Manager, Inpatient Nursing - Cardiac Stroke Center

Mercy Cedar Rapids; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids is seeking a Nurse Manager to lead the Cardiac‑Stroke Center, ensuring high‑quality, patient‑centered care across shifts. The role oversees staff, coordinates care delivery, manages performance improvement initiatives, budgeting, and regulatory compliance within the department.

The ideal candidate holds a BSN, with advanced degree preferred, and has 3+ years of clinical experience plus leadership experience in a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership and people management abilities.
• Experience in budgeting, staffing and performance improvement.
• Knowledge of regulatory and accreditation requirements in hospital settings.

Responsibilities

• Ensures accurate and timely information exchange during handoffs.
• Oversees high-quality and safe patient care using evidence-based practice.
• Identifies quality improvement opportunities via metrics.
• Manages patient and family concerns with timely, empathetic responses.
• Leads department meetings and performance standard development.
• Ensures regulatory compliance and safety standards across the unit.

Skills

Leadership

Coordination

Staff development

Financial management

Project management

Forecasting

Communication

Customer service

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Master’s degree

Job description

Work Shift

Day

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Summary

This position supports Mercy’s philosophy of patient centered care by providing support to customers, physicians, and staff of Mercy Medical Center. The Nurse Manager will assure the coordination, integration, facilitation, and provision of cost-effective, high-quality patient care, within an assigned area, consistent with the strategic priorities and mission of Mercy Medical Center.

Job Description

Job Duties

• Ensures that accurate and clinically relevant information is communicated with patients, their families, and co-workers at hand offs and other times as needed. Take all measures necessary to ensure that the appropriate and involved parties have communicated necessary information in order to allow for the best possible patient outcome
• Ensures high quality and safe patient care using evidence-based practice, performance improvement, and service excellence.
• Identifies quality improvement opportunities based on quality metrics.
• Manages customer complaints in a timely and caring manner.
• Evaluates Press-Ganey or Internal Customer Survey scores at least quarterly, as applicable.
• Implements strategies to assure physician satisfaction.
• Conducts regular staff meetings.
• Develops and/or maintains accurate job descriptions and performance standards for all job classifications within the department.
• Develops and utilizes a formal plan to recognize outstanding individuals or teams in their department.
• Implements key initiatives and demonstrates performance improvement within the department.
• Provides for mechanisms to measure, analyze and manage variation in the performance of defined processes.
• Practices cost containment efforts on a shift to shift basis by efficient use of time and resources, i.e., man-hours, patient charges, equipment, supplies.
• Prepares or provides input to preliminary Capital, FTE and Operating budgets for department/unit by due date.
• Leads and/or participates in department, service line and/or organization-wide problem-solving, re-design or new program projects or performance improvement teams, committees and councils.
• Fosters interdisciplinary, collaborative relationships within the service and the institution as a whole.
• Monitors and maintains unit compliance with regulatory, accrediting and hospital policy for patient services, and environmental and personal safety as evidenced during both mock and actual surveys.
• Demonstrates competency and assists others in computer navigation to access and find needed information effectively and efficiently.
• Follows Mercy’s safety guidelines, carries out job- specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents and injuries.

Department Specific Duties

Cardiac-Stroke Center

• Demonstrates solid knowledge base of National Institute of Health Stroke Scale stroke scale, intravenous cardiac medications, post cardiac cath and pacemaker patients,
• Demonstrates solid knowledge base of cardiac and neurology patient populations.
• Demonstrates solid knowledge base of patient’s Electrocardiogram rhythms

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates effective leadership skills (i.e. coaching, counseling, prioritization, decision making and conflict management).
• Utilizes effective coordination, collaboration, and facilitative skills.
• Fosters a culture of accountability, creative and critical thinking, and staff development.
• Possesses skill in staffing, financial management, project management, forecasting, staff development and change management.
• Maintains a positive, professional demeanor in emotionally charged situations and serves as a role model for staff.
• Committed to ongoing self-development and learning.
• Role Models exemplary customer service skills including verbal, non-verbal skills and proper phone etiquette.
• Creates a welcoming environment for all healthcare team members.

Professional Experience

• Three years clinical experience required.
• Two years management or leadership experience years preferred.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing(BSN) required.
• Master’s degree preferred.

Licensure, Certification, Registration

• Currently licensed to practice as a registered nurse in the state of Iowa or compact state required.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS), in accordance with the American Heart Association required.
• Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse & Iowa Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter training required. Employee must submit certification of completed training to Human Resources prior to start or transfer date.
• Cardiac-Stroke Center - Current certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, in accordance with the American Heart Association preferred. Advanced Cardiac Life Support will be required within six months of hire if not current.

Physical Requirements

Heavy: Exert 50-100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or 25-50 lbs. of force frequently

Pay Rate Type

Salary

_ Mercy is an independent, community-based organization supporting the Cedar Rapids area for over 120 years. _

Mercy is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and therefore evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.