A manager oversees daily operations, leads team members, and ensures organizational goals are met through strategic planning, hiring, training, and performance evaluation. Key responsibilities include budgeting, resource allocation, policy enforcement, conflict resolution, and driving productivity. Requires strong leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this intends to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks performed as assigned.
Education:
Graduate from NLN School of Nursing. BSN or actively pursuing degree, preferred.
License:
Current unrestricted Mississippi State licensure as a Registered Nurse.
Certifications:
Must complete and maintain BCLS upon hire and/or transfer and ACLS must be acquired and maintained.
Experience:
Three (3) years progressive professional nursing experience in an acute care hospital required. Management experience preferred.
Reports to:
Director of CNO as appropriate.
Supervises:
Nurse Navigator/Patient Care Coordinator, RNs, LPNs, Medical Assistants.
Physical Demands:
Stands, turns, bends, stoops, lifts, climbs, and uses many physical motions in performing day-to-day activities. Auditory acuity to hear patient verbal communication and gather data using auscultator skills. Manual dexterity of hands and feet to ambulate 6-7 ½ hrs per 8 hr shift and adroitly manage multiple pieces of equipment/tubes/invasive lines. Must be able to stand for extended periods of time and do a great deal of walking without experiencing undue fatigue. Must have high energy level and be capable of handling high pressure situations. May be exposed to communicable disease or radiation.
Mental Demands:
Keen mental faculties/assessment and decision making skills in the management of acute and chronically ill patients. Communication/speaking/enunciation skills to receive and give information in person and by telephone. Must be capable of handling high pressure situations. Must have emotional stability conducive to dealing with high stress levels associated with care of acute patient/family, rapidly changing patient conditions, emotional demands of patients and families, and demands of maintaining effective working relationships with peers, managers, physicians, and other health care workers.
Special Demands:
Must possess superior customer service skills and professional etiquette. Must possess proficient knowledge and ability to use a computer (must be keyboard proficient) and other office technology (i.e., telephone, fax, etc.). Must have intermediate knowledge of MS Outlook and Word.