.
Provide pertinent, concise documentation of the condition of each patient and response to treatment.
Assure each patient record contains pertinent, concise documentation of the condition of each patient and response to treatment.
Contribute to the mission of the organization and provide cost effective, quality care to the patients in our service area.
Contribute to the financial goals of the organization, i.e., cost control within the hospital through staff productivity and utilization of supplies and equipment.