ICU Nurse Manager

About the Role

The Nurse Manager has 24/7 responsibility for operational leadership and management of the patient care unit under the direction of the Patient Care Unit Director. This role involves team and individual development, utilization of human, technical, and material resources, and quality improvement activities at both the unit and organizational levels. The Nurse Manager assists the director in fiscal responsibilities and supports the delivery of quality patient care and professional nursing practice.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited college. Master's degree in nursing preferred or commensurate education and experience.

Certification, Registration & Licensure:

• Licensed to practice nursing in the state of New Hampshire.
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification, or equivalent course credentialed by the American Heart Association.
• Certification in department-specific specialty strongly preferred.

Experience: Minimum of 3 years of acute care clinical experience in department-specific nursing. Previous supervisory/leadership experience desired.

Responsibilities

• Oversees clinical nursing care, ensuring compliance with established standards of care and practice.
• Manages patient care and transitions across the continuum.
• Recruits, retains, nurtures, evaluates, and develops staff.
• Manages departmental core processes.
• Plans, administers, and accounts for human, material, and educational resources, as well as systems and processes to effectuate care and services.
• Monitors, evaluates, and improves the quality of care and services provided.
• Cultivates respectful and responsive relationships and provides services delivered in a professional, compassionate manner.
• Acts as a conduit for department and organizational communication.
• Leads department and interdepartmental teams.
• Participates in and supports departmental and organizational change.
• Ensures compliance with State, Local, and Federal regulatory requirements.
• Takes responsibility for individual performance goals.
• Meets all departmental, professional, and technical requirements.

Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those an employee will encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Material Handling Classification: MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry, or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry, or push/pull up to 10-25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry, or push/pull up to 20-50 pounds.
• Physical Activities: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to hear, perform activities that require fine motor skills, speak, and walk. The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, and stand. The employee is occasionally required to climb, perform repetitive motion, kneel, and smell.
• Vision Requirements: Specific vision abilities required include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
• Environmental Exposures: The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, and bodily fluids. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards (shock), moving mechanical parts, non-weather related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.