Nurse Manager, Patient Care- Operating Room (OR)- $10k Sign On Bonus

About the role

Manages and has 24/7 responsibility for the nursing practice, patient care delivery, human and fiscal resources, and regulatory compliance of a patient care unit. Maintains a professional environment that supports delivery of high-quality patient and family centered care.

Responsibilities

• Manages and has 24/7 responsibility for the team members, operations, and patient care activities of a patient care unit.
• Assists nursing leadership in setting strategic direction for key programs in alignment with organization mission, vision, and values and nursing strategic plan.
• Communicates, builds consensus, and guides team toward achieving department objectives.
• Promotes and maintains high-quality patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
• Creates a professional work environment that fosters team member respect, engagement, accountability, and optimal patient outcomes.
• Promotes appreciative inquiry and evidence-based, ethical, and compassionate practice.
• Acquires and manages staffing for patient care unit; collaborates with HR for requirements.
• Provides direction and guidance to patient care unit team members and supervisors.
• Facilitates performance reviews, promotions, pay, and corrective actions.
• Serves as a role model for standards of professional practice (clinical, educational, and leadership).
• Assists in career development planning for team members.
• Educates teams in new and existing department procedures and systems (information systems, fiscal responsibility, etc.).
• Manages patient care unit budget; monitors expenditures and implements action plans when variances are present.
• Monitors performance metrics that support decision-making to achieve optimal performance levels.
• Ensures adherence to the established care delivery model, using knowledge of scope and standards of practice.
• Facilitates continual compliance for unit with the JC, CMS, New York State, DOH, Public Health Law, HIPAA regulations, and System, hospital, and department standards.
• Demonstrates current knowledge of clinical competencies for patient population of oversight in order to manage direct patient care.
• Maintains current knowledge of scope and standards of practice, healthcare legislation, and population health.
• Identifies and leads opportunities to make changes to improve operations across teams using evidence-based strategies and solutions.
• Performs related duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, required. Master’s degree, preferred.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State, required.
• Specialized certifications, as needed.
• 6-8 years of nursing experience and 2-5 years of leadership/management experience, required.

Pay

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget, and internal equity).

A $10,000 sign-on bonus is available for this position.