Mgr Clinical RN- Intermediate Care- Medicine IMC- Augusta

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• Engages staff in decision making via shared governance processes and partners with others to promote patient centered care and service excellence.
• Supports the nurse manager as his/her designee and provides evolving leadership and management skills for a specific business/clinical unit(s).
• Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility and is a member of one’s professional organization.
• Serves to support the charge nurse and other nurse leaders on the unit to promote the effective running of the care delivery system and ensures that the clinical processes of care are working as intended.
• Assists with budget development and supports monitoring and meeting fiscal outcomes for the work unit.
• Self-directed in learning how to apply lean and other quality skills to reduce waste and improve performance of operations and clinical systems of care.
• Effectively communicates to diverse workforce and enjoys mentoring others while learning the necessary skills for progressive responsibilities in nursing management.
• Works in collaboration with the nurse manager to hold all staff at point of care accountable for performance standards.
• Creates opportunities for self and staff to grow and implements a healthy, safe, desirable work place that ensure for the retention and recruitment of qualified staff now and in the future.
• Promote staff competency in clinical care delivery.
• Holds self and staff to the highest professional and ethical standards, ensuring corporate compliance standards, clinical competency, etc. are met.
• Is an active member of one’s professional community and serves as a role model for professional nursing practice and nursing leadership.
• Successfully works with nurse managers to employ change management strategies and instills in self and others the curiosity to explore new knowledge and ideas.
• Seeks opportunities to advance knowledge and skills through formal and informal educational offerings to enhance understanding of how health care is financed and how to manage a diverse nursing workforce.
• Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing.
• Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision making process in evaluating patient care products.
• Effectively identifies areas of performance improvement of staff and clinical systems.
• Supports nurse leader projects to improve the same - includes assuring service meets or exceed licensure, regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Advances managerial skills to effectively use data and evidence to support decision making for clinical and operational responsibilities and demonstrates awareness of legal and ethical issues related to patient and staff data, information and confidentiality.

Required Minimum Education

Bachelors in Nursing Required and (Masters in Nursing Required or In Lieu Of Option: additional years of relevant work experience and/or other specialized training can be used in lieu of minimum education requirement).

Required Minimum Experience

Minimum 3 years of clinical experience Required.

Required Minimum Skills

Should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and relationship building; desires to see progressive nursing management roles and enjoys/seeks opportunities to coach and mentor others. Seeks to learn and demonstrate progressive skills in the business of managing a patient care unit or service by obtaining the commitment and productivity of nursing staff. Must be a continuous learner who seeks to better understands health care financing; strategy and operations for running a business unit(s); and effectively employ data and technology to support work processes and make decisions. Supports shared governance or shared decision making; manage the design and delivery of care that in based on evidence and focused on quality and safety. Demonstrates interest and aptitude to achieve knowledge of risk management and various accreditation/regulations/licensing requirements.