Cancer Center Nurse Manager

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MUSC Hollings Cancer Center Orangeburg time type:
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- ** Job Description Summary
** Manages one or more functional areas of a department. Manages two or more professional and support staff including subordinate supervisors. Manages compliance and quality metrix for the center. Fills in as a registered nurse in infusion or radiation oncology when applicable. Typically has hire, fire, or promotion authority. Evaluates and makes improvements to department processes while ensuring compliance with organizational policies and applicable laws and regulations.

More discretion and greater financial authority than other lower management levels. Manages initiatives, strategic priorities and programs which have an impact on the organization. Works independently and in collaboration with leadership to support the budget process and meeting key operational goals. Plans, organizes, facilitates, monitors, and evaluates activities and functions of the department/functional business area based employee/organizational goals. Collaborates with leaders to establish operating procedures, enhance clinical/non-clinical workflows, increase productivity, and improve overall quality outcomes and operational efficiencies within a variety of delivery settings.
** Entity
* * Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)
** Worker Type
** Employee
* * Worker Sub-Type
** Regular
* * Cost Center
** CC004782 ORBG - Cancer Oncology Center
** Pay Rate Type
** Salary
* * Pay Grade
** Health-33
** Scheduled Weekly Hours
** 40
* * Work Shift
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* Job Summary:

** Provides professional nursing leadership responsible for promoting and restoring patients' health by developing day-to-day management and long-term planning of the patient care area within an assigned unit/department.##

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required. Must have a current license in the state of South Carolina as a registered nurse. Three (3) years’ experience in a clinical specialty required. One year of supervisory/ leadership experience and certification in a clinical specialty preferred. Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required.

ACLS certification is required within 6 months of hire.
** Work Environment:
** Regularly exposed to the risk of blood-borne diseases. Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances. Exposed to unpleasant elements (accidents, injuries, and illnesses). Subject to varying and unpredictable situations. Must be able to handle emergency or crisis situations. May perform emergency care. Occasionally subjected to irregular hours.##

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Oversees daily operations providing supervision of the Clinical Unit Leaders, licensed nurses, and unlicensed unit staff. May indirectly supervise others as needed.##

Essential Functions:

* Communicates with Director on a regular basis regarding day-to-day operational issues.
* Collaborates with care team to develop individualized plan of care participating in Interdisciplinary Care Planning rounds.
* Collaborates with Director in completing performance evaluations.
* Rounds daily on every inpatient utilizing Studer principles.
* Coaches staff in providing an optimal patient experience utilizing hourly rounding, AIDET, ACT, use of white boards, clinical care, etc.
* Ensures appropriate staffing and assists in the daily adjustments to staffing required to have appropriate nurse/patient ratios. May need to fill in for chemotherapy infusion when staffing is short.
* Ensures compliance with matrix.
* Assists in responding to event reports, follow-up and re-training.
* Provides first line customer service response and service recovery.
* May assist with assigning and/or completing duties listed on charge nurse report sheet, including crash cart checks, narcotic counts and discrepancy resolution, etc.
* Assists Department leaders in orientation of new employees.
* Works closely with Nursing Residency / Student Coordinator to…