Nurse Manager Float FT

Job Summary:

Responsible for providing operational oversight, clinical support and administrative decision making for the hospital during the evening/night hours. This will be a flexible shift position that will include some weekends and holidays.

Ensures the delivery of safe, effective, patient care while maintaining regulatory compliance, staffing adequacy, and coordinated communication across all units and departments.

Key responsibilities

• Provide leadership coverage for the entire hospital during evening hours and or night hours, ensuring smooth and safe operations across all inpatient units, and the Inpatient Assessment Center.
• Serve as the onsite administrative authority, making timely decisions regarding clinical care, safety issues, operational workflow, and resource allocation.
• Conduct regular hospital wide rounds to assess unit needs, staffing, patient acuity, environmental risk, and overall safety.
• Maintain clear, consistent communication with leadership team, nursing directors, supervisors, and on call administrators.
• Monitor adherence to all patient safety protocols, including observation levels check procedures, fall risk interventions, suicide risk precautions, medical events and contraband reduction efforts.
• Responded to all psychiatric and medical emergencies and assist in managing urgent situations.
• Ensure timely incident documentation and initiate preliminary investigations for safety events, behavioral events, near misses, patients’ complaints, and environmental hazards.
• Adjust staffing in real time based on the census and acuity needs.
• Support staff with complex clinical decisions such as patient assaults, patient placements, initiation of 1:1/ acuity and block beds.
• Assess block beds, room availability, and unit suitability based on behavior, safety or isolation needs and acuity levels.
• Oversee the flow of admissions, from IAC to the units throughout the shift.
• Collaborate closely with human resources department on matters related to employee performance and the disciplinary processes.
• Participate in hiring, including interviewing candidates, supporting orientation for new evening staff.
• Attend nursing management meetings to ensure alignment with hospital policies, clinical standards, and operational expectations.
• Participate in assigned projects, hospital initiatives and performance improvement activities, ensuring timely completion and effective implementation.
• Serve as an active member of hospital committees as designated, for example, hospital quality council, etc.
• Provide real time staff education, coaching, feedback, mentoring, and professional support to staff.
• Engage in performance management activities such as staff counseling, documentation of performance concerns, complete performance evaluations and provide input into evaluations for unit-based staff as appropriate.