Nurse Manager - Critical Care - Days
Nurse Manager - Critical Care - Days
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29-05-2025
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Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
29-05-2025
Job Description
Description
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Full Time (80 Hours Biweekly)
Primarily Days with rotation to nights weekends and holidays to meet unit needs
General Summary
Manages the daily operations and work activities of professional nursing and nursing support staff on assigned unit.
Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Recommends staffing levels as per professional organizations staffing guidelines. Structures an adequate staffing mix of competent personnel for all shifts by supervising and approving the development preparation and maintenance of staffing schedules that meet department/unit needs and ANA staffing principles.
- Ensures that appropriate nursing standards and practices are developed and implemented as a result of research and non-research findings. Maintains established policies and procedures objectives quality assessment safety environmental and infection control standards as per National Patient Safety goals agency and state regulations.
- Identifies patient/client needs and collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to use outcomes data to direct quality improvement action plans. Encourages staff to resolve patient/family concerns in a timely manner and assists staff when necessary.
- Maintains awareness of high risk and complicated cases assisting as needed collaborates with multi-disciplinary teams as needed and ensures appropriate nursing interventions are implemented.
- Initiates or makes recommendations for personnel actions in coordination with appropriate stakeholders using a Just Culture model and as per the System policies.
- Ensures staff education in appropriate communication to protect patient confidentiality. Advocates social/professional equity among staff; promotes culturally congruent patient care.
- Acts as a role model/mentor to charge nurses and staff; creates a culture that empowers professional governance; promotes staff participation in professional governance activities; establishes a vision/goal for succession planning.
- Consults with other specialists as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
- Variation of duties may result based on the assigned customer care unit(s). This may include differences in the specific clinical skills required of the RN. Unit based skill lists outline expectations beyond the house wide RN requirements. SYS-NURS-L Nursing Education Requirements Policy outlines current certification(s) required for specific areas of nursing practice and is considered to be part of the job description.
- In addition to requirements specified in the license and certification section below current BLS certification for all areas of nursing practice is certification may be required for the following areas of nursing practice:Emergency Care Center ACLS PALSIntensive Care Center & MSCC Lead ACLS PALSL&D ACLS NRP - Experienced L&D nurses will obtain within 6 months and new L&D nurses will obtain at 1 year of experienceNICU NRPPEDS PALSPCC/PACU/ENDO ACLS PALSProcedural ACLS
Common Expectations:
- Interviews applicants with staff to select best match for patient population and unit culture; evaluates staff performance; monitors continuing education oversees the competency testing of staff (as applicable) and orientation.
- Develops budget(s) for the department/unit/entity and allocates funds within budget(s) to accomplish objectives. Monitors variance against budget(s).
- Ensures that unit strategic plan vision and goals are aligned with the System/nursing strategic plan vision mission and goals; Acts as liaison between nursing administration and medical staff; Assists the staff in establishing and maintaining positive constructive communication in a collaborative model between other units/departments within the System when solving issues.
- Coordinates and integrates services within the department/service line/entity with other departments/service lines/entities and with the Systems primary functions. Participates in the selection of outside services (if needed).
- Continuously assesses and improves the department/service line/entity/Systems performance. Maintains appropriate quality control/assessment programs (if applicable).
- Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population; Assesses and interprets age specific data for patient population and oversees the delivery of appropriate age specific treatments.
- Demonstrates a commitment to patient visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; knowledge of the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and error proof systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
- Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs current literature conferences professional organizations and workshops.
- Participates in patient rounds.
- Ensures and monitors staff participation in patient rounds as part of the delivery care model to optimize collaboration between nursing and medical staff.
- Collaborates with appropriate departments to ensure proper care and timely maintenance of department/entity equipment and supplies.
- Attends administrative meetings and actively participates on nursing committees.
- Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
Required for All Jobs:
- Performs other related duties as identified.
- WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a compliance program to support WellSpans values and standards for professionalism integrity and ethics. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization and the performance expectations of the job the department and the compliance program.
- WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a privacy program to safeguard the patient information and the business and operational information of the organization. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization to safeguard patient and business/operational information.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
Physical Demands:
- Standing - Occasionally
- Walking - Occasionally
- Sitting - Frequently
- Reaching - Rarely
- Talking - Frequently
- Hearing - Frequently
- Repetitive Motions - Occasionally
- Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Occasionally
Qualifications
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
- Bachelors Degree Required
Work Experience:
- 3 years Relevant experience. Required
- Supervisory experience. Preferred
Licenses:
- Licensed Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required or
- Registered Nurse Multi State License Upon Hire Required and
- Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required
- Board Certified Nurse Executive Upon Hire Preferred
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
Key Skills
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