Nurse Manager, Elective Surgery - VUH

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Surgery PCC

The Manager, Patient Care Services is a leadership role that has comprehensive operational authority and responsibility for designated clinical area(s). Their responsibilities include fiscal accountability, maintaining quality and regulatory standards, maintaining a high level of patient/family centered care and service, patient and staff satisfaction, program development, managing and developing teams, and ensuring integration with the clinical enterprise. Provides feedback, coaching and mentoring to less experienced peers and other members of the health care team.

We are growing! Join the brand-new Elective Surgery unit, a 17-bed unit coming to 10S, offering a unique opportunity to help build a new team from the ground up. Nurses will provide care to adult patients who are going through various Ortho or Bariatric procedures.

• Post Elective Surgery Patient Population
• Patients recovering from joint replacements (Hip and Knee)
• Patients recovering from GI Laps (i.e. sleeves, gastric bypass, etc)

• Build Something New:
  Help open a new unit and shape a strong, supportive team culture
• Fast Paced environment: caring for post-elective surgical patients
• Adaptable Environment:
  Ideal for nurses who are flexible, motivated, and ready to grow

• Collaborates to operationalize the mission, strategic plan, budgets, resource allocation, operational plans, and policies for the PCC, Hospitals and Vanderbilt Clinic.
• Prepares annual operating and capital budgets following established guidelines and using benchmark data.
• Develops and monitors the implementation of area specific quality plan linked to organizational goals.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

• Compliance (Intermediate):
  Demonstrates knowledge of the appropriate rules and regulations and apply them in difficult, stressful and complex situations. Able to interpret and explain rules and regulations that are ambiguous or unclear. Directs others in interpreting rules and regulations on the job and trains others in them.
• Leadership (Intermediate):
  Motivates and inspires others to perform at a high level. Puts aside personal needs and considerations for the good of the team. Communicates in a positive and constructive way, demonstrating an enthusiasm for team and unit goals. Takes appropriate risks, showing and accepting personal accountability for actions and decisions. Gets others to share challenges and perform as a valuable member of the team and unit.
  
  Accomplishes results through influence, coaching, communication and commitment with minimal use of authority and control.
• People Management (Intermediate):
  Successfully resolves conflicts and disciplinary problems. Provides counseling and career development planning to subordinates. Constructively gives timely positive and negative feedback, confronting individual performance problems in a professional and sensitive manner. Aware of the values, abilities and needs of others. Demonstrates the ability to create a positive work climate, establishing a feeling of partnership and empowering others. Has set, coached and assessed the assignment objectives of subordinates.
  
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