RN Unit Manager
About The Position
The RN Unit Manager leads and manages an assigned nursing unit, with 24-hour accountability for the unit. The role ensures staff understand expectations and unit goals, have the knowledge and skills needed to meet them, and receive constructive feedback and timely performance evaluations. The manager promotes safe, healthy working conditions and ensures staff are oriented, accountable for quality care, and compliant with policies and procedures. The position oversees unit operations and resident care, including daily follow-up on concerns, compliance rounds and inspections, census and condition reporting, and completion of quality-improvement and other assigned reports. The manager contributes to treatment plans, patient teaching, care plans, assessments, and discharge summaries, and collaborates with nurses and other appropriate staff regarding residents’ clinical status and nursing-care delivery. The role may include serving as charge nurse or shift or weekend supervisor, participating in an on-call rotation, and assisting the agency or state during a gubernatorial emergency declaration. The manager supports the facility’s mission by maintaining positive working relationships with employees, residents, and families; communicating respectfully; resolving problems constructively; and following applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. Facility expectations include timely acknowledgment of nurse-management contact, wearing a name badge, removing or covering external facial piercings during shifts, keeping fingernails within the stated length limit, and not using cell phones in resident-care areas. English must be spoken in resident-care areas.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
- Licensed as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia; active licensure is a condition of employment, and the employee must meet license-maintenance requirements.
- Excellent clinical knowledge and skill in assessing patients and developing care plans.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate, delegate, communicate, and problem-solve.
- Ability to supervise and evaluate patient care and staff performance.
- Ability to instruct and train patients and staff.
- Basic knowledge of computer software and ability to use a computer.
- CPR certification upon hire, or willingness to obtain it.
- Must acknowledge nurse-management attempts to make contact in a timely manner.
- Must comply with facility dress and conduct expectations, including wearing a name badge, following the stated fingernail and facial-piercing rules, and not using a cell phone in resident-care areas.
Nice To Haves
- Previous professional nursing experience in a long-term care or adult geriatric setting is desirable.
- Experience in leadership or management is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Set and communicate staff expectations aligned with department or unit goals and objectives.
- Provide frequent, constructive feedback; complete performance planning and evaluations with required documentation and deadlines; and address and document performance issues.
- Ensure staff have the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to accomplish goals, and orient staff to the unit and hold them accountable for quality patient care.
- Review and communicate safety issues to promote a safe and healthy workplace.
- Manage staff resources effectively and maintain 24-hour accountability for the assigned unit.
- Maintain knowledge of resident needs and conditions on the assigned unit and hold staff meetings about unit and resident-care issues.
- Communicate policy and procedure changes and discuss unit concerns with subordinates.
- Ensure policies and procedures are followed and complete daily follow-up on unit issues and concerns.
- Attend nursing and other assigned meetings; may assist with recruitment and personnel selection.
- Work with Human Resources on compliance with the Commonwealth’s disciplinary process and grievance procedure when disciplinary action may be necessary.
- Conduct daily and as-needed compliance rounds and unit or resident inspections.
- Update and complete resident census and condition reports and submit them weekly to the Director of Nursing; ensure the daily midnight census is accurate; and complete QI and other assigned reports.
- Assist with treatment plans and patient teaching programs, and ensure care plans, assessments, and discharge summaries are maintained and updated on time according to policy.
- Collaborate with nurses and appropriate staff about patient clinical status and problems in nursing-care delivery.
- Enforce safety rules and regulations; ensure incidents are reported and investigated promptly; and initiate or recommend corrective action to prevent recurrence.
- Maintain a clean, safe environment and orderly work areas throughout the unit.
- Serve as charge nurse, shift supervisor, or weekend supervisor as needed.
- Serve in the nurse on-call rotation and perform other duties within the Nursing department’s mission as facility needs warrant.
- Assist the agency or state government during an emergency declaration by the Governor, if required.
- Build and maintain positive working relationships with employees, residents, and families; communicate respectfully and collaboratively; and use appropriate conflict-management practices to resolve problems.
- Follow applicable facility laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and Code of Conduct requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
