Nurse Manager, Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)

Nurse Manager, Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)

The Nurse Manager operates within the Decatur Memorial Health (DMH) and Nursing Division mission, vision, strategic priorities and goals. Utilizing a shared leadership philosophy, the Nurse Manager assumes 24-hour accountability for unit management and the quality of patient care on a designated unit(s). The Nurse Manager creates and maintains a work environment conducive to effective communication, collaboration, teambuilding and nursing professionalism. Assures that care provided on the unit is appropriate to the age of the patients served and that staff are competent to provide safe, quality, evidence-based nursing care. Maintains positive physician and interdepartmental relationships as well as positive employee morale. Embodies the Memorial Health System Performance Excellence Standards of Safety, Courtesy, Quality, and Efficiency that support our mission, vision and values.

Qualifications

Education :

BSN required; Master's degree preferred.

Licensure / Certification / Registry :

Current Illinois RN licensure required.

Holds national specialty nursing certification in clinical area or nursing administration, or completes within 24 months of assuming role.

Experience :

Minimum three years' experience in acute care nursing as a registered nurse with demonstrated progressive leadership / management skills.

Other Knowledge / Skills / Abilities :

Demonstrated understanding of nurse-sensitive quality indicators and basic hospital / nursing regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

Leadership :

• Personal and Professional Growth :
• Demonstrates responsibility for own personal and professional growth as reflected in ongoing education, projects, and annual professional development plan.
• Provides and receives formal peer-to-peer feedback among nurse leader colleagues.
• Empowers self and staff to enhance patient-focused nursing care and quality patient outcomes as reflected in patient satisfaction and quality improvement efforts.
• Fosters an environment which focuses on values, professionalism and accountability, where staff and management see each other as partners in the decision making process.
• Serves as a professional nurse role model and works to encourage and develop future nursing leaders as a function of succession planning.

Clinical Knowledge :

Collaborative Practice :

Community Involvement :

Communication Skill :

Human Resource :

Fiscal Management :

Embodies the Memorial Health System Performance Excellence Standards of Safety, Courtesy, Quality, and Efficiency that support our mission, vision and values :

Planning :

Performance and Outcomes Improvement :

Research :

Performs other related work as required or requested.