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Clinical Nurse Manager
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Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois, 60068, USA
Listed on 2026-02-16
Listing for:
Advocate Health Care
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-16
Job specializations:
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Nursing
Director of Nursing, Nurse Educator
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Serves as chief retention officer for unit/dept.
- Articulates and understands clinical nursing practice issues and provides staff with necessary resources to deliver nursing care.
- Involves RNs and other unit staff in unit governance and mentors leadership skills.
- Encourages and role models reward and recognition programs.
- Recognizes staff who perform exemplary customer service.
- Implements flexible scheduling and staffing models.
- Monitors and documents performance of staff and takes appropriate disciplinary measures when necessary.
- Monitors unit retention, conducts exit interviews and acts on them.
- Utilizes internal resources to plan, develop, implement and evaluate orientation programs, in-service education, and professional growth and development programs for staff.
- Supports “new hires” through a structured orientation program. Coaches and provides feedback to orientees.
- Fosters peer preceptor and mentoring relationships within staff.
- Mentors staff in career and professional development.
- Maintains effective working relations with both internal and external customers
- Collaborates with physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals to assure delivery of quality care.
- Actively participates in hospital committees and continuous quality improvement projects.
- Collaborates with peers in the integration of clinical standards to meet patient and unit needs.
- Coordinates with internal/external customers to facilitate patient satisfaction as well as cost effectiveness.
- Assures that education relevant to patient/family needs are implemented
- Manages, develops, implements and evaluates standards of nursing to facilitate quality patient care, efficiency and cost effectiveness.
- Assumes 24-hour accountability for assigned area of operation.
- Annually reviews and approves all departmental standards of care, policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Establishes in conjunction with the director and care coordinator criteria for monitoring of quality indicators in accordance with Condell's quality management program.
- Develops and implements quality improvement processes in response to nurse sensitive, hospital and system quality indicators, to improve patient care outcomes.
- Provides strategic planning and direction for the implementation of unit goals and implements change to enhance effectiveness of patient care.
- Continually monitors compliance with all regulatory agency standards, policies/procedures at the unit level.
- Fosters an environment of clinical excellence.
- Collaborates with the director and nursing staff to jointly plan patient care, develop education opportunities for staff and resolve interdisciplinary conflicts.
- Establishes staffing requirements and plans for appropriate utilization of human resources.
- Assesses acuity, caseload and complexity of patients to determine staffing levels.
- Prepares of departmental budgets (supplies, equipment, personnel). Responsible for budget management and performance and fiscal oversight of all areas of responsibility.
- Monitors utilization of staff, supplies, and equipment for optimal efficiency, and makes recommendations as appropriate.
- Ensures charges are entered appropriately on a daily basis.
- Appropriately manages budgeted vs. actual FTEs, open requisitions, profile processing, performance reviews, and salary adjustments within policy guidelines.
- Analyzes acuity, staffing and outcome variances.
- (Revenue departments only) Maintains an up-to-date charge master for the area; maintains up-to-date RVUs/cost standards in TSI.
- Prepares an annual budget and monitors budgetary expenditures. Reports, and implements a plan to address variances on an ongoing basis.
- Develops new and expanding program proposals with cost/budget implications.
- Determines priority levels of capital and completes feasibility studies as needed in collaboration with the Director of Nursing and Finance.
- Ensures that all departmental expenses are processed appropriately, timely, and according to Advocate’s financial control policy and corporate compliance guidelines.
- Identifies inventory levels and costs of supplies maintained in the area.
- Responsible for personal and professional growth and development
- Maintains awareness of new trends,…
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