CV Stepdown Manager

CHI St Vincent Health; North Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 62,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI St. Vincent Health in North Little Rock, AR is seeking a Nursing Manager to lead and empower our nursing team to deliver exceptional, patient-centered care through growth and operational excellence.

You will mentor Registered Nurses, oversee clinical operations, and advocate for patient and team needs, driving professional development and unit success. Strong communication and accountability are essential for daily leadership and problem-solving.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Nursing required.
• Registered Nurse with AR license.
• CPR and ACLS certifications required.

Responsibilities

• Mission and Core Values – demonstrate leadership to meet goals and exceed patient requirements.
• Performance Management – develop quality improvement plans and lead care delivery based on evidence.
• Fiscal Performance – monitor resources and communicate fiscal expectations to staff.
• Workload Coordination – allocate staff to ensure quality service and staff development.
• Management and Communications – coordinate with CHI St. Vincent Health System, physicians, staff and external sources.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Staff mentorship

Performance management

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

Registered Nurse (AR)

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Nursing Manager, you will be a dynamic leader, guiding and empowering our nursing team to deliver exceptional, patient-centered care through continuous growth and operational excellence.

Every day, you will lead and mentor Registered Nurses, oversee clinical operations, and advocate for patient and team needs, driving professional development and achieving unit goals.

To be successful in this role, you will embody accountability and confidence with superior communication skills for all interactions. You'll skillfully navigate challenges, ensuring individual performance and overall unit success.

• Mission and Core Values – Demonstrates the ability to progressively guide and lead groups of people to meet goals and exceed customer requirements. Role models leadership behavior, collaborative team relationships and St. Vincent Health System/CHI Core Values.
• Performance Management (Customer Satisfaction/Quality) - Creates team based quality improvement plans, including definition of team goals, utilizing performance measures and appropriate analysis tools, changing and improving performance through feedback, coaching and teaching. Leads the patient care unit in care delivery based on research findings and evidence-based practice.
• Fiscal Performance - Utilizes an indicator system to monitor volume trends incorporating financial and customer satisfaction measures. Demonstrates an ability to plan, organize and control department resources and communicate fiscal expectations to staff.
• Workload Coordination (Teamwork) - Coordinates the allocation of staff on a day to day basis to ensure the delivery of appropriate service by competent staff as defined by experience, education and skill. Provides for and encourages and environment of self-development and continued learning.
• Management and Communications – Demonstrates the ability and dedication to address issues and activities that encompass the larger aspect operations of the division including the ability to communicate with other members of the St. Vincent Health System/CHI, physicians, staff and external sources/vendors. Maintains an effective channel for productive and interactive communication.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors Of Nursing and Minimum of 5 years clinical experience in a healthcare organization, upon hire and
• Registered Nurse: AR, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire

Where You'll Work

CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4500 coworkers, 1000 medical staff and 500 volunteers we consistently receive praise for care advancements. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community. CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide to others. We care about our team member well-being and offer benefits that complement and support your work/life balance.

Pay Range

$45.04 - $67.00 /hour