Job Description

Position Summary:

The Nurse Manager is a Registered Professional Nurse who has clinical and administrative responsibility for the management of the OR/SPD areas in which nursing care is directly and/or indirectly provided. He/she shall be responsible for the direction, provision, and quality of Nursing Services provided to the patient in these areas.

Essential Job functions:

Administration:

• 24-hour responsibility and accountability for efficient operations of all aspects of their respective functional area.
• Maintain awareness of professional issues at the local, state, and national levels that impact the delivery of patient care.
• Implement and/or revise ASC policies to improve quality and ensure compliance with regulatory agencies and accreditation bodies (e.g., NJDOH, CMS, AAAHC, OSHA, APIC, NHSH, AORN).
• Oversee and participate in Board committee (Quality, Infection Prevention) meetings. Maintains meeting minutes.
• Participate in root cause analyses with Risk management.
• Provides oversight of the facility in the absence of the Administrative Director.
• Schedules staff, taking into account case volume for the day.
• Follows up on consultant reports.
• Oversees auditing of processes as part of the quality improvement program.

Communication:

• Meets on a regular basis with the Administrative Director to review and revise goals.
• Conducts monthly staff meetings and maintains open channels of communication with staff.
• Plans, organizes, and coordinates daily operations.
• Identifies staffing needs in advance, assists in utilizing resources effectively.
• Communicates with staff, offices, vendor reps and physicians about daily schedule, equipment, and supply needs.
• Maintains staff files.

Staff Development:

• Interviews and hires staff.
• Facilitates orientation of all assigned staff.
• Supervises and develops all levels of assigned staff.
• Coordinates and conducts in-services; e.g., mandatory annual, new equipment, etc.
• Ensures all assigned nursing staff have annual performance evaluations utilizing information from appropriate sources.
• Counsels appropriately as necessary, handles disciplinary action, reports, and recommends discharge when indicated.

Financial Management:

• Demonstrates knowledge of budgeting and control by preparing, monitoring, and reviewing budgets periodically to ensure cost containment.
• Supports (volume) growth opportunities.
• Schedules staff to meet patient volume/needs for assigned area. Minimizes overtime and agency use.
• Completes payroll. Reviews staffing times, punches, swipes, and overtime.
• Identifies ways to reduce costs.

General Job functions:

• Actively staffs assigned area.
• Maintains knowledge of all equipment in assigned area.
• Maintains and updates policies and procedures.
• Physician and employee liaison.
• Orders medications and supplies.
• Provides in-service instructions on procedures or new equipment.

Physical Job Requirements:

• Physical mobility, which includes movement from place to place on the job, taking distance and speed into account.
• Physical agility, which includes ability to maneuver body while in place.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers.
• Endurance (e.g. continuous typing, prolonged standing/bending, walking).

Environmental Risks:

• Allergens:  dust, mold and/or pollen
• Combative Patients / Visitors

Education, Certification, Computer and Training Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with current NJ Nursing License required.
• CNOR required (Clinical Care Coordinator – OR/SPD only).
• Basic Life Support required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support required.
• Valid Driver’s license required.
• Minimum of two years of nursing experience in a hospital perioperative department or ASC required. Experience in Urology preferred.
• Prior leadership experience preferred.
• Experience working directly with physicians.
• Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to perform diverse work assignments with time limitations with a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to use problem solving, critical thinking and priority setting skills.
• Knowledge of current nursing practices and protocols.
• Ability to lead and manage a team.

Travel:  

• < 10% travel between Summit Health locations

+ Annual Bonus