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House Manager (RN) – Full-Time 12N
Location: Bronson Battle Creek (BBC)
Schedule: Full-Time, Night Shift (40 hours per week)
About the Role
Join Bronson Battle Creek in a high-impact leadership role supporting hospital-wide operations and patient care. As a House Manager, you’ll serve as the on-site clinical and administrative leader—helping teams navigate daily challenges, ensuring safe patient care, and keeping hospital operations running smoothly.
You’ll work closely with nursing staff, physicians, and departments across the hospital while making real-time decisions that directly impact patient flow, staffing, and care delivery.
What You’ll Do
Provide leadership and operational support across the hospital during your shift
Coordinate patient flow, including admissions, transfers, and bed placement
Serve as a clinical and operational resource for staff and departments
Respond to urgent situations, patient concerns, and service recovery needs
Partner with physicians, nursing teams, and support services to ensure safe, timely care
Monitor hospital capacity and manage patient throughput to avoid delays
Lead or support safety check-ins and hospital-wide communication
Act as the first point of contact for unexpected events and coordinate appropriate follow-up
Conduct routine rounding to support staff, assess patient care, and maintain a safe environment
Assist with staffing decisions and resource allocation to maintain safe care levels
Support emergency response and coordinate activities during critical situations
Minimum Qualifications
Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) in good standing with the State of Michigan required
Bachelor’s degree required
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in Nursing or Healthcare Administration (HCA)
Previous leadership or hospital operations experience
Knowledge of disaster preparedness and hospital incident response (IS courses preferred)
Bronson Battle Creek Specific Responsibilities
Serve as part of the stroke response team, including supporting proper mixing and dosing of TPA
What We’re Looking For
Strong leadership and decision-making skills in a fast-paced environment
Ability to stay calm, organized, and effective under pressure
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
Ability to work independently while collaborating across departments
Comfortable using computer systems and interpreting clinical/operational data
Additional Role Details
Requires frequent walking and standing, with occasional lifting and assisting patients
Involves managing multiple priorities and making timely decisions throughout the shift
Serves as a key hospital leader, especially during times when unit leadership may not be immediately available
Why Join Bronson Battle Creek?
Play a visible leadership role across the entire hospital
Make a real-time impact on patient care and operations
Work alongside a collaborative, mission-driven team
Grow your leadership and hospital operations experience
The House Manager is responsible for supporting the operations and patient care services of the organization. The House Manager utilizes effective leadership skills to support staff, solve problems, and make appropriate decisions. They provide immediate administrative and clinical leadership to unit staff and ancillary departments and coordinates hospital-wide activities as necessary to resolve problem situations as they arise and often in the absence of unit leaders. Works independently as well as with others. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.
For Bronson Battle Creek - Part of the stroke team and ensures proper mixing and dosing of TPA
Overall knowledge of disaster planning and certification in IS courses highly preferred. • Overall knowledge of disaster planning • Must be able to operate and perform basic computer programs associated with record keeping in the Department • Ability to read, interpret, and analyze data from various computer systems and equipment associated with the delivery patient care on the floors • Must be able to work as a team member and be able to communicate effectively with visitors, physicians, hospital personnel, and administrative staff; such dealings may often require the use of significant tact in order to handle sensitive matters Work which is constantly and exceptionally tiring mentally and/or visually. Conditions exist more than 90% of the work time. Involves considerable standing or walking, regular lifting of light-weight objects (i.e., 20 pounds or less) and assisting with heavier tasks such as assisting in lifting and moving patients. Minor straining or fatiguing positions must be assumed, and some fatiguing physical motions are required. • Coordinates and oversees hospital operations. Provides administrative direction. • Resolves crises and conflicts. Provides analysis, assessment and intervention for problems requiring immediate attention. Informs department managers and directors of problems and resolutions. • Investigates problems and complaints from patients, visitors, physicians and staff. Implements appropriate action and follow up. • Initial contact person for atypical events. Conducts initial assessment of event. Initiates appropriate action, ensuring stabilization of patient. Ensures notification of risk management, CSI and department manager and director. • Continually assesses hospital environment for safety concerns including patients, families, visitors and staff. Takes action as appropriate. • Attends all Safety Check-In Meetings Monday – Friday. Leads Safety Check-In Meetings on weekends and holidays. • Coordinates placement of all admissions and transfers. Communicates with Bronson First to coordinate all regional transfers. • Collaborates with physicians and Rapid Response to ensure optimal patient placement. • Monitors hospital capacity. Manages through-put to avoid delays in patient placement. Implements hospital surg plan as needed. Provides hospital wide communication regarding level of occupancy. Collaborates with ER physicians and ER charge nurse when hospital is at capacity. • Leads 0400/1600 Bed Planning Meetings. Works with staffing office to ensure appropriate placement of available staff. Assigns or reassigns staff as appropriate to maintain safe, competent levels of care in all areas, including placement of sitters. • Coordinates communication with outside organizations or their representatives, including other health care facilities, law enforcement agencies and the media. Relays appropriate information according to established policies. Involves public relations in all media calls. • Manages the initial response in the event of a disaster, crisis or emergency situation. Notifies incident commander. Coordinates all activities until incident commander arrives. Communicates with outside organizations or their representatives, including information regarding bed availability. • Ensures compliance with established policies and procedures, including Substance Abuse Policy. Ensures appropriate testing when reasonable suspicion for abuse exists. • Answers all calls for Employee Incident Hot Line after hours, on weekends and holidays. Provides initial triage and directs employee to ER as appropriate. Documents all calls on the Employee Injury & Illness Incident Report. Collaborates with ER physician to initiate prophylactic treatment of employees in the event of exposure to communicable diseases. • Identifies bed bugs in conjunction with EVS manager or designee. Coordinates notification of EVS management, facilities and Griffin Pest Control. Ensures room is properly sealed post discharge. • Conducts regular rounds on all hospital departments and units. Monitors unit activity, level of patient care and assists with problem resolution. Acts as mentor to staff and advocate to patients. • Oversees availability of supplies and equipment necessary for patient care. Provides direction during shortages. Provides direction during computer and monitoring downtime.
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