Nurse Manager - Med Surg/Telemetry

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Nurse Manager supervises a team of nursing staff in their designated units and coordinates the safe and evidence-based delivery of care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Maintains a servant leadership approach. Post holder is a clinical resource to all nursing and multidisciplinary team members within their specialty.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervising, mentoring, and guiding staff.
• Planning, developing, evaluating, and implementing comprehensive healthcare programs/initiatives.
• Ensuring all regulatory standards for patient care and unit environments are met and unit is in compliance.
• Ensuring a high standard of care for patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Training, educating, and scheduling nursing staff.
• Managing staff and supplies budgets effectively.
• Proactive daily rounding on staff and patients.
• Address patient issues and complaints timely.
• Provide clinical leadership for their team and consulting on complex patient treatment plans, as needed.
• Recruiting, retaining, and evaluating nursing staff.
• Encourage team engagement and collaboration.
• Carry a work cellphone and be available for serious clinical issues.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current licensure to practice professional nursing in New York State.
• A minimum of B.S./B.A. degree in nursing.
• BLS required, ACLS within one year of hire.
• Good customer service skills, well organized, ability to hand fast paced environment.
• A Minimum of five (5) years of post-licensure nursing experience with progressive leadership responsibilities.
• Two plus years of healthcare leadership experience.
• Clinical nursing practice in positions of successively greater responsibility.
• Knowledge of personnel administration and staff planning.
• Ability to work effectively with others and ability to manage personnel.
• Willingness to work closely and cooperatively as a member of an administrative team to ensure effective nursing practice
• Effective communication skills
• Sound judgement in clinical nursing, nursing education and personnel development.
• Physically capable of safely executing the duties and responsibilities required for the position.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's in nursing, or relevant equivalent strongly preferred.
• ANCC/Speciality certification(s) strongly preferred

As part of employment at Southampton Hospital, there may be occasions when travel to other locations is needed to support operational needs.

Special Notes:   Resume/CV should be included with the online application.

• Stony Brook Medicine is a smoke free environment. Smoking is strictly prohibited anywhere on campus, including parking lots and outdoor areas on the premises.
• All Hospital positions may be subject to changes in pass days and shifts as necessary. 
• This position may require the wearing of respiratory protection, which may prohibit the wearing of facial hair. 
• This function/position maybe designated as “essential.” This means that when the Hospital is faced with an institutional emergency, employees in such positions may be required to remain at their work location or to report to work to protect, recover, and continue operations at Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and related facilities.

Anticipated Pay Range:

The starting salary range (or hiring range) for this position has been established based on relevant experience.

The above salary range (or hiring range) represents SBSH’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

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