PACU Staff Nurse Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervises assigned staff including development of schedules and ensuring that quality patient care is delivered.
• Solves patient needs by using multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Participates in hiring process to include interviewing and selecting applicants, and orienting new staff, conducting performance evaluations and recommending corrective action when needed.
• Ensures that nursing policies and procedures are implemented. Communicates and interprets policies and procedures to nursing staff.
• Collaborates with physicians in the proper treatment of patients. Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve methods and productivity within the assigned unit(s) while maintaining high quality patient care.
• Mentors and coaches nursing staff to ensure continued professional development.
• Provides emotional and psychological support to patients and their families.
• Ensures operation of medical and administrative equipment by verifying emergency equipment availability, preventive maintenance and other measures.
• Ensures nursing supplies are maintained by reviewing usage reports, identifying trends and anticipating needs; submits supply orders as necessary.
• Seeks guidance from the Director and/or upper management for unusual or unanticipated circumstances that require deviation from financial/operational policies and standards of practice.
• Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records.
• Protects patients by carrying out infection-control policies and protocols, enforcing medication administration and storage procedures and controlled substance regulations.
• Participates in budget development process as directed.
• Participates in the department’s rotating management-on-call schedule, serving as the designated off-shift leadership representative to support operational oversight and escalation management.
• Led, managed, coached, and trained a team or department, provided guidance, support, and mentors to ensure optimal performance and productivity.
• Oversees the recruitment, hiring, team/department orientation, performance appraisals and disciplinary actions including up to termination processes for a team or department.

Licenses and/or Certifications

• Current Virginia state license as a Registered Nurse or Registered Nurse holding a valid Compact State license.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required.
• Master’s degree in Nursing or related field preferred.
• Healthcare/management experience required.
• Pediatric experience preferred.

Physical Requirements

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