Nursing Manager - Inpatient Admission, Transfer & Discharge Nurses

Position: Nursing Manager - Inpatient Admission, Transfer & Discharge Nurses - Full Time

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year.

Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

Core Job Functions

• Oversee patient flow through designated clinical areas.
• Maintain nursing guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
• Maintain nursing operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.
• Assure quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care, enforcing adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements, and to other governing agency regulations, and measuring health outcomes against standards.
• Maintain nursing staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training nurses and auxiliary staff.
• Complete patient care requirements by assigning nursing and staff.
• Maintain nursing staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their friends and families.
• Promote patients’ independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching and counseling patients, and reinforcing patients’ understanding of disease, medications, and self-care.
• Resolve patient needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment by designing and implementing related procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Account for the collection of data to ensure performance improvement and optimal customer service standards.
• Assure all staff meet mandatory continuing education requirements and yearly hospital based competencies.
• Provide insight on the unit(s) operations to nursing leadership to assist in the development of strategic planning and departmental expansion.
• Establish and continuously assess the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures. Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

Core Qualifications Education

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing, Bachelor’s degree (BSN) preferred. RNs hired with an Associates (ASN) degree have 2 years to complete the BSN degree.

Certification and Licensing

• Valid Florida Registered Nurse License, ACLS, BLS certification from the American Heart Association required.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes

• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form
• Proficiency in computer software (i.e. Microsoft Office)
• Knowledge of business and management principles
• Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others.
• Ability to lead, motivate, develop and train others.

Job Status

Full time

Employee Type

Staff

Pay Grade

H17

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Health Care Provider

Industries

Higher Education

EEO Statement

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.  for additional information.

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