RN ICU Nurse Manager

Nurse ManagerThis job description applies to Nurse Manager and Nurse Manager-Complex. The difference is the scope level below. This role involves managing and supervising nursing departments. Collaborating with nursing leaders and other facility managers and departments, the nurse manager is key in ensuring excellent patient care, achieving financial objectives, and fostering leadership development. The position is accountable for developing departmental structure, processes, and outcome standards, typically for one unit. The job duties are distributed as follows: 50% Tactical (day-to-day activities like staffing and equipment availability), 40% Operational (budget management, supply acquisition, and employee performance evaluations), and 10% Strategic (developing goals to meet the Intermountain/Regional Strategic Plan and holding employees accountable to these goals).Scope:Level 1 Nurse Manager: Manages <50 headcount or manages a department operating Monday through Friday.Level 2 Nurse Manager-Complex: Manages >50 headcount or more than 2 departments and manages a department operating 24/7.Job Responsibilities:Overseeing the clinical nursing environment, contributing to strategic planning, day-to-day operations, and standards of care.Facilitating collaborative problem-solving, advocating for resources, promoting shared decision-making, and implementing the organization's vision and values.Managing budgets, ensuring employee engagement, recruitment, retention, and competency verification.Championing the use of available resources to ensure nursing care is efficient, effective, safe, and delivered with compassion, in line with current practice standards.Facilitating collaborative decision-making and upholding professional independence by contributing departmental perspectives to executive decisions and ensuring staff are updated on activities at the executive level.Assisting with development, implementation and management of annual capital/operating and personnel (FTE) budget for unit.Using resources effectively and managing expenses to meet financial goals of department.Modeling and fostering an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit.Ensuring competent and sufficient number of staff to meet patient care needs, which includes hiring, orientation, retention, and employee satisfaction.As delegated, ensuring that new skill training and ongoing competency verification is completed annually by providing mentorship and professional educational opportunities.Evaluating staff competency through use of performance reviews and peer reviews.Coordinating performance and compliance with patient safety initiatives, federal, state and other regulatory bodies such as Joint Commission, OSHA, CMS, DOPL, and other unit specific accrediting and certifying bodies.Facilitating use of resources by nursing staff such as nurse practitioners, other expanded role RNs, and other specialty roles.Serving as an exemplary figure for employees, promoting the integration of Healing Commitments and Healing Connections within all facets of providing patient care.Monitoring and improving patient satisfaction utilizing available service metrics and national benchmarks to develop and implement action plans to achieve desired outcomes.Partnering with physicians at the unit level to achieve clinical, operational, and service goals.Supporting the Nurse Director in overseeing, organizing, and facilitating the activities of student nurses.Supporting staff participation in outside community organizations such as volunteer health clinics, health fairs and advisory boards for not-for-profit organizations.Skills:Required Skills & Experience: Two (2) years of clinical experience. Leadership/supervisory experience.Preferred Skills & Experience: Demonstrated experience in the area of oversight.Schedule: Monday-Friday 0700-1700 (with some flexibility) Flexible to meet needs of the floor. Available when urgent things come up for the floor on some evenings and weekends.No certs required other than BLS Looking for someone with leadership experience as well as ICU clinical experience. Prefer to contract to hire- looking for perm. manager.Education:Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution (degree will be verified).Must complete Intermountain Health’s required leadership training and development courses within one year of accepting this leadership position.Required Certifications & Licensure:Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers.Current Nursing License to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice.Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.