Nurse Manager ICU Morristown Medical Center

Job Description Responsible for managing the clinical, operational, and financial activities within the Medical and Surgical ICU's. Works collaboratively with physicians, clinical departments, nursing, management, faculty, and other stakeholders to ensure: timely patient access to care, operational efficiency, department productivity, fiscal integrity and patient satisfaction. Primary responsibilities include: human resources management, practice business development, daily operational efficiency, effectiveness, and regulatory compliance.

Job Description Responsible for managing the clinical, operational, and financial activities within the Medical and Surgical ICU's. Works collaboratively with physicians, clinical departments, nursing, management, faculty, and other stakeholders to ensure: timely patient access to care, operational efficiency, department productivity, fiscal integrity and patient satisfaction. Primary responsibilities include: human resources management, practice business development, daily operational efficiency, effectiveness, and regulatory compliance.

• Develops, implements and manages annual capital, operating and personnel (FTE) budget. Uses resources effectively and manages expenses to meet financial goals of department(s).
• Contributes to the strategic planning process, day-to-day operations, standards of care or service, and attainment of organizational goals. Facilitates collaborative problem solving among interdepartmental disciplines. Advocates for and allocates available resources to promote efficient, effective, safe and compassionate care or service based on current best practice standards
• Ensures the requirements for Compliance and Mandatory/Required Elements for staff (Immunizations, Conflict of Interest, licensure, safety training) are met.
• Responsible for unit or department performance and compliance with patient safety initiatives, federal, state and other regulatory bodies such as Joint Commission, OSHA, CMS, DOL, and other department specific accrediting and certifying bodies. Ensures achievement of clinical program goals (as appropriate) and implements action plans to improve performance as needed.
• Effectively uses professional and organizational best practices to ensure the delivery of quality care or service. Participating member of a professional organization appropriate to position and service line. Facilitates and encourages staff participation in professional organizations and professional development.
• Implements and role models company vision, mission, values, and facility initiatives and goals. Monitors and improves patient satisfaction utilizing available service metrics and national benchmarks to develop and implement action plans to achieve desired outcomes in patient engagement goals.
• Models and fosters an environment of professionalism and employee engagement in the department. Responsible for recruitment, retention, and employee engagement. Responsible for creating an effective department culture which ensures an engaged workforce.
• Ensures sufficient staffing levels to meet care and/or service needs, which include hiring, orientation, and managing staffing to a changing census. Ensures that new skill training and ongoing competency verification is completed annually. Evaluates staff competency through use of performance reviews and may utilize peer reviews. Mentors staff and provides professional educational opportunities. Utilizes participative management models. Promotes shared decision-making and professional autonomy by providing department input into executive-level decisions, and by keeping staff informed of executive level activities.
• Partners with physicians at the department level to achieve clinical, operational, and service goals as appropriate.
• Role may require specialty knowledge, skills, and abilities within one or more departments/areas. Please refer to the QUALIFICATIONS section.
• Other duties as assigned

• Master's degree in Nursing.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse.
• BLS certification
• Certification in critical care nursing by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) or have three years of leadership experience in critical care nursing.
• Demonstrated expertise in leadership, mentoring ability, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading customer relations, finance, productivity management, continuous quality improvement, and personnel staffing and development.

• Experience with in a medical/surgical/neuro ICU

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