Nurse Manager - Cardiothoracic Telemetry Cardiac Stepdown Edgewood

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Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

40

Job Summary:

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Nurse Manager for our TCU 5D Unit located within the Edgewood Hospital.

Nurse Manager, Cardiac Telemetry Stepdown - 36 Bed Unit
Shift/Hours: Full-Time – 40 hours/week, First Shift

Job Description:

The best nursing career is right here.

Join our nursing team and find out what it means to be “Right Here.” 60% of our nurses have been with us 10 years or more! A nursing career at St. Elizabeth means inspiring hope and healing in those who need it most. You’ll enjoy the culture, compensation, and benefits you want, while receiving the support you need to advance your career.

With five Magnet-recognized facilities and a tradition of excellence unmatched in our region, St. Elizabeth is a place where nurses can flourish, and where their commitment to patients is mirrored by our administration’s commitment to them. Come see why we continue to be one of the most highly awarded health systems in our region.

The Nurse Manager includes 24/7 responsibility for leadership and management functions of an operational business unit (s). Demonstrates the ability to manage a diverse work team to accomplish the strategic plan of the organization, and is responsible for the delivery of evidence-based quality patient care and managing the daily operations of a business unit, including staffing, budget, supplies, equipment,  and physician relations. Responsible for hiring, evaluating, and maintaining competent staff to serve patient needs in a busy, fast-paced environment. Provide direct patient care as required. Demonstrates respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in interactions with all patients, families, visitors and other associates.

Operations:

Manages and oversees a diverse team of associates of an operational business unit. Design/implement efficient services, offer revenue enhancements, monitor expenses, benchmark, encourage service excellence and provide effective communications. Hire and develop staff, evaluate job performance, offer constructive feedback, discipline as necessary, and provide ongoing coaching to ensure activities are performed within department and St. Elizabeth policy. Responsible for establishing short and long-range goals/objectives with key stakeholders which support the department, nursing and healthcare strategic plan. Actively supports the nursing shared governance structure and ensures staff involvement in decision-making. Collaborates with division wide leaders in strategic planning, decision making, goal setting, communication and coordination of patient care services, and allocation of resources. Contributes to the development and implementation of policies and procedures utilizing current research, evidence-based clinical practice, professional clinical practice guidelines, national accreditation standards, and healthcare trends that govern patient clinical care and activities. Maintains effective division wide communication and collaboration with various departments and disciplines including physicians, patients, visitors and other stakeholders.  Manages human resources to meet clinical needs of patients.  Assures that models of care and clinical processes are consistent with applicable State Nurse Practice Act, professional standards, St. Elizabeth Healthcare Nursing Professional Practice Model, and regulatory agency guidelines.

Financial Accountability:

Creates, implement, monitors, and controls designated operating and capital budgets. Accountable for budgetary compliance to defined goals/targets and expected outcomes. Interpret and analyze data to assess, plan, and contribute to the development of capital/operational business plans which support the business unit and the strategic plan of the organization. Adjusts staffing to meet the needs of patient demand ensuring staff productivity. Daily/Weekly/Monthly analysis, interpretation and reporting of financial management tools

Patient Experience:

Develop, promote, and maintain professional relationships to ensure an environment conducive to customer service and high-quality patient care. Ensures ongoing monitoring of patient experience scores and works within the service line to establish customer service initiatives and goals.  Ensure patient experience best practices such as AIDET, leadership rounding, bedside reporting, managing up, etc. are being maintained within areas of responsibility.

Quality:

 Establishes and maintains an ongoing performance improvement program for the business unit(s)that aligns with the healthcare system performance improvement plan. Monitors quality initiatives of the busin