Nurse Manager, Admissions & Testing

MinUSD $43.71/Hr. MaxUSD $67.76/Hr. Overview

Nurse Manager - Admissions & Testing, 1C

The Nurse Manager operates within the Springfield Memorial Hospital and Nursing Division mission, vision, strategic priorities and goals. Utilizing a shared leadership philosophy, the Nurse Manager assumes accountability for department management and the quality of patient care in a designated department. The Nurse Manager creates and maintains a work environment conducive to effective communication, collaboration, teambuilding and nursing professionalism. She/he ensures the enculturation of the Magnet Program requirements in the department.

She/he assures that care provided in the department is appropriate to the age of the patients served and that staff are competent to provide safe, quality, evidence-based nursing care. She/he maintains positive physician and interdepartmental relationships as well as positive employee morale. Embodies the Memorial Health Values of Safety, Integrity, Quality, and Stewardship that support our mission and vision

Education

• BSN required;
  Master’s degree preferred.

Licensure/Certification/Registry

• Current Illinois RN licensure required.
• Holds national specialty nursing certification in clinical area or nursing administration, or completes within 24 months of assuming role.

Experience

• At least three years experience in acute care nursing as a registered nurse with demonstrated progressive leadership/management skills.

Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Demonstrated working knowledge of the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program model and standards.
• Demonstrated understanding of nurse-sensitive quality indicators and basic hospital/nursing regulatory requirements.

1. Leadership:

• Personal and Professional Growth:
  Demonstrates responsibility for own personal and professional growth as reflected in ongoing education, projects, and annual professional development plan.
• Provides and receives formal peer-to-peer feedback among nurse leader colleagues.
• Empowers self and staff to enhance patient-focused nursing care and quality patient outcomes as reflected in patient satisfaction and quality improvement efforts.
• Fosters an environment which focuses on values, professionalism and accountability, where staff and management see each other as partners in the decision making process.
• Serves as a professional nurse role model and works to encourage and develop future nursing leaders as a function of succession planning.
• Clinical Knowledge:
  Maintains an understanding of the unit’s primary patient populations and their care needs/requirements.
• Keeps up-to-date on new clinical treatments/services being developed/implemented for primary patient populations.
• Maintains a sound knowledge base of current trends and developments in nursing practice in order to lead unit-based changes to improve patient care delivery.
• Collaborative Practice:
  Demonstrates ability and willingness to collaborate with peers and staff.
• Shows commitment to the development of inter-departmental/intraprofessional collaboration for improvement of patient care, unit efficiency and effectiveness.
• Develops working relationships with the medical staff that encourage problem solving on all levels.
• Builds and maintains a strong Unit-Based Council to facilitate shared decision-making process.
• Community Involvement:
  Involves self with professional organizations and community health-related services and agencies.

2. Communication Skill:

• Encourages and facilitates a work climate conducive to open, honest communication and incorporates an effective information sharing process to ensure staff are kept up to date on key changes/issues affecting their work processes.
• Demonstrates a communication style which is supportive and non-threatening, thus providing an environment that allows for open expression of ideas and problem solving.
• Attends Nurse Management Council and Department Managers’ meetings and relays pertinent information to staff.

3. Human Resource:

• Is accountable for recruitment, interviewing, selection and retention of unit-based staff.
• Is accountable for scheduling of personnel to assure quality patient care within budget requirements.
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