Nursing Administration Manager 1.0 FTE
About The Position
The Nursing Administration Manager collaborates with the Chief Nursing Officer and other leaders to support the vision and strategic plan for nursing and clinical practice in the delivery of safe, efficient and effective patient care. This manager functions as a leader and role model in accordance with the American Nurses Association (ANA) Nursing Administration Scope and Standards of Practice, ANA Code of Ethics for Nursing, and Chapter 6 of the Iowa Nursing Practice Act for Registered Nurses. The manager advocates for the patient, family, and healthcare professionals. The manager promotes professional relationships with the community, promoting visibility of WHC nursing practice and clinical services. The Nursing Administration Manager is a nurse leader who has the skills to deliver high quality evidence-based collaborative care to a wide range of patients. Nurse managers possess clinical expertise and have 24-hour clinical and administrative accountability for their areas of responsibility. Administrative responsibilities include management of finances, human resources, staffing, performance improvement, technology, and strategy. The nurse manager possesses broad-based clinical and leadership skills including communication, mentoring, advocacy, systems thinking, critical thinking, accountability of self, peers and staff, and establishment of a healthy work environment. (AONE) The Nursing Administration Manager is responsible for overseeing the case management and utilization review processes, including but limited to ensuring individualized plans of care for patients, discharge planning, insurance reporting requirements (i.e. notifications, pre-authorizations, and clinical updates), and monitoring of appropriate utilization of resources. The Nursing Administration Manager is responsible for overseeing successful evaluation of the organization’s training needs, development and implementation of programs for staff orientation, training, competency assessment, and professional development to support quality, positive patient outcomes. Manages coordination of student educational experiences and supports patient and community health-related education along with the Education Supervisor. The Nursing Administration Manager is responsible for overseeing the advocacy for the rights, decisions, strengths, and needs of patients and promotion of access to resources support, and services. The manager is responsible for holding self, peers, and staff accountable in meeting expectations.
Requirements
- Must possess a valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa.
- Must have five years of clinical experience and have demonstrated competence in management, communication, clinical and continuous quality improvement skills.
- Ability to learn and navigate computer systems including the online training modules, the employee timesheet and the performance appraisal system.
- Job specific systems are also required.
- Must be able to read, speak, and write fluent English.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
Responsibilities
- Collects and analyzes comprehensive data pertinent to the issue, situation, or trends and identifies expected outcomes.
- Develops, maintains, and evaluates organizational systems to support planning and implementation for the delivery of care.
- Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
- Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, nursing service administration, and delivery of services.
- Decisions and actions are based on ethical principles and Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (ANA, 2001).
- Integrates evidence and research findings into practice by creating a supporting environment for knowledge based on nursing research.
- Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact on practice in the planning and delivery of nursing and clinical services.
- Supports nursing practice in relation to nursing and clinical practice standards and guidelines.
- Develops, understands, and manages departmental budget.
- Identifies performance expectations and ensures that employees understand those expectations and are held accountable in meeting the expectations.
- Communicates and enforces Waverly Health Center policies.
- Creates and maintains departmental job descriptions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
