Nurse Manager, Patient Care- PACU

Job Title

Nurse Manager, Patient Care- PACU

$/yr - $/yr

Manages and has 24/7 responsibility for the nursing practice, patient care delivery, human and fiscal resources, and regulatory compliance of a patient care unit. Maintains a professional environment that supports delivery of high‑quality patient and family‑centered care.

• Manages and has 24/7 responsibility for the team members, operations, and patient care activities of a patient care unit.
• Assists nursing leadership in setting strategic direction for key programs in alignment with the organization’s mission, vision, and values and nursing strategic plan.
• Communicates, builds consensus, and guides the team toward achieving department objectives.
• Promotes and maintains high‑quality patient and family‑centered care in a healing environment.
• Creates a professional work environment that fosters team member respect, engagement, accountability, and optimal patient outcomes.
• Promotes appreciative inquiry and evidence‑based, ethical, and compassionate practice.
Acquires and manages staffing for the patient care europe. Collaborates with HR for requirements.
• Provides direction and guidance to patient care unit team members and supervisors.
• Facilitates performance reviews, promotions, pay, and corrective actions.
• Serves as a role model for standards of professional practice (clinical, educational, and leadership).
• Assists in career development planning for team members.
• Educates teams in new and existing department procedures and systems (information systems, fiscal responsibility, etc.).
• Manages patient care unit budget, monitors expenditures, and implements action plans when variances are present.
• Monitors performance metrics that support decision‑making to achieve optimal performance levels.
• Ensures adherence to the established care delivery model, using knowledge of scope and standards of practice.
• Facilitates continual compliance for the Aziz unit with the JC, CMS, New York State, DOH, Public Health Law, HIPAA regulations, system, hospital, and department standards.
• Demonstrates current knowledge of clinical competencies for the patient population under oversight in order to manage direct patient care.
• Maintains current knowledge of scope and standards of practice, healthcare legislation, and population health.
• Identifies and leads opportunities to make changes to improve operations across teams using evidence‑based strategies and solutions.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act; duties not mentioned here but considered related are not essential functions.

• Base degree:
  Bachelor of Science in Nursing (required). Master’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
Current license to practice as a Registered Professional harvested Nurse in New York State (required).
• Specialized certifications as needed.
• 6‑8 years of nursing experience and 2‑5 years of leadership/management experience (required).

Not Applicable

Full‑time

Other

Hospitals and Health Care