Nurse Manager Pediatric Emergency Department

Job Description:

This job description applies to Nurse Manager and Nurse Manager-Complex. The difference is the scope level below. This role involves managing and supervising nursing departments. Collaborating with nursing leaders and other facility managers and departments, the nurse manager is key in ensuring excellent patient care, achieving financial objectives, and fostering leadership development. The position is accountable for developing departmental structure, processes, and outcome standards, typically for one unit.

The job duties are distributed as follows: 50% Tactical (day-to-day activities like staffing and equipment availability), 40% Operational (budget management, supply acquisition, and employee performance evaluations), and 10% Strategic (developing goals to meet the Intermountain/Regional Strategic Plan and holding employees accountable to these goals). Scope:
Level 1 Nurse Manager:
Manages 50 headcount or more than 2 departments and manages a department operating 24/7. Span of control may vary for leaders responsible for complex nursing programs with multi-center or enterprise-wide reach. Variances from established guidelines must be supported by demonstrated program complexity and scope and require iNet approval.

Position Details Benefits Eligible:
Yes

Shift Details:
Full time, Monday-Friday, primarily business hours with some evening and weekend responsibilities as needed.

Department:
Pediatric Emergency Department Primary

Location:

Primary Children’s Hospital – Lehi Additional Details:
Licensed RN experience in an Emergency Department and/or high-acuity setting preferred.

Minimum qualifications include a BSN, current RN license in the state of practice, BLS certification, leadership/supervisory experience, and at least two years of clinical experience.

• Overseeing the clinical nursing environment, contributing to strategic planning, day‑to‑day operations, and standards of care.
• Facilitating collaborative problem‑solving, advocating for resources, promoting shared decision‑making, and implementing the organization’s vision and values.
• Managing budgets, ensuring employee engagement, recruitment, retention, and competency verification.
• Champions the use of available resources to ensure nursing care is efficient, effective, safe, and delivered with compassion, in line with current practice standards.
• Facilitates collaborative decision‑making and upholds professional independence by contributing departmental perspectives to executive decisions and ensuring staff are updated on activities at the executive level.
• Assists with development, implementation and management of annual capital/operating and personnel (FTE) budget for unit.
• Uses resources effectively and manages expenses to meet financial goals of department.
• Models and fosters an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit.
• Ensures competent and sufficient number of staff to meet patient care needs, which includes hiring, orientation, retention, and employee satisfaction.
• As delegated, ensures that new skill training and ongoing competency verification is completed annually by providing mentorship and professional educational opportunities.
• Evaluates staff competency through use of performance reviews and peer reviews.
• Coordinates performance and compliance with patient safety initiatives, federal, state and other regulatory bodies such as Joint Commission, OSHA, CMS, DOPL, and other unit specific accrediting and certifying bodies.
• Facilitates use of resources by nursing staff such as nurse practitioners, other expanded role RNs, and other specialty roles.
• Serves as an exemplary figure for employees, promoting the integration of Healing Commitments and Healing Connections within all…