Manager, Inpatient Nursing Relief

Jobtailor; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Aurora is seeking an experienced Nurse Manager to lead inpatient nursing teams and optimize staffing, budgeting, and care delivery. The role emphasizes resource coordination, regulatory compliance, and performance improvement to enhance patient outcomes.

You will oversee cross-site operations, quality metrics, staff development, and collaboration with physicians and administrators to sustain high-quality patient care and satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher in nursing with RN license and a relevant specialty certification.
• 5+ years in nursing with multi-area experience and 1+ year supervision.
• Strong leadership, budgeting, staffing, and performance-improvement skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and conflict-resolution abilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage resources to provide optimal nursing care across sites.
• Oversee staffing, scheduling, labor management, and budget adherence.
• Evaluate care quality using standards, outcomes, and incident reports.
• Develop service strategies and monitor patient satisfaction indicators.
• Act as liaison between medical and nursing staff and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Promote evidence-based nursing practice and governance participation.
• Float across sites as needed and support multiple departments.

Skills

Nursing Management

Budget Development

Staff Scheduling

Patient Care Systems

Evidence-Based Practice

Compliance Management

Performance Improvement

Critical Thinking

Decision Making

Patient Care Evaluation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Master's Degree in Nursing

Registered Nurse License

Specialty Certification

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Patient Care Software

Scheduling Systems

Automated Patient Care Systems

Job description

• Coordinate and manage resources needed to provide optimal nursing care, including staff, supplies, and automated patient care systems
• Manage resources through systems management and coordinate system issues to assure optimal patient care
• Maintain productivity through efficient 24-hour staffing, scheduling, and labor management
• Evaluate nursing care quality using practice standards, patient outcomes, peer review, incident reports, policies, equipment, supplies, and products
• Ensure resources are available for performance improvement initiatives
• Develop service strategies and monitor service levels against customer and patient satisfaction indicators
• Coordinate and integrate services with other areas
• Maintain relationships with patients, families, staff, medical staff, healthcare facilities, and vendors
• Act as a liaison between medical and nursing staffs
• Facilitate evidence-based nursing practice and decision-making
• Participate in shared governance councils and recommend changes in nursing practice
• Support shared governance through staff accountability, monitoring, and counseling
• Maintain compliance with The Joint Commission and other regulatory bodies
• Develop and communicate change initiatives
• Achieve care management, employee engagement, productivity, and patient loyalty targets
• Plan staffing needs and meet productivity benchmarks
• Assist with development, marketing, and revenue opportunities for new and existing services
• Perform human resources responsibilities including interviewing, selection, promotions, staff development, evaluations, compensation changes, employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and morale
• Develop and recommend operating and capital budgets and control expenditures
• Ensure compliance with Advocate Aurora policies, regulations, laws, and Code of Ethical Conduct
• Provide age-appropriate care based on patient status and developmental needs
• Float and flex across sites and departments according to operational needs

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of RN experience, including at least 1 year of current inpatient Nurse Manager experience
• Two or more years of current inpatient Nurse Manager experience strongly preferred
• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices
• Certification in specialty within 1 year of eligibility
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, or Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree in Nursing
• Typically requires 5 years of nursing experience across multiple areas
• Includes 1 year of supervisory experience managing nursing staff and budgets at the supervisory/management level
• Advanced knowledge of nursing management concepts, clinical practice, and facility policies and procedures
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and conflict-resolution ability
• Strong human resource management aptitude
• Ability to handle multiple demands simultaneously
• Sound decision-making and critical-thinking skills
• Proficiency with computers, software, and electronic systems
• Flexibility and willingness to provide leadership support across multiple sites
• Must be willing to float and flex as site and department needs require
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently
• Occasionally able to lift over 50 lbs. with assistance
• Functional sight and hearing
• Ability to work with mechanical, electrical, chemical, radiation, blood, and body-fluid hazards
• Ability to use required personal protective equipment, including gloves, goggles, and gowns
• Ability to operate equipment essential to the job

Core Competencies

Demonstrates advanced nursing management capabilities, including resource coordination, compliance with regulatory standards, and effective communication with diverse stakeholders. Proficient in staffing, budgeting, and implementing performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and satisfaction.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Registered Nurse License
• Nurse Manager Experience
• Human Resource Management
• Nursing Management Concepts
• Patient Care Quality Evaluation

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Nursing Management
• Budget Development
• Staff Scheduling
• Patient Care Systems
• Evidence-Based Practice
• Compliance Management
• Performance Improvement
• Critical Thinking
• Decision Making
• Patient Care Evaluation

Soft Skills

• Interpersonal Skills
• Communication Skills
• Conflict Resolution
• Flexibility
• Leadership Support

Certifications & Qualifications

• Specialty Certification
• Registered Nurse License

Industry Keywords

• The Joint Commission Compliance
• Healthcare Facilities
• Patient Satisfaction
• Shared Governance
• Labor Management

Tools & Technologies

• Electronic Health Records
• Patient Care Software
• Scheduling Systems
• Automated Patient Care Systems