Nurse Manager-Inpatient Neuro Critical Care and Neuro Intermediate Care Units-Gainesville Campus

Job Category:

Nursing - Registered Nurse

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The Nurse Manager (NM) functions as the first-line administrative nurse leader with primary responsibility for overseeing daily patient care operations and budget with 24-hour accountability for care delivery of assigned unit(s). The Nurse Manager must be able to navigate proficiently within the electronic health record and other technological systems, and he/she is required to frequently apply a set of management principles to ensure smooth operations of the department.

The Nurse Manager must be capable of independent judgement and decision-making in the areas of budget, personnel, patient services, physician relations, and administrative or professional programs. He/she must be able to clinically assist with patient care and be able to function in the charge role if needed. The Nurse Manager coordinates, evaluates and resolves problems and conflicts as they occur.

With support from Charge Nurses, educators, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and other nursing support personnel, the Nurse Manager directly supervises the clinical nursing and ancillary personnel assigned to his/her respective unit(s). He/she ensures and is accountable for the effective daily operation of the nursing unit on 24/7 basis by monitoring all activities necessary to provide consistent high quality patient care, including staffing, equipment, supplies, and services.

The Nurse Manager has knowledge of and adheres to the policies, procedures, and regulations that govern nursing practice and must exercise sound, independent judgment in adapting and applying leadership and clinical principles to specific situations as needed. The Nurse Manager relies on experience, judgment, and collaboration with other nurse leaders to plan and accomplish goals.

• Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia. Professional certification in either a clinical or leadership specialty within two years of hire.

• Educational Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree, A degree in Nursing (either BSN or MSN).

• Minimum Experience: Three to five years as a RN, preferably in an acute care setting. At minimum one year direct supervision of healthcare delivery if in combination with leadership experience outside of nursing (i.e. second career).

• Other: Professional organization membership within one month of hire into the role.

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications:

• Preferred
  
  Educational Requirements:
  
  A Master’s Degree (Nursing or other if possessing a BSN) within five years of hire

• Preferred Experience: Two years nursing leadership experience.

• Other:

• Proactive, engaged, visible leader recognized as having excellent follow through on issues impacting care delivery.

• Computer literacy-advanced computer and data management skills

• Ability to communicate effectively. Good written and oral communication skills

• Customer service abilities including effective listening skills.

• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast paced clinical environment.

• Understanding of budgeting and basic statistical analysis

• Specialty Certifications

• Ability to remain calm during stressful situations

• Skill and ability to instruct, direct and evaluate employees

• Skill in providing professional “specialty” nursing care to patients

• Skill in supervision (e.g. hire, train, assign and review work, motivate, prepare performance evaluations and effectively handle disciplinary actions)

• Skill in adapting nursing care to the emotional needs and behavior of patients

• Skill in tailoring communication and performance feedback to the individual employee.

• Skill in preparing written reports

• Skill in communicating orally with a variety of people answering questions and explaining information and decisions. Never uses only written communication to communicate sensitive information.

• Skill in coordinating patient care services with other departments.

• Skill/competency in use of computer software program/systems impact unit performance/management. Computer…