Manager Nursing

Where Youll Work

The Woodlands Hospital a primary and secondary care hospital serving North Harris and Montgomery counties. Clinical services include cardiovascular services diagnostic imaging womens services (digital mammography and bone density studies) neurosciences pediatric care (Newborn and Level II nurseries) and surgery pathology and pulmonary services and sleep disorders. Clinical affiliations include The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centers Radiation Treatment Center and Texas Childrens Hospital.

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Job Summary and Responsibilities

24 hour accountability for a unit area. The major responsibilities are in providing leadership and communication monitoring the work environment assuring quality managing the fiscal budget managing human resources and ensuring the delivery of competent clinical practice.

Essential Function :

Support and actualizes the Division of Nursing philosophy and goals by assuming leadership in program development and implementation.

Staff is developed to assume leadership roles both formally and informally via role modeling and facilitating staff participation in shared governance structure.

Facilitates development and implementation to solution to problems.

Develops and Implements effective communication channels to provide information to all staff members holding at least one unit meeting per month with posting of minutes and notice.

Directs and Participates in the orientation of new employees evaluates programs effecting employees. an identified council structure with an elected Staff Nurse Professional Practice Council representative.

Conducts unit council meetings monthly incorporating new knowledge and skills to meet changing needs of patient families department employees and institution.

Has a positive working relationship and problem solving with other members of the patient care delivery team including physicians and other departments.

Participates in committees and task forces as indicated.

Facilitates staff to assume leadership roles.

Demonstrates positive leadership skills and communication that embraces changes which results in achievement of outcomes.

Staff actively Participates in clinical decision-making affecting practice.

Promotes a caring helpful environment including the arrangement of the physical setting and assembling equipment in a manner conducive to more effective and efficient nursing care.

Participates in unit service and divisional CQI / CQE programs documents results reports by deadlines formulates corrective action plans for improvement.

Meets established research-based standards of care quality control targets operationalizes CQI.

Develops a multidisciplinary program to monitor quality patient care indicators.

Maintains fiscal budget within established variance focusing on hppd labor cost per day overtime orientation costs SSP costs and medical supplies.

Adjusts staffing patterns according to unit activity and patient acuity.

Reviews fiscal Worksheet analyzing variances and implementing appropriate action plans.

Develops and Manages the unit budget to control operational and capital expenditures for capital equipment priorities based on patient unit needs and according to budget policy.

Shared leadership in place with structured recruitment and retention and PEP / professional practice.

Facilitates professional growth and development of staff utilizing career development staff career development and training CQI / CQE and staff input for development of educational programs.

Demonstrates accountability for human and material resource management with division guidelines and standards by monitoring correcting variances for productive and non-productive utilization.

Complies with personnel policies and procedures follows guidelines and conducts effective performance interviews job standards are understood by employees etc.

Directs and Participates in the orientation of new employees evaluates programs effectiveness and employees progress.

Participates in an innovative program (pilot study research project etc.) that has an effect on patient care within the past year.

Job Requirements

Required Education and Experience :

Bachelors degree in Nursing (BSN) and 3 years Leadership experience required

or

Masters degree and clinical leadership in the discipline preferred

Required Licenses and Certifications :

Registered Nurse : TX (RN : TX)

Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR) - within 14 days

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Nurse Management,Patient Care,Hospital Experience,Employee Evaluation,Acute Care,Healthcare Management,Management Experience,Primary Care Experience,Conflict Management,Nursing,Leadership Experience,Supervising Experience

Employment Type : Unclear

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1