Nurse Manager-Inpatient Neuro Critical Care and Neuro Intermediate Care Units

About the role

The Nurse Manager (NM) functions as the first-line administrative nurse leader with primary responsibility for overseeing daily patient care operations and budget with 24-hour accountability for care delivery of assigned unit(s).

Responsibilities

• Navigate proficiently within the electronic health record and other technological systems.
• Frequently apply a set of management principles to ensure smooth operations of the department.
• Exercise sound, independent judgment and decision-making in the areas of budget, personnel, patient services, physician relations, and administrative or professional programs.
• Clinically assist with patient care and function in the charge role if needed.
• Coordinate, evaluate and resolve problems and conflicts as they occur.
• Directly supervise the clinical nursing and ancillary personnel assigned to his/her respective unit(s).
• Maintain and ensure the effective daily operation of the nursing unit on 24/7 basis by monitoring all activities necessary to provide consistent high quality patient care, including staffing, equipment, supplies, and services.
• Communicate the NGHS nursing strategic direction and support the nursing strategic plan.
• Advocate for nursing involvement and support for the Professional Nursing Governance structure, including a vibrant Unit Practice Council.
• Determine human resource needs and develop or assist in the development of programs to maintain and improve the quality and efficiency of the assigned department.
• Hire, orient, and evaluate performance of all assigned personnel to assure the department is staffed with team members who reflect behaviors and performance consistent with the hospital's mission, vision, and values.
• Develop and administer a master staffing plan for assigned areas in conjunction with approved budget.
• Identify educational and training needs of departmental staff or individual(s) impacting assigned functions and plan with other appropriate staff members for the implementation of training needs.
• Ensure nursing unit(s) is in a state of continued regulatory readiness by adhering to all appropriate legal and ethical requirements necessary to maintain hospital accreditation and corporate compliance.

Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia. Professional certification in either a clinical or leadership specialty within two years of hire.
• Education: Bachelor's Degree, A degree in Nursing (either BSN or MSN).
• Experience: Three to five years as a RN, preferably in an acute care setting. At minimum one year direct supervision of healthcare delivery if in combination with leadership experience outside of nursing (i.e. second career).

Skills

• Proactive, engaged, visible leader recognized as having excellent follow through on issues impacting care delivery.
• Computer literacy-advanced computer and data management skills.
• Effective communication skills, including written and oral communication.
• Customer service abilities including effective listening skills.
• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast-paced clinical environment.
• Understanding of budgeting and basic statistical analysis.
• Specialty Certifications.
• Ability to remain calm during stressful situations.
• Ability to instruct, direct and evaluate employees.
• Ability to provide professional “specialty” nursing care to patients.
• Ability to supervise (e.g. hire, train, assign and review work, motivate, prepare performance evaluations and effectively handle disciplinary actions).
• Ability to tailor communication and performance feedback to the individual employee.
• Ability to prepare written reports.
• Ability to communicate orally with a variety of people answering questions and explaining information and decisions.
• Ability to coordinate patient care services with other departments.
• Ability to use computer software program/systems impact unit performance/management.
• Ability to monitor and evaluate nursing care provided to patients.
• Ability to identify, plan and coordinate services within department.
• Ability to provide consultation to staff, patients and the public.
• Ability to direct the training of professional and nonprofessional personnel.
• Ability to understand and maintain financial records and to prepare staff and budget reports.
• Ability to work effectively with a variety of professional and paraprofessional staff.
• Ability to give oral and written instruction in exact detail.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Varies.