Job Posting Title Nursing Operations Manager IP

Bayfrontstpete; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Orlando Health seeks an Nurse Operations Manager in Patient Care to oversee inpatient units in St. Petersburg, FL. The role leads delivery of patient care, staffing, and operational excellence, ensuring safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.

The position emphasizes financial stewardship, team development, and adoption of evidence-based practices to achieve optimal patient outcomes and experiences. Full-time, shift varies in a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• BSN required from an approved nursing program.
• MSN or DNP or BSN with graduate degree in business/healthpreferred.
• Two years as an RN in acute care and one year in a leadership role.
• Current Florida RN licensure or NLC, plus BLS certification.
• Board certification in nursing leadership within 2 years.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and operational oversight for an inpatient unit or units.
• Plans, directs, and evaluates delivery of patient care to meet outcomes.
• Promotes patient and staff safety and high reliability of processes.
• Represents nursing in policy development and decision making.
• Implements continuous performance improvement against established standards.
• Manages budgeting and capital/operating expenses for the unit.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Quality improvement

Change management

Patient safety

Education

BSN required

MSN or DNP or BSN with graduate degree in business/health

2 years RN acute care; 1 year leadership

Job description

Position Summary

Overview:Title:Nurse Operations Manager In PatientDepartment: Rehab NursingLocation: St. Petersburg, FLHours: Full-Time | Shift Varies

Provides leadership & operational oversight for an inpatient direct care unit or units. Accountable for achievement of department and hospital goals in concert with other hospital and medical staff leadership. .

Responsibilities

• Evaluates the environment and makes recommendations to ensure delivery of quality service, optimal patient flow and comfort, safety, and compliance with various standards of care, regulatory/governing bodies (e.g., OSHA, JCAHO), infection control, and risk management.
• Plans, leads, organizes, directs, & evaluates the delivery of patient care to achieve sustained outcomes.
• Facilitates a healthy environment that promotes patient and team member safety, high reliability of processes and quality outcomes.
• Embraces workplace diversity and participates in nursing organizational policy formulation and decision-making.
• Ensures that a continual improvement approach is implemented to measure actual performance against established standards for nursing and patient care.
• Serves as an agent of change, assisting leaders and team members in understanding the importance, necessity, impact, and process of change.
• Analyzes, develops, and maintains an effective and efficient nursing delivery model that reflects patient and family needs, ultimately achieving desired outcomes.
• Participates in the planning and implementation of new technologies, procedures, and services to support day-to-day operations.
• Identifies, recruits, develops, and retains top talent.
• Responsible for management of team members including recruitment, development, mentorship, retention, supervision, evaluation, and productivity.
• Develops and manages unit/department budget and responds in a cost-effective manner to changing patient and team member requirements.
• Knows and practices sound business and operational excellence.
• Achieves financial and operational benchmarks by developing capital & operating budgets and monitoring all operational expenses.
• Assures development, implementation, and evaluation of an evidence-based, quality clinical nursing practice consistent with nursing research, and organizational and national practice standards.
• Demonstrates initiative and situational leadership skills.
• Ensures the customer experience is exceptional.
• Serves as a liaison between team members and nursing administration.
• Demonstrates professional accountability by maintaining proficiency in assigned role and involvement in professional organizations.
• Facilitates and supports team member involvement in professional and organizational activities.
• Holds self and others accountable to Orlando Health’s mission, vision, and values.
• Demonstrates The Orlando Health Way: Assure, Engage, Unite.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.
• Manages various human resources functions including hiring, work assignments, coaching plans, and performance counseling.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Education/Training

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with Graduate degree in Business or health-related field preferred.
• Two (2) years as a registered nurse in an acute care setting and one (1) year leadership experience.

Licensure/Certification

• Current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Florida or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• May require one or more of the following certifications based on the assigned patient population: o Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)o Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) o Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS) o Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC)
• National leadership board certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) within 2 years.