Manager - Nursing Unit - Intensive Care Unit- West Bank

Overview

We ve made a lot of progress since opening the doors in 1942, but our commitment to serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate remains. At Ochsner Health, you are making a difference whether you work with patients daily or support those who do, and you are invited to discover your future today.

This job assumes unit responsibility for the practice, quality of care, and service delivered, provides leadership and support to encourage the optimum development and performance of staff, and manages all assigned personnel, supplies, and equipment in a cost-effective manner.

• Ensures quality of care and patient satisfaction through unit-specific systems and improvements.
• Ensures operational profitability with preliminary budgets, performance data, system reporting, and inventory management.
• Provides care to patients, effectively using the nursing process.
• Communicates pertinent information to patients, families, and staff.
• Participates in activities for professional development and maintains required clinical knowledge, technical skills, training, and credentials.
• Manages, develops, retains, and inspires an engaged workforce.
• Assumes other related duties as required; adheres to applicable laws, standards, and organizational policies.

Education

• Required — Associates degree
• Preferred — Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Preferred — Additional degrees, business training, experience and/or certifications may be combined to meet minimum qualifications

Work Experience

• Required — 7 years of related health care experience including 2 years of supervision or management experience

Certifications

• Required — Current RN License in the state of practice
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through American Heart Association

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

(KSAs)

• Knowledge of nursing practice and exceptional leadership skills
• Good organizational skills
• Good time management skills and self-directed
• Strong leadership skills

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Medium Work — Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree;

or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

NOTE:

The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Ochsner is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Are you ready to make a difference? Apply today.

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