Rn Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required within 3 years of hire or transfer.
• 1 year of demonstrated clinical leadership experience.
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• CPR certification.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• National Certification.

Responsibilities

• Role model mission, vision, and values within their defined areas of responsibility.
• Demonstrates and role models professional behavior with all staff interactions.
• Serves as change agent and role model for change to assist staff in accepting and embracing the necessary change.
• Conducts monthly unit conferences with minutes which include discussions of both unit and organizational activities and goals when delegated.
• Completes annual performance appraisals on associates which includes peer feedback process, plan for professional development and employee self-appraisal on delegated associates.
• Attends meetings at the direction of the nurse manager.
• Promotes unit based shared governance to include ongoing support through consultation and assistance in eliminating barriers in partnership with the nurse manager.
• Promotes professional development plan and conducts quarterly check-ins with staff.
• Promotes and encourages nursing specialty certification in partnership with the nurse manager.
• Promotes employee engagement through leadership rounding.
• Identifies, plans, and implements activities in partnership with the nurse manager in specified clinical departments which ensures patient care is delivered in accordance with professional standards for nursing practice and is evidenced based, meets patient safety goals and standards and regulatory guidelines.
• Monitors departmental performance in appropriate evidence-based practices quality and patient safety goals, meeting assigned goals.
• Develops action plan for any goal not met which includes timeline.
• Participates in regulatory readiness.
• Assists nurse manager in developing a yearly unit based quality plan with unit based clinical practice and performance improvement council based on identified unit needs.
• Participates in operational excellence projects using performance improvement methodologies related to through put and other quality improvement initiatives.
• Works collaboratively with patients, families, peers, and other departments in the organization/network to meet established organizational goals for patient experience.
• Investigates and provides feedback for identified patient or departmental concerns.
• Rounds daily to assess and address patient and family needs.
• Collaborates with nurse manager to Develop departmental plan to address any improvement needs.
• Assists nurse manager in meeting or show consistent progress toward meeting established patient experience goal(s) and metrics.
• Ensures effective implementation of financial plan in partnership with nurse manager.
• Demonstrates fiscal stewardship through effective and efficient use of staff, facilities, equipment, and other resources while maintaining patient care standards.
• Maintains both FTE and Goods/Services within established budget, completes variance reports according to established guidelines.
• Utilizes established tools to monitor monthly budget performance, conducting drill down to explain variances as needed.
• Completes daily productivity tracker.
• Collaborates with nurse manager to address overtime use with individuals as needed with documentation of discussion.
• Fosters the development of staff through coaching, mentoring, and creating an environment which encourages learning and use of research.
• Assures appropriate orientation and onboarding, education, credentialing, and professional development for personnel in collaboration with education development specialists.
• Encourages and facilitates staff membership on councils and committees.
• Encourage and facilitate attendance at nursing grand rounds and other educational programs according to educational needs assessment of unit/department or network.
• Foster peer review participation with staff an d participate in peer review with other assistant nurse managers.
• Conducts quarterly check-ins with assigned staff to review developmental goals.
• Identifies one area for self-improvement annually and develops a plan to improve.

Benefits

• Employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do.
• 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities.
• Commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.