Nurse Manager - Acute Med Surg
About the role
High Point Medical Center, part of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, is a 351‑bed hospital serving the High Point community with a wide range of patient‑ and family‑centered services. The Nurse Manager will oversee daily nursing operations and provide clinical and administrative leadership for 7 South, a 36‑bed acute medical‑surgical unit serving adults with general medical, respiratory, renal, cardiac, and oncology needs. The unit is committed to compassionate, patient‑centered care and high‑quality outcomes. The Nurse Manager is accountable for quality, service excellence, workplace experience, and financial performance, fostering a patient‑centered professional environment by applying the Theory of Human Caring, supporting the nursing process and staff development, and promoting collaborative team interactions.
Responsibilities
- Provides leadership to staff to ensure short and long-term goals are met by developing standards of performance and capitalizing on employee strengths, supporting the Mission, Vision, Core Values and Evidence-based practice.
- Assures appropriate orientation, education, credentialing, and continuing professional development for personnel.
- Collaborates effectively throughout the organization by developing collegial relationships and communicating information effectively, encouraging communication and serving as a resource to staff and other departments.
- Coordinates nursing care with other healthcare disciplines and assists in integrating services across the continuum of care.
- Accountable for the quality and appropriateness of health care delivery and for the environment in which clinical nursing is practiced.
- Promotes a quality culture of safety for patients, self, co-workers, and facility in conjunction with the Director of Nursing and Medical Director.
- Assumes responsibility for the Care Delivery Model by developing systems to monitor and measure the quality, safety and outcomes, and implementing performance improvement measures for identified metrics