Clinical Manager - Med/Surg

University-Medical-Center-of-Southern-Nevada; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada seeks an experienced nurse leader to manage one or more clinical units, ensuring safe, high‑quality patient care. The role involves staffing oversight, budget participation, and staff supervision within a Magnet-recognized academic medical center.

Qualified candidates will hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing with at least five years of clinical nursing experience, including two years in a supervisory capacity. Nevada RN license and BLS are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing.
• Five years of clinical nursing experience, two years in a supervisory role or higher.

Responsibilities

• Manage one or more clinical units and determine staffing levels to meet organizational goals.
• Participate in unit budget development and monitor compliance with standards.
• Supervise nursing staff and ensure high-quality patient care in a Magnet and Pathway to Excellence environment.

Skills

Staff supervision

Clinical nursing

Communication

Budgeting

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Job description

EMPLOYER-PAID PENSION PLAN (NEVADA PERS)

COMPETITIVE SALARY & BENEFITS PACKAGE

As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life‑saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada’s highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.

UMC is home to Nevada's ONLYNonprofit Level I Trauma Center, Verified Burn Center, and Multi-Organ Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet®-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.

Position Summary:

Manages one or more clinical units. Duties include determining appropriate staffing levels to achieve organizational goals, participating in development of the unit budget, monitoring the units' compliance with standards and supervision of nursing staff.

Various Medical Surgical Departments

- 2SO MS - 6094

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing. Five (5) years of clinical nursing experience, two (2) years of which were in a supervisory role or higher. May consider candidates with (4) years of experience in a nursing lead role and completion of required hospital management training class.

Licensing/Certification Requirements:

Valid license from the State of Nevada to Practice as a Registered Nurse, and; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification accepted by the American Heart Association (AHA). Some positions may require one or more of the following: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification; Trauma Nurse Core Certification (TNCC); Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS); Neonatal Resuscitation Protocol (NRP); additional certification in a Specialty Area.

Preferred (Recent, within the last 5 years, Experience with the following):

• STRONG CLINICAL MANAGER / SUPERVISOR NURSE EXPERIENCE SPECIFIED IN DETAIL WHETHER RELIEF OR ASSIGNED must be documented within employment application.
• TWO (2) YEARS OF RECENT DOCUMENTED EXPERIENCE IN AN ACUTE CARE SETTING.
• RECENT DOCUMENTED Supervisory Experience with Psychiatric / Behavioral patients a plus.
• Familiar with both Pathway to Excellence and Magnet standards
• Comfort level and skills in leading and making decisions using shared governance framework

Knowledge of:

Nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and coordination of patient care); disease process; patient care plan development; patient evaluation and assessment techniques; body mechanics used with ambulating, transferring and repositioning patients; Federal, state and local laws and regulations affecting health care services and Joint Commission Accreditation for Health Organizations (JCAHO) standards; quality assurance and performance improvement principles and methods; Nurse Practice Act; supervisory principles and practices; department and hospital safety practices and procedures; patient rights; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures; age specific care practices.

Skill in:

Assigning and monitoring the work of others; evaluating quality control; implementing nursing process including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation; supervising and training staff; developing and monitoring budgets; developing staffing plans; performing data analysis; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds under stressful conditions; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Mobility to work in a typical clinical setting, including stamina to stand and/or sit for extended periods of time, strength to examine and treat varied individuals, vision to use standard office equipment and read printed materials and a VDT screen, and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in both oral and written forms. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.