Clinical Manager - CCU/CVCU

UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada’s highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients. UMC is home to Nevada's only nonprofit Level I Trauma Center, Verified Burn Center, and Multi-Organ Transplant Center. In 2026, UMC became the first and only Magnet®-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.

About the role

Manages one or more clinical units. Duties include determining appropriate staffing levels to achieve organizational goals, participating in the development of the unit budget, monitoring the units' compliance with standards, and supervision of nursing staff.

Responsibilities

• Determine appropriate staffing levels to achieve organizational goals
• Participate in the development of the unit budget
• Monitor the units' compliance with standards
• Supervise nursing staff
• Assign and monitor the work of others
• Evaluate quality control
• Implement nursing process including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Supervise and train staff
• Develop and monitor budgets
• Develop staffing plans
• Perform data analysis
• Communicate with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds under stressful conditions
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties
• Ensure efficient, effective, and safe use of equipment

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing
• Five (5) years of clinical nursing experience, two (2) years of which were in a supervisory role or higher (may consider candidates with four (4) years of experience in a nursing lead role and completion of required hospital management training class)
• Valid license from the State of Nevada to Practice as a Registered Nurse
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Some positions may require one or more of the following certifications:
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Trauma Nurse Core Certification (TNCC)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Protocol (NRP)
  • Additional certification in a specialty area

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong nurse leader or Clinical Manager experience
• Prior experience supervising a minimum of 70 FTEs
• Minimum of two (2) years of CCU/CVCU nursing experience
• Minimum of three (3) years of recent experience:
  • Supervisory experience managing a Cardiovascular Coronary Care Unit at a similar facility
  • Recovering heart surgery patients
• Familiarity with both Pathway to Excellence and Magnet standards
• Comfort level and skills in leading and making decisions using shared governance frameworks
• Ability to operationally lead and manage in a high-stress environment

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge Of:

• Nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and coordination of patient care)
• Disease process
• Patient care plan development
• Patient evaluation and assessment techniques
• Body mechanics used with ambulating, transferring, and repositioning patients
• Federal, state, and local laws and regulations affecting health care services
• Joint Commission Accreditation for Health Organizations (JCAHO) standards
• Quality assurance and performance improvement principles and methods
• Nurse Practice Act
• Supervisory principles and practices
• Department and hospital safety practices and procedures
• Patient rights
• Infection control policies and practices
• Handling, storage, use, and disposal of hazardous materials
• Department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures
• Age-specific care practices

Skill In:

• Evaluating quality control
• Implementing nursing process including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Supervising and training staff
• Developing and monitoring budgets
• Developing staffing plans
• Performing data analysis
• Communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds under stressful conditions
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties
• Efficient, effective, and safe use of equipment

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Mobility to work in a typical clinical setting, including stamina to stand and/or sit for extended periods of time
• Strength to examine and treat varied individuals
• Vision to use standard office equipment and read printed materials and a VDT screen
• Hearing and speech to communicate effectively in both oral and written forms
• Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently to move objects

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.

Benefits

• Employer-paid pension plan (Nevada PERS)
• Competitive salary and benefits package