Nurse Manager Emergency Department and Wound Care

Overview

Join our team at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center (CRMC). We are a rural critical access hospital focused on delivering compassionate, high-quality care to the Greater Brainerd Lakes Area and beyond. CRMC emphasizes collaboration, growth, and respect for patients and employees. This role leads emergency and wound care services with a focus on excellence in patient care and operational leadership.

• Provide operational leadership and clinical oversight for the Emergency Department and Wound Care services.
• Ensure safe, high-quality, patient-centered care and regulatory compliance.
• Manage staffing, performance management, quality improvement, budgeting support, and department operations.
• Promote evidence-based practice and continuous clinical excellence.
• Balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment; respond to operational challenges and maintain regulatory readiness.
• Support staff through change and complex patient care situations; collaborate with Nursing Directors, charge nurses, physicians, and interdisciplinary leaders to improve patient flow, staff development, patient satisfaction, and organizational performance.
• Serve as department leader in the absence of Nursing Directors; engage in regular unit rounding and staff coaching.
• Participate in projects related to department operations and quality initiatives.

CRMC provides rural emergency care with the goal of quick, effective responses to both trauma and routine concerns. The department coordinates care across emergencies, including organ actions like emergency airlifts, and serves as a safety net for the community while adapting to daily demands.

• Clinical leadership and team development
• Emergency nursing operational expertise
• Quality improvement and regulatory knowledge
• Strong critical thinking skills
• Collaborative relationship builder
• Organized, adaptable, and resilient

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Current Minnesota RN license
• American Heart Association BLS certification within 30 days of hire
• American Heart Association ACLS and PALS required within 4 months of hire
• TNCC required within 1 year of hire
• Prior leadership experience in a hospital setting with a minimum of three years of supervisory experience preferred
• Demonstrated success in hospital-based leadership roles

• Preferred:
  Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

The pay range listed above is the estimated starting pay range for this role. Actual pay rate offered depends on experience, education/certifications, and market conditions.

• Comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; life insurance; and employer contributions to a 401(k).
• Additional benefits: paid time off, participation in 401(k) and 457(b) plans, educational assistance and reimbursement, employee assistance program, work-life balance support, gym membership, and employee recognition programs.

A full job description is provided when an interview is scheduled. If needed, you may request a copy earlier by emailing careers. CRMC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer (M/F/Disability/Veteran). For accommodation during the application process, please call  or email careers for assistance.