Nurse Manager - WIC - Galveston

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

RN with a Bachelor’s degree in nursing. Five (5) years clinical experience which includes two (2) years of progressive management experience (i.e. Charge Nurse, Nursing Supervisor, Nurse Administrator, or Assistant Nurse Manager) required. Current license or valid permit to practice professional nursing in Texas. Certification in nursing specialty or administration required.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, REGISTRATIONS:

• RN
• BLS

• Specialty Certification

   

   

   

  JOB SUMMARY:

The Nurse Manager is accountable for the effective delivery of competent, compassionate, and efficient care for specific patient care unit(s) on a 24-hour basis. This includes oversight for clinical operations and human resources, financial, and quality management.

JOB DUTIES: 

Clinical Operations – In collaboration with Director, Patient Care and Assistant Chief Nursing Officer:

• Develops work processes and systems to facilitate excellent patient care outcomes and patient, staff and physician satisfaction.
• Facilitates communication and ensures proper flow of information.
• Oversees patient flow in patient care and support areas.
• Ensures operational effectiveness, emphasizing cost containment without jeopardizing patient care priorities, improvement, innovation or quality of care.
• Investigates any patient care and/or administrative problems and keeps lines of communication open with directors, managers, and staff to ensure high employee morale and a professional, safe patient care environment.
• Partners with service-wide leadership to interpret policies and operational procedures, resolving problems related to staffing, and utilization of facilities, equipment and supplies, as required.
• Ensures the effective delivery of competent, compassionate and efficient care by monitoring and evaluating patient care processes and outcomes on the patient care unit(s).
• Facilitates shared governance at the unit level and throughout Nursing Service.
• Represents UTMB in its relationships with other health organizations, professional organizations, government and accrediting agencies. 
• Collaborates with leaders from local institutions of higher education to provide a supportive learning environment for students of various healthcare programs.
• Partners with professional colleagues on research studies or programs that involve patients as study subjects.
• Provides support to staff during the development, implementation, and utilization of information systems that impact the delivery of patient care services within the hospital.
• Identifies appropriate internal controls for department; provides mechanisms to monitor and enforce compliance.

Human Resource Management

• Communicates with nursing staff at all levels of the institution in a professional manner.
• Provides leadership and direction for the staff on the patient care unit(s) while supporting and actualizing the goals of the department, division, service, hospital, and university.
• Recruits and retains competent, compassionate staff while monitoring performance standards and promoting fair labor practices.