The Nurse Manager is accountable for the overall operations of the unit, responsible for quality of patient care, customer service, and cost-efficient operation. Supports the Hospital mission and strategic plan, budgeting and resource allocation, organizational policy, and overall management plan of the Department of Nursing.
Requirements
- Achieve business and organization goals, visions, and objectives
- Administer corrective action to employees not meeting requirements of their jobs
- Analyze, report, give recommendations, and develop strategies on how to improve quality and satisfaction
- Create a unit budget and manage to this by monitoring staffing, supplies, travel, equipment, volume, revenue, charges, education, and food
- Identify problems, provide solutions, and courses of actions
- Interact in a positive, professional manner with evidence of conflict resolution skills
- Maintain a presence on the unit
- Primary involvement in employee selection, career development, succession planning, and periodic training
- Role Model professional nursing practice through collaboration with staff, leadership, patients, families, and physicians
- Serve as a mentor for staff developing into leadership roles
- Supervise and manage the overall performance and technical competencies of staff in his/her department