Job Title
Nurse Manager
Job Summary
Join a leading non-profit health consortium dedicated to serving the health interests of Southeast Alaska residents. As a Nurse Manager, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the comprehensive operations of assigned clinical departments. This includes ensuring optimal patient care delivery, managing staffing resources, and maintaining operational efficiency.
This position is based in Sitka, Alaska, and offers an opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven organization that prioritizes employee development and professional advancement. You will be responsible for the 24-hour planning and coordination of staffing, supplies, and patient care activities, fostering a high-quality clinical environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide 24-hour oversight for planning and coordinating staffing, supplies, and patient care activities within assigned departments.
- Manage departmental financial performance, including budget setting and promoting cost-effective resource utilization.
- Coordinate nursing service orientation for new staff, monitor skill development, and evaluate preceptors.
- Make patient care assignments based on patient needs, assignment complexity, and staff qualifications.
- Review and recommend changes to staffing standards based on utilization studies.
- Revise, implement, and administer nursing services and department-specific policies, procedures, and standards.
- Collaborate with healthcare providers for patient care conferences and facilitate quality improvement activities.
- Assist in staff training and career development, partnering with Education and HR for ongoing education and competency validation.
- Update job descriptions and performance standards, conduct staff evaluations, and recommend appropriate actions.
- Communicate administrative concerns and unresolved employee/patient issues to the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO).
- Oversee and approve staffing schedules and employee leave requests.
- Effectively delegate assignments to appropriate staff members.
- Coordinate Nursing Service activities with other departments and divisions.
- Set departmental goals and meeting agendas.
- Oversee supply and equipment ordering for the department.
- Identify departmental needs for personnel, equipment, supplies, and training for program planning with Nursing Service Administration.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory agency standards (e.g., Joint Commission, CMS).
- Assume the role of Acting Chief Nursing Officer in the CNO's absence, coordinating overall Nursing Service activities and reporting to the Hospital Administrator.
- Respond rapidly and effectively in hospital emergency events.
- Act as a clinical resource, capable of stepping into patient care roles as required.
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
- Minimum of 1 year of supervisory experience in a healthcare setting.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification, to be obtained within 6