Nurse Manager of Cardiac Stepdown

Plano, TX

Top Client in need of Nurse Manager of Cardiac Stepdown

Job Summary and Qualifications
  • The Nurse Manager has 24/7 accountability and responsibility for a defined patient care area to provide a climate optimal for the provision of individualized goal directed nursing care that supports the mission, vision and values of the Facility and the philosophy of the Department of Nursing.
  • Performs position in line with Employee Satisfaction, Patient Satisfaction, Physician Satisfaction, Continuous Performance Improvement, and/or Community Involvement.
  • Develops and implements a plan for assuring delivery of individual goal directed nursing care through the use of the nursing process.
  • Provides care/treatment/services within the Synergy Model and Evidenced Based Practices.
  • Delegates tasks appropriate to meet the needs of the individual patient and to the skills of the employee supervised.
  • Develops and implements a plan for care delivery with patient safety as the primary goal.
  • Demonstrates expertise in selecting and managing unit-based staff.
  • Reviews budget and assume responsibility for maintaining operating expenses at target levels.
  • Promotes involvement of self and staff in health promotion/educational community activities; community involvement, lifelong learning and nursing research.
  • Follows established guidelines for compliance with Infection Prevention and TJC Patient Safety Goals and Practices.
  • Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care or the services delivered.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of the occurrence reporting system and reports trends in occurrences to staff, quarterly. Uses this information to improve patient safety.
  • Ensures staff is educated on established guidelines for reporting significant medical errors or unanticipated outcomes in the patient’s care which results in patient harm.

What qualifications you will need:

  • 2 years of Recent Acute Care Critical Care leadership experience Required *Would like to see candidates with progressive leadership experience
  • BSN required; MSN or Master’s Degree in related field preferred.
  • Licensure/certification/registration:
  • Texas State RN license or compact license is accepted.
  • National Specialty Certification or plan to achieve within 1 year of hire.
  • BLS/ACLS as required

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