Newport News, Virginia
Responsibilities include work scheduling, evaluating employee performance and managing employee relations. In addition, the nurse manager is responsible for the quality of work, staff productivity, team morale, nursing unit budget, physician collaboration, and employee adherence to facility and departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Assist with resident care as needed in the absence of regular staff, to include but not limited to pushing medication cart, passing medications to residents.
Nurse Managers are also required to carry and respond to the on-call phone for increments of 7 days every 4 weeks or as needed.
This position is eligible for a sign on bonus of up to $5,500 and relocation assistance of up to $5,000!
What you will do
- Assures the comprehensive care plan is maintained in conjunction with other disciplines by coordinating with other services such as rehabilitation, social services, activities, dietary, pharmacy, consulting physicians etc.
- Expense are routinely controlled and range between 0-5% of total monthly budget for department.
- Ensures the implementation of an effective and ongoing quality assurance program to monitor, evaluate, and improve operations and services.
- Follows facility policy and procedures designed to promote resident and employee safety and reduce health care related injuries.
Promotes employee compliance with these policies and procedures.
- Responsible for the on boarding, orientation and supervision of the nursing staff to ensure safe work practices.
- Ensures the compliance to regulatory statutes, standards of care, and job performance and competency standards.
- Overtime hours as a percentage of total paid hours for areas managed by this Supervisor will be 2% or less.
- Participates in professional activities, in-service programs, and committee assignments to enhance personal, professional, and institutional advancement.
Qualifications
Education
- Program Graduate, Professional Nurse (Required)
- Bachelors Degree, Professional Nurse (Preferred)
Experience
- 2 years RN or LPN Experience (Required)
- 2 years Supervisory experience (Preferred)
Licenses and Certifications
Registered Nurse (RN) - State Department of Health Professions Upon Hire(Required)
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