Nurse Manager - Trauma

About the role

Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is the flagship hospital of Atrium Health, distinguished throughout the Southeast for excellent patient care and medical expertise. CMC is the region’s only Level 1 Trauma center, Magnet‑designated, and an approved transplant center for heart, kidney, pancreas, and liver. It also serves as one of North Carolina’s five Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals, providing residency training for more than 200 physicians in 15 specialties and acting as a satellite for the UNC‑Chapel Hill medical school. CMC is seeking a Nurse Manager to lead its new 19‑bed inpatient trauma unit (11B Trauma Step‑Down) in the medical center expansion. The unit will care for adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients with traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, chest and abdominal trauma, and trauma‑related orthopedic injuries, partnering with the Surgical Trauma Service to provide care for medically stable trauma patients.

Responsibilities

• Continually demonstrates and supports a Professional Practice model that allows nurses to work in collaboration with interdisciplinary partners to achieve high‑quality patient outcomes.
• Ensures that unit operations and employees are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, regulatory agency standards, and policies and procedures.
• Functions as a team member to accomplish goals and objectives of the unit and the organization, upholding quality management, patient care, and departmental standards.
• Assumes responsibility for recruitment and retention of qualified staff and ensures appropriate orientation, education, credentialing, and continuing professional development through mutual goal setting and performance evaluation.
• Delegates effectively by promoting shared governance and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes.
• Performs nursing care, assists with treatments, therapies, procedures, and administers medications as necessary.
• Provides and assesses the effectiveness of patient and family education.
• Participates in performance‑improvement activities to improve quality of nursing care, promote patient outcomes, and provide a cost‑effective environment for patient care.
• Assists in the development of policies, procedures, and standards reflective of evidence‑based practice.
• Promotes shared accountability for professional practice.
• Allocates resources to meet unit needs.
• Responsible for budgetary oversight and, together with staff involvement, accountable for maintaining a cost‑effective unit.

Physical Requirements

• Walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling.
• Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds while handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies.
• Must speak and understand English fluently.
• Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch.
• Finger dexterity.
• Critical thinking and ability to concentrate.
• Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit/department conditions.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing (required).
• Current RN licensure in the appropriate state (required).
• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred; must have or complete an MSN if the undergraduate degree is not a BSN.
• Enrollment in an MSN program within 1 year of hire/transfer and graduation of the MSN program required within 5 years of hire.
• If the undergraduate degree is a BSN, a Master's degree from a health‑related program or an MBA is acceptable.
• Previous management experience preferred.
• BLS certification required per policy guidelines.
• Appropriate professional certification (clinical or leadership) required within 1 year of eligibility for the professional certification exam.
• Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required by the department.