Manager Inpatient Nursing Relief - WI Resource Team

Hugh Chatham Health; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health in Wisconsin is seeking an experienced RN Nurse Manager to lead nursing operations across multiple sites, ensuring staffing efficiency, patient care quality, and regulatory compliance. Requirements include a Bachelor’s in Nursing (or with a Master’s), minimum 5 years of nursing experience including 1 year in inpatient nurse management, and strong leadership and HR skills.

Responsibilities cover coordinating resources, monitoring staffing and productivity, evaluating care quality,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Nursing (or Bachelor’s with Master’s in Nursing).
• 5+ years nursing experience including 1+ year inpatient nurse manager experience.
• Strong leadership and HR management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates resources to provide optimal nursing care and manages staffing and supplies.
• Maintains productive 24-hour staffing and scheduling patterns.
• Evaluates care quality using standards and outcomes; supports practice improvements.
• Develops service strategies and monitors levels against KPIs.
• Maintains effective relationships with patients, families, staff, and physicians.
• Promotes evidence-based nursing practice and governance participation.
• Ensures compliance with Joint Commission and regulatory bodies.
• Plans staffing and budgets; supports new services and program marketing.
• Performs HR duties including recruitment, promotions, reviews, and morale.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Staffing management

Quality assurance

HR management

Decision making

Computer literacy

Education

Bachelor's in Nursing

Bachelor’s + Master’s in Nursing

Tools

Electronic health records

Job description

• Experience: Seeking a candidate with a minimum of 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 is strongly preferred.
• Potential Sites of Support: Zone 2/3: St. Luke's, South Shore, Washington County, Mt. Pleasant, Grafton, Summit, West Allis, Kenosha, Sinai, Lakeland, Burlington
• Additional Requirements: Candidate must be flexible and willing to provide leadership support across multiple sites and departments as operational needs dictate.

Status

Full time

Benefits Eligible

Yes

Hours Per Week

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information

• Experience: Seeking a candidate with a minimum of 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 is strongly preferred.
• Potential Sites of Support: Zone 2/3: St. Luke's, South Shore, Washington County, Mt. Pleasant, Grafton, Summit, West Allis, Kenosha, Sinai, Lakeland, Burlington
• Additional Requirements: Candidate must be flexible and willing to provide leadership support across multiple sites and departments as operational needs dictate.

Pay Range

$51.05 - $76.60

Major Responsibilities

Coordinates and manages all resources necessary to provide optimal nursing care, including availability of staff resources, patient care supplies and automated patient care systems. Effectively manages resources through systems management and coordinates system issues to assure optimal patient care.

Maintains an optimal level of productivity, based on the coordination of efficient 24-hour staffing and scheduling patterns and labor management standards.

Evaluates the quality of patient care provided by department staff by using standards of practice, patient outcomes and other quality indicators to include peer review, incident reports, use of policies and procedures, evaluation of equipment, supplies and products; ensures appropriate resources are available for department performance improvement initiatives.

Develops service strategies and monitors service levels against indicators to demonstrate improvement in customer and patient satisfaction. Coordinates and integrates services with other areas.

Maintains and promotes effective relationships with and between patients, families, department staff, other departments, medical staff and their support staff, other health care facilities and vendors. Acts as a liaison between medical and nursing staffs as necessary.

Facilitates evidence-based nursing by creating an environment that encourages utilization of evidence in practice and decision-making to maintain quality, cost and customer service; ensures integration of evidence in congruence with departmental, organizational, and strategic goals.

Participates in shared governance councils and provides feedback as requested. Makes recommendations for changes in nursing practice to shared governance councils and promotes new approaches and concepts. Supports shared governance by holding staff accountable and by monitoring and counseling department representative(s) to ensure role compliance.

Responsible for attaining and maintaining department's compliance with the Joint Commission (TJC) on Accreditation and other regulatory bodies.

Develops and communicates change initiatives. Achieves care management targets in area(s) of responsibility and achieves target improvements in employee engagement. Plans for staffing needs appropriately meeting established productivity benchmarks and achieves patient loyalty targets

Assists physicians and other departments with development of new services, identifying potential new sources of revenue and/or assisting in the marketing of existing and new programs.

Performs human resources responsibilities for staff which include interviewing and selection of new employees, promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, resolution of employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and overall employee morale.

Develops and recommends operating and capital budgets and controls expenditures within approved budget objectives.

Responsible for understanding and adhering to the Aurora Health Care Code of Ethical Conduct and for ensuring that personal actions, and the actions of employees supervised, comply with the policies, regulations and laws applicable to Aurora's business.

Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required

Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices and certification in specialty within 1 year of eligibility.

Education Required

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Nursing.

Experience Required

Typically requires 5 years of experience in nursing that includes experiences in multiple areas. Includes 1 year of supervisory experience in managing a staff and budgets in a nursing environment at the supervisory/management level.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

• Advanced knowledge of nursing management concepts, clinical practice, and facilities policies and procedures.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to deal with conflict resolution.
• Strong aptitude in human resource management.
• Ability to handle multiple demands simultaneously.
• Sound decision making and critical thinking skills.
• Proficient in use of computers, software, and other electronic systems.

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

• Must be willing to float and flex as the site and department needs.
• Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently during work shift.
• Occasionally required to lift over 50 lbs. with assistance.
• Required to use foot pedals on carts or machines.
• Must have functional sight and hearing.
• Exposed to the following hazards on a continuous basis: mechanical, electrical, chemical, radiation, blood and body fluids.
• Required to wear gloves, goggles, and gowns on an as-needed basis.
• Operates equipment essential to performing the duties of the job.

Our Commitment To You

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits And More

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.