Manager-Nursing | Exempt | Medical Surgical Unit

Minimum Hiring Wage:

From $99078.98 a year

Job Details:

Scheduled Hours: Monday - Friday hours vary starting after 3pm.A Brief Overview

The Manager - Nursing oversees the development of staff and systems to effectively operate an acute care inpatient hospital setting. The Nurse Manager plans and implements nursing matrix for safe practice and high quality of care has 24-hour accountability monitors productivity reports and collaborates with other leaders to facilitate favorable financial performance. Maintains current knowledge of regulatory standards and evidence-based practices for specified units scope of care and ensures compliance. Supervises staff in the units and plays an integral role in departmental operations including but not limited to; recruitment hiring training scheduling promoting discharging assigning work evaluating rewarding and disciplining. Actively supports and participates in shared governance.

What you will do

• Screen job applicants and hire new employees. Direct and supervise unit operations and staff.
• Develop and implement case management programs to facilitate care coordination of timely/necessary medical care discharge planning and community referrals.
• Formulate and implement operational strategies and initiatives to improve workflows. Perform or assist with departmental operations as necessary.
• Provide specialized expertise ensure resource alignment and system-wide initiatives and update appropriate stakeholders on strategies initiatives plan of care outcomes and issues.
• Partner with providers and care teams to unsure delivery of evidence-based care and reduction of avoidable clinical variation in care.
• Develop and lead procedures and processes that allow SEIRMC to meet clinical accreditation and evidence-based practice guidelines for regulatory standards.
• Plan and prepare employee work schedules.
• Monitor staff productivity and follow up when not meeting standards.
• Respond to complaints in a timely manner.
• Ensure documentation is completed according to department policies and procedures.
• Participate in training and orientation of new staff; provides ongoing education.
• Conduct and administer fiscal operations including accounting planning budgets authorizing expenditures establishing rates for services (as appropriate) and coordinating financial reporting.
• Evaluate employee performance and recommend personnel actions such as promotions transfers and dismissals.
• Confer with staff to resolve performance and personnel problems and to discuss company policies.
• Investigate complaints about service and equipment and take corrective action.
• Forecast necessary levels of staffing at different times to facilitate effective scheduling by flex staffing according to census/acuity.
• Inspect work performed to ensure that it meets specifications and established standards.
• Maintain required records of work hours budgets payrolls and other information.
• Implement changes that could improve service and increase operational efficiency.
• Screen job applicants and hire new employees.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree (AA) Graduate of an accredited nursing program Required
• Bachelors Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) Bachelors Degree in Nursing (BSN) or related field or obtained within 3 years Required
• 4-6 years Previous nursing practice and/or leadership experience Preferred
• 1-3 years Proficiency in Critical thinking and clinical decision making skills Preferred
• 1-3 years Proficiency in Microsoft Office Skills (Word Excel Outlook) Preferred
• Proficiency in clinical decision making and critical thinking skills
• Previous Nursing Leadership experience 1-3 years preferred
• Previous experience in hospital experience 1-3 years preferred
• Basic Cardiac Life Support & First Aid - American Heart Association Registered Nurse Required
• Registered Nurse Iowa Board of Nursing (IBON) (United States of America) Required

Emergency Department Job Specific Requirements:1. Prefer 1-3 Years Critical Care/Acute Care or Emergency Department experience.2. Proficiency in critical thinking skills and troubleshooting.3. Proficient in Microsoft :Advanced Cardiac Life Support - RequiredPediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - RequiredTrauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - RequiredNIHSS Certification (Stroke) - RequiredCertification in Women & Family Specialty Area/LDRP - PreferredWomen & Family Center:Minimum of 1-3 years of clinical care history in Women & Family - preferredCertifications: Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) - RequiredAdvanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - RequiredPediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - RequiredNeonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - RequiredIntermediate Fetal Monitoring (AWHONN) - RequiredIntensive Care/Cardiac Care Unit:Minimum 1-3 years of Critical Care Experience - PreferredCertifications: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - RequiredNIHSS Certification (Stroke) - RequiredBasic Dysrhythmia/EKG interpretation Course - RequiredLong Term Care: Minimum of 1-3 years experience in Long Term Care - PreferredCertifications:Basic Life Support - BLS - Required

Benefits:

We are excited to offer an aggressive compensation and benefits package for qualifying positions which includes:

• Competitive base pay

• Matching retirement programs

• Health Dental and Vision plans

• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts

• Employee discounts including car rental cell-phone plans

• Employer-paid Long-Term Disability Life and AD&D

• Paid time off (PTO)

• Education Assistance Program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Employee Referral Bonus Program

• Discounted cafeteria meals

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Service Recognition program

• Voluntary plans including: Life AD&D Short-Term Disability Critical Illness Accident Insurance and Hospital Indemnity

Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.