Manager - Nursing Unit - Emergency Room

ochsner; Slidell (LA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ochsner Health is seeking a Nurse Leader with unit responsibility for practice, quality of care, and service. You will lead and support staff, manage personnel and budgets, and ensure patient satisfaction while maintaining regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes exceptional leadership, organizational excellence, and self-direction to drive continuous improvement across nursing services in a magnet facility setting.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing school; BSN required for magnet facilities.
• 3 years RN experience including 1 year as charge nurse, supervisor or leader.
• Current RN license in state of practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Knowledge of nursing practice; strong leadership and organizational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assumes unit responsibility for practice, quality of care and service.
• Provides leadership and support to develop and improve staff performance.
• Manage personnel, supplies and equipment in a cost-effective way.
• Ensure quality of care and patient satisfaction through systems and improvements.
• Maintain compliance with laws, standards, and privacy requirements.
• Develop, retain and inspire an engaged workforce.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Time management

Self-directed

Education

BSN

Job description

We've made a lot of progress since opening the doors in 1942, but one thing has never changed - our commitment to serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate. We believe that every award earned, every record broken and every patient helped is because of the dedicated employees who fill our hallways.

At Ochsner, whether you work with patients every day or support those who do, you are making a difference and that matters.

This job assumes unit responsibility for the practice, quality of care, and service delivered. Provides leadership and support to encourage the optimum development and performance of staff members. Manages all assigned personnel, supplies, and equipment in a cost-effective manner. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company's discretion.

Education

• Required - Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Bachelor's Degree Science of Nursing (BSN) required for all Ochsner Magnet Facilities.

Work Experience

• Required - 3 years of experience as an RN including 1 year as a charge nurse, supervisor or leader.

Certifications

• Required - Current registered nurse (RN) license in state of practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through American Heart Association.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

• Knowledge of nursing practice.
• Exceptional leadership skills.
• Good organizational and time management skills and ability to be self-directed.

Job Duties

• Ensures quality of care and patient satisfaction through unit-specific systems and improvements.
• Ensures operational profitability with preliminary budgets, performance data, system reporting, and inventory management.
• Provides care to patients, effectively using the nursing process.
• Communicates pertinent information to patients, families, and staff.
• Participates in activities for professional development and maintains required clinical knowledge, technical skills, training, and credentials.
• Manages, develops, retains and inspires an engaged workforce.
• Performs other related duties as required.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. They are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills. Other duties may be added, or this description amended at any time.

Remains knowledgeable on current federal, state and local laws, accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensures compliance with all such laws, regulations and standards.

This employer maintains and complies with its Compliance & Privacy Program and Standards of Conduct, including the immediate reporting of any known or suspected unethical or questionable behaviors or conduct; patient/employee safety, patient privacy, and/or other compliance-related concerns.

The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Physical and Environmental Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. NOTE: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Duties performed routinely require exposure