Nurse Manager - Atrium Health Navicent Peach Emergency Department (ED)

Department: 36102 Navicent Health Medical Center: Peach - Emergency Department

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Schedule Details/Additional Information:

• Full time - 40 hours per week
• Monday through Friday
• Day Shift

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Atrium Health Navicent Peach has served residents of Peach and the surrounding counties for 60 years, as a designated critical access hospital, Atrium Health Navicent Peach offers a comprehensive range of services designed to meet diverse healthcare needs. The facility features 25 spacious private inpatient rooms, 14 emergency treatment rooms, and an Extended Care Program for rehabilitation and swing-bed services. Modern surgical capabilities include a state-of-the-art orthopedic-sized operating room, dedicated surgical services, and endoscopy suites. Patients also benefit from advanced diagnostic capabilities such as a 64-slice CT scanner, digital mammography, bone density testing, ultrasound services, and access to a mobile MRI unit. Additional amenities include a comfortable sleep study lab, an IV-infusion therapy room, and fully equipped physical, occupational, and speech therapy programs.

The Emergency Department at Atrium Health Navicent Peach is a key part of this critical access hospital in Byron, Georgia. Designated as an ANCC Pathway to Excellence Facility, the hospital is recognized for its commitment to fostering a healthy workplace for staff. The 14-bed Emergency Department provides timely, effective care for a wide range of community medical needs and earned the 2025 ENA Lantern Award for excellence and innovation in leadership, practice, education, advocacy, and research. This outstanding team is seeking a Nurse Manager to lead the department’s clinical and operational functions, ensuring safe, high-quality, cost-effective care is delivered by an educated and competent team. The Nurse Manager will also maintain appropriate clinical and professional competency to meet the needs of all patients.

Essential Functions

• Continually demonstrates and supports a Professional Practice model that allows nurses to work in collaboration with interdisciplinary partners to achieve high-quality patient outcomes.

• Ensures that unit operations and employees are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, regulatory agency standards, and policies and procedures.

• Functions as a team member to accomplish goals and objectives of the unit and the organization, upholding quality management, patient care, and departmental standards.

• Assumes responsibility in the recruitment and retention of qualified staff and to ensure appropriate orientation, education, credentialing and continuing professional development of personnel through mutual goal setting and performance evaluation.

• Delegates effectively by promoting shared governance, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes.

• Performs nursing care, assists with treatments, therapies, procedures, and administers medications as necessary.

• Provides and assesses effectiveness of patient and family education.

• Participates with performance improvement activities to improve quality of nursing care, promote patient outcomes and provide a cost-effective environment for patient care.

• Assists in development of policies, procedures and standards reflective of evidence-based practice.

• Promotes shared accountability for professional practice.

• Allocates resources to meet the unit needs. Responsible for budgetary oversight, and along with staff involvement, accountable to the organization for maintaining a cost-effective unit.

Physical Requirements
Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak and understand English fluently. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and / or unit/department conditions.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing required. Current RN licensure in appropriate state. Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred. Must have or complete MSN if undergraduate degree is not BSN. Enrollment in MSN program within 1 year of hire/transfer date and graduation of MSN program required within 5 years of hire. If undergraduate degree is BSN, a Master's Degree from a health-related program or MBA is acceptable. Previous management experience preferred. BLS required per policy guidelines. Appropriate professional certification (either clinical or leadership) is required within 1 year of eligibility for professional certification exam. Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

• Incentive pay for select positions

• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.