Nurse Manager - Medical/Surgical Unit
About the role
This leadership position oversees a 50-bed Medical/Surgical unit, focusing on operational management, staff development, and patient experience enhancement. The Nurse Manager leads staffing, team engagement, quality and safety initiatives, and budget management, ensuring optimal patient care and staff retention. They develop onboarding, mentorship, and retention strategies, implement practices to improve patient satisfaction, and collaborate with leadership on capacity planning and service improvements. The role involves coaching Assistant Nurse Managers, maintaining collegial relationships with interdisciplinary teams, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The Nurse Manager spends at least 50% of their time on the unit, providing mentorship, support, and visibility to staff to foster a positive work environment.
Responsibilities
- Oversee a 50-bed Medical/Surgical unit, focusing on operational management, staff development, and patient experience enhancement
- Lead staffing
- Lead team engagement
- Lead quality and safety initiatives
- Lead budget management
- Ensure optimal patient care and staff retention
- Develop onboarding, mentorship, and retention strategies
- Implement practices to improve patient satisfaction
- Collaborate with leadership on capacity planning and service improvements
- Coach Assistant Nurse Managers
- Maintain collegial relationships with interdisciplinary teams
- Ensure compliance with regulatory standards
- Spend at least 50% of time on the unit providing mentorship, support, and visibility to staff
- Foster a positive work environment
- Manage staffing, team development, quality metrics, safety, patient experience, and strategic partnership to support hospital growth
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (required); graduate degree preferred
- Two years leadership experience and three years clinical RN experience in acute care (preferred)
- Current RN licensure in appropriate state
Skills
- Understanding of regulatory standards, safety, infection control, budgeting, staffing, and team building
- Strong decision-making, communication, project leadership, and conflict management skills
- Knowledge of information systems, equipment, and principles of adult learning