Emergency Department Nursing Manager – PM Shift

125 Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation; Street (MD); On-site; USD 143,270,000 - 214,906,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

Advocate Christ Medical Center in Illinois seeks an experienced Nurse Leader for the Emergency Department. The role focuses on evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and staff development, coordinating with physicians and departments to meet clinical goals and standards.

The position requires BSN/MSN, 5+ years in the specialty, trauma program experience, and leadership training; compensation reflects a full-time role with comprehensive benefits in a dynamic hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Graduation from approved School of Nursing.
• 5 years of experience in the specialty area.
• Management development training with progressive supervisory assignments.
• BS with MSN or BSN.
• Management experience 2-3 years.
• 4 hours annually in stroke care.
• Board Certification within two years of hire.
• Experience with Level 1 Trauma program.
• Current RN license in Illinois.
• BLS.
• Member of Specialty Organization.

Responsibilities

• Promote evidence-based practice by supporting staff to develop and utilize clinical guidelines, clinical pathways and clinical care policies and procedures that are based on current research.
• Assist and support staff in developing and maintaining competency through orientation, internships, educational offerings, workshops, interdisciplinary professional meetings and self-directed learning. Maintain and analyze data to assure that staff development activities offered on the unit is of high quality and meet the needs of unit staff.
• Ensure compliance with IDPH, DNV, EMSC, and other licensing/accrediting bodies and agencies.
• Develop an annual plan to address quality improvement issues and projects.
• Analyze and use benchmarkable data from internal and external sources to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support staff in participation of quality improvement activities through established systems to include but not limited to, the unit advisory councils, the nursing clinical quality committee and the performance improvement showcase.
• Encourage staff to seek additional knowledge and skill by pursing formal education, certification, and other professional development opportunities and participation in professional organizations.
• Foster a climate conducive to educational experiences for associates and student.
• Promote an understanding and effective use of organizational, management, and nursing theories and research.
• Contribute to the advancement of nursing theory, professional research and scholarly activities.
• Identify areas for improved operational efficiency and involve staff in the development of new processes as appropriate.
• Monitors unit LOS and drives action plans to achieve hospital & unit goals in collaboration with Nursing and Medical Director.
• Ensure appropriate use of systems to capture charges and monitor trends.
• Analyze monthly financial, operational and budget variance reports to assure that financial goals are achieved.
• Initiate cost containment activities.
• Participate in budget planning in collaboration with the department director and advocate for appropriate fiscal and human resources to accomplish the work and goals of the nursing department.
• Monitor unit productivity levels and workforce design to ensure proper resource utilization and role delineation.
• Collaborate with physicians and leaders of other departments and disciplines in the development, implementation and evaluation of programs and services to meet the needs of the unit population.
• Work closely with physicians to develop and implement strategies to resolve physician complaints and concerns.
• Partner with physicians in the development and enhancement of clinical programs.
• Consistently round for outcomes with physicians.
• Actively participate in physician meetings and committees as assigned.
• Implement strategies to assure that all associates understand and support organizational standards of behavior, methods for communicating key messages and methods which serve to increase patient satisfaction.
• Implement strategies to assure that associates understand when and how to implement service recovery and track service recovery issues to reduce their reoccurrence.
• Achieve goals established by system and site regarding patient satisfaction.
• Consistently review patient engagement data and trends
• Review annual statistical data regarding the ethnicity of the population served on the unit. Develop and implement a plan of care which fosters a non-discriminatory climate in which care is delivered in a manner that is culturally sensitive and that is reflective to the cultural diversity that exists within the patient population.
• Utilize an evidence based practice to improve care processes, structures, and measurement of client-centered outcomes and satisfaction.
• Reward and recognize associates who are achieving results.

Skills

Advocate values

Clinical skills

Cooperation

Management basics

Team building

Communication

RN license IL

BLS

Specialty org member

Education

BSN/MSN

5 years nursing experience

Management training

Trauma/Stroke experience

Level 1 Trauma experience

Board Certification within 2 years

Job description

Advocate Christ Medical Center in Illinois seeks an experienced Nurse Leader for the Emergency Department. The role focuses on evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and staff development, coordinating with physicians and departments to meet clinical goals and standards.

The position requires BSN/MSN, 5+ years in the specialty, trauma program experience, and leadership training; compensation reflects a full-time role with comprehensive benefits in a dynamic hospital setting.