Manager Nursing - 6A Stepdown & 6C Telemetry, Allegheny General

Company :

Allegheny Health Network

Job Description : 

Date Posted:  3/31/2026
Location: Allegheny General Hospital
Department:  6A Stepdown/6C Telemetry
Status: Full Time
Shift:  80 hours every two weeks
Union: NO

THE UNITS:

Allegheny General's 6A Stepdown Unit is a 30 bed unit specializing in the care of ICU stepdown patients and complex medical cases. Primarily serving as a receiving unit for patients stepping down from MICU, 6A also admits patients from the Emergency Department, outside hospitals, and smaller ICUs requiring a higher level of care for stabilization. The unit frequently cares for patients with respiratory issues (with respiratory therapy available on the floor), drug and alcohol withdrawal, GI bleeds, altered mental status, sepsis, and congestive heart failure (CHF). Nurses manage a high-acuity patient population requiring frequent blood product administration, intravenous access, and close monitoring.

The Allegheny General 6C Telemetry Unit is a 30 bed unit providing specialized care for Medical Telemetry, General Medicine, and Internal Medicine patients. The unit cares for patients transitioning from higher levels of care, typically the stepdown unit. Common diagnoses include respiratory failure, COPD exacerbations, drug and alcohol withdrawal, GI bleeds, altered mental status, sepsis, and CHF. The nursing team dedicates time to thoroughly educate patients and their families on medication management, aftercare instructions, and any relevant information to ensure a successful transition from the hospital to home.

ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL:

• AGH is a Level I Trauma Center

• 5 state of the art ICU’s

• State of the art Cancer Center

• 550+ Beds

ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK:

At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities.  AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

Manages, supervises, and coordinates the daily operations of a specific patient care department providing clinical and administrative leadership and expertise. Contributes to the strategic planning process and attainment of goals of both their departments and the organization.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

LEADERSHIP: Responsible for implementation of mission, vision, philosophy, core values, evidence based practice, and standards of the organization, and nursing service within their defined areas of responsibility.

• Demonstrates and role models professional behavior with all staff interactions.

• Serves as change agent and role model for change to assist staff in accepting and embracing the necessary change.

• Conducts monthly unit conferences with minutes which include discussions of both unit and organizational activities and goals.

• Completes annual performance appraisals on associates.

• Attends greater than 50% of leadership meetings.

• Promotes unit based shared governance to include ongoing support through consultation and assistance in eliminating barriers.

• Promotes RN career ladder with staff.

• Promotes and encourages nursing specialty certification.

QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY: Identifies, plans, and implements activities in specified clinical departments which ensures patient care is delivered in accordance with professional standards for nursing practice and is evidenced based, meets patient safety goals and standards and regulatory guidelines.

• Monitors departmental performance in appropriate EBPs, quality and patient safety goals, meeting assigned goals.

• Develops action plan for any goal not met which includes timeline.

• Participates in 85% of monthly Joint Commission mock tracers.

• Develops a yearly unit based quality plan with unit based clinical practice and PI council based on identified unit needs.

• Assures departmental participation and compliance with Six Sigma projects goals related to through put.

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: Assures that department work collaboratively with patients, families, peers, and other departments in the organization to meet established organizational goals for customer satisfaction.

• Reviews bi-weekly Press Ganey report providing feedback to staff at monthly unit conference.

• Investigates and provides feedback for identified pati