Manager

Manager Critical Care Unit

Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day.

A Brief Overview

The Manager Critical Care coordinates and has 24 / 7 accountability for the operation of nursing services within the Critical Care Unit of the hospital. She / he will utilize evidence-based leadership competencies and strategies to ensure the highest quality outcomes operational efficiency and a healthy work environment for employee partners. The Manager's responsibilities include ongoing maintenance of quality monitoring improvement program and departmental oversight and participation in steering teams and councils overseeing Critical Care and Hospital Medicine. The Manager evaluates employee work performance by providing employee counseling in cooperation with Human Resources Director Critical Care Services AVP Acute Care Operations and CNO. The Manager communicates and collaborates with other departments for problem identification and resolution. Through the Manager nursing activities are coordinated with other departments. She / he will lead department and charge nurse meetings monthly participate in system and department level Shared Governance committees TH Safety and Quality Councils policy and procedure review and development and other teams / committees assigned. In general the Manager works with patients families physicians and other health care providers as well as members of Nursing and Hospital Leadership to ensure the efficient safe operation of the Critical Care area as well as completes other leadership duties as assigned.

What You Will Do

• Supports patient safety environment by promoting an environment that informs and assists staff allowing them to focus on patient safety related issues
• Demonstrates critical thinking abilities with patient care physician contacts and other members of the Management Team
• Monitors staff / patient ratio and adjusts staffing based on identified needs of patients and efficiency of department schedule
• Maintains a rapport and open line of communication with Material Management to ensure availability of supplies and equipment
• Supports and monitors the avenues and opportunities for staff to pursue the journey of excellence through Shared Governance

Education Qualifications

Experience Qualifications

Skills and Abilities

Licenses and Certifications

Physical Demand

Light-Medium Physical Demand

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age color disability gender gender expression gender identity genetic information national origin race religion sex sexual orientation or veteran status.