Nurse Manager - Surgery

Avera•Sioux Center, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Manager directs, plans, and administers the department’s business functions and activities in accordance with state standards. The role has overall responsibility for directing, coordinating, and evaluating the Surgery and CSR Processing departments, and carries out managerial responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws. These responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; and addressing complaints and resolving problems. The Nurse Manager plans and supervises patient care activity, maintains qualified clinical staffing, coordinates scheduling with Resource Nurses and Schedulers to support appropriate acuity staffing and unit efficiency, and oversees departmental quality improvement and dashboard measures. The role also manages departmental budgets, policies and procedures, supplies and equipment, clinical data reporting for CMS and CAH quality measures, EMR updates, and student nurse preceptors.

Requirements

Graduate from an approved nursing program.
Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa and/or meet the requirements for multi-state licensure.
Obtain CPR, PALS, ACLS, Chemo/Bio, and CRCST (sterilization) certifications within six months of hire.

Nice To Haves

Graduation from a CCNE- or NLN-accredited nursing program.
Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
Two years of related experience.
Bilingual experience.
Nursing specialty certification.

Responsibilities

Develop and monitor departmental operating and capital budgets.
Plan, direct, supervise, and evaluate patient care activity.
Maintain qualified clinical staff and coordinate scheduling with Resource Nurses and Schedulers to maintain appropriate acuity staffing and unit efficiency.
Oversee the department’s quality improvement activity and dashboard measures.
Develop and evaluate departmental standards, policies, and procedures.
Assess departmental supply and equipment needs.
Respond to changing workloads and stressful situations and provide direction as needed.
Coordinate CMS and CAH quality measures by reading, abstracting, and recording key patient clinical findings for a database.
Maintain and implement updates for the EMR.
Identify preceptors for student nurses and monitor them.
Interview, hire, train, assign, direct, evaluate, reward, and discipline employees; address complaints and resolve problems.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.