Min USD $47.65/Hr. Max USD $73.86/Hr. Overview The Nurse Manager - ED operates within the ALMH and Nursing Division mission, vision, strategic priorities and goals. Utilizing a shared leadership philosophy, the Nurse Manager assumes 24-hour accountability for unit management and the quality of patient care on a designated unit(s). The Nurse Manager creates and maintains a work environment conducive to effective communication, collaboration, teambuilding and nursing professionalism.
She/he ensures the enculturation of the Pathways to Excellence Program requirements on the unit. She/he assures that care provided on the unit is appropriate to the age of the patients served and that the staff are competent to provide safe, quality, evidence-based nursing care. She/he maintains positive physician and interdepartmental relationships as well as positive employee morale. Qualifications
Education:
BSN required within 2 years of hire date Master’s degree preferred. Licensure/Certification/Registry: Current Illinois RN licensure required.
Experience:
- At least three years of experience as a registered nurse with demonstrated progressive leadership/management skills. Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Demonstrated working knowledge of the ANCC Pathways to Excellence Recognition Program model and standards. Demonstrated understanding of nurse-sensitive quality indicators and basic hospital/nursing regulatory requirements. Responsibilities Scope of Supervision: The Nurse Manager reports to the Director of Nursing (and indirectly to the CNO if Director or Administrator is outside the DON’s direct reporting line).
- Personnel reporting to this position will include nursing staff and auxiliary personnel.
- The Nurse Manager coordinates the management of patient care with unit staff, other departments and the nursing supervisors (on off shifts).
- The Nurse Manager is a leader, mentor and patient advocate.
- This individual must possess the skills to identify, introduce and assimilate change successfully into the practice environment.
- Performs other related work as required or requested.
- I. Leadership: A. Personal and Professional Growth: 1. Demonstrates responsibility for own personal and professional growth as reflected in ongoing education, projects, and annual professional development plan.
- 2. Provides and receives formal peer-to-peer feedback among nurse leader colleagues.
- 3. Empowers self and staff to enhance patient-focused nursing care and quality patient outcomes as reflected in patient satisfaction and quality improvement efforts.
- 4. Fosters an environment which focuses on values, professionalism and accountability, where staff and management see each other as partners in the decision making process.
- 5. Serves as a professional nurse role model and works to encourage and develop future nursing leaders as a function of succession planning. B. Clinical Knowledge: Maintains an understanding of the unit’s primary patient populations and their care needs/requirements.
- Keeps up-to-date on new clinical treatments/services being developed/implemented for primary patient populations.
- Maintains a sound knowledge base of current trends and developments in nursing practice in order to lead unit-based changes to improve patient care delivery.
- Collaborative Practice: Demonstrates ability and willingness to collaborate with peers and staff.
- Shows commitment to the development of inter-departmental/intraprofessional collaboration for improvement of patient care, unit efficiency and effectiveness.
- Develops working relationships with the medical staff that encourage problem solving on all levels.
- Builds and maintains a strong Unit-Based Council to facilitate shared decision-making process.
- Community Involvement: Involves self with professional organizations and community health-related services and agencies.
- Communication Skill: Encourages and facilitates a work climate conducive to open, honest communication and incorporates an effective information sharing process to ensure staff are kept up to date on key changes/issues affecting their work processes.
- Demonstrates a communication style which is supportive and non-threatening, thus providing an environment that allows for open expression of ideas and problem solving.
- Attends Nurse Management Council and Department Managers’ meetings and relays pertinent information to staff.
- Human Resources: Is accountable for recruitment, interviewing, selection and retention of unit-based staff.
- Is accountable for scheduling of personnel to assure quality patient care within budget requirements.
- Is accountable for staff performance monitoring/feedback/appraisal and initiating corrective/disciplinary action as necessary, in accordance with hospital policies.
- Holds regular staff meetings in order to facilitate communication of organizational imperatives/changes as well as unit issues.
- Encourages staff to identify personal and professional growth needs and facilitates appropriate opportunities for that growth.
- Maintains a climate which provides ongoing appreciation and recognition of achievements.
- Supports appropriate risk-taking efforts by staff and peers.
- Assists in the development of and supports divisional programs/initiatives that promote recruitment/retention and satisfaction of staff members.
- Fiscal Management: Budget Preparation: Participates in the preparation of the annual budget for areas of responsibility.
- Identifies capital equipment items needed.
- Identifies and evaluates present and future staffing needs.
- Budget Monitoring: Establishes quotas of supplies, analyzes financial and productivity reports.
- Reviews and evaluates monthly expenditures and operating statements and implements corrective action plans to address variances as necessary.
- Designs and implements cost-effective strategies that will enhance effective and efficient patient care delivery.
- Educates staff regarding operation of the unit and fiscal responsibilities.
- Maintains sound knowledge base of current trends and developments in health care related to reimbursement issues.
- Planning: Engages staff in developing annual unit goals and individual goals consistent with ALMH’s Strategic Priorities, the MHS Nursing Strategic Plan and the ALMH annual Nursing goals.
- Develops mechanisms with staff to fulfill unit goals and objectives.
- Reviews goals and plans of action with staff on a regular basis.
- Performance and Outcomes Improvement: Identifies quality improvement opportunities and uses appropriate QI tools/techniques to evaluate potential solutions.
- Leads intra-and inter-departmental problem solving to ensure resolution of clinical issues and adoption of “best practices.” Collaborates with staff in evaluating standards of care in relation to a particular patient population.
- Measures and validates that identified outcomes are met.
- Assures unit performance measurement data is gathered, monitored and reported and facilitates its use in improving quality and/or efficiency.
- Research: Creates an environment that promotes analytical thinking in the resolution of identified clinical problems and the adoption of evidence-based nursing practice.
- Provides opportunities and resources to encourage staff to participate in nursing research/scholarship activities.
- Fosters collaborative research relationships with other healthcare institutions and healthcare providers. The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
