Registered Nurse Manager Blount , Medical​/Surgical Nursing

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Responsible for the 24-hour management of a specific patient care unit(s), service(s), or program(s) in settings as designated by the Chief Nursing Officer and/or Director, Patient Care Services. Directs and supervises the functions and activities of the assigned unit/service/program:
Develops, implements and interprets policies; schedules and supervises assigned employees and ensures the quality of care provided to patients and families. Responsible for unit based budgetary management and human resource management. Assignment to Nurse Manager I positions is made by the Chief Nursing Officer in collaboration with Human Resources based on the number of Headcount assigned. Has an assigned Headcount of 50 or less employees.

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose:
  Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
• Coordinates the delivery of patient care for assigned unit/services and ensures the quality of patient care provided.
• Develops, analyzes, monitors and revises staffing patterns for units and ensures that sufficient and properly prepared personnel are available to meet patient needs.
• Performs a variety of human resource management activities to include Interviewing; hiring; evaluating; counseling; coaching; performance planning; competency assessment and terminating of assigned staff.
• In collaboration with the Director of Nursing, plans, develops and monitors the annual capital, operational and personnel budgets of assigned units and services. Prepares budget worksheets for approval.
• Coaches, directs, supports and evaluates the educational and research activities for assigned staff.
• In collaboration with the Unit Medical Director, develops quality indicators specific to the units' patient population; monitors quality of care using established benchmarks; and involves unit staff in planning and implementing performance improvement as appropriate.
• Ensures that age-appropriate supplies and equipment are available to meet the needs of populations served by unit/service. Ensures that staff assigned to unit have education and training to meet the age specific and developmental needs of the populations served.
• Identifies, plans, implements and evaluates various long-term and short-term projects to meet patient or organizational needs.
• Prepares, implements and evaluates unit goals and objectives. Develops, implements, monitors and evaluates personal performance objectives (including KRA's) on a yearly basis.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Job has direct and/or indirect supervision of employees that may include final budget authority, hire/termination/disciplinary authority, performance appraisal responsibility. Job will be considered a member of the management staff with direct reports.

• Education - Bachelor's degree in Nursing
• Experience - Three (3) years RN experience, including two (2) years in appropriate area of nursing. Nursing Management/Supervisory experience preferred.

• In lieu of the BSN requirement above, a nursing diploma or an Associate degree in Nursing may be considered if the applicant signs a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to enroll in an accredited BSN or MSN program within one year and obtain a BSN or MSN degree within four (4) years.

• Holds a current RN compact/multistate license recognized by the NCSBN Compact State or is licensed to practice as an RN in the state the team member is working.
• Certified in nursing specialty preferred

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Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Location:

Blount Memorial Hospital

Facility: 8001 Blount Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Department:  Medical/Surgical Nursing

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