Med Surg Nurse Manager

Socket.dev; Lufkin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke’s Health – Memorial Lufkin is seeking a Nursing Manager to lead and empower the nursing team toward exceptional patient-centered care and operational excellence.

In this role, you will supervise Registered Nurses, oversee clinical operations, mentor staff, and drive professional development while upholding governance and communication standards. You will partner with leadership to align unit goals with hospital strategy and ensure staff engagement.

Qualifications

• BSN required with 3 years leadership experience on hire.
• RN license in TX on hire.
• Current BLS/CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead and empower the nursing team to deliver patient-centered care and operational excellence.
• Supervise Registered Nurses, oversee clinical operations, and drive professional development.
• Develop and implement effective communication channels, including monthly unit meetings.
• Direct and participate in orientation of new employees and onboarding programs.
• Support governance structures and participate in staff councils to meet evolving needs.

Skills

Leadership

Staff development

Communication

Mentoring

Education

BSN

MS in Nursing / Nurse Leadership

Job description

Where You’ll Work

St. Luke’s Health – Memorial Lufkin is a 279 bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system. Serving East Texas, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin provides more than a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions of dollars in local charity care and community support. We’re the area’s first Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center, with board-certified neurologists and neurosurgeons offering full-spectrum stroke care. Nationally recognized as a HealthCare Center of Excellence, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin offers compassionate, comprehensive health care, including off-campus rehab and outpatient facilities and services. In addition to its large emergency department, there are 32 private rooms, dedicated imaging and OBGYN, wound care, infusion and lab services.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Nursing Manager, you will be a dynamic leader, guiding and empowering our nursing team to deliver exceptional, patient-centered care through continuous growth and operational excellence.Every day, you will lead and mentor Registered Nurses, oversee clinical operations, and advocate for patient and team needs, driving professional development and achieving unit goals.To be successful in this role, you will embody accountability and confidence with superior communication skills for all interactions. You'll skillfully navigate challenges, ensuring individual performance and overall unit success.

• Support and actualizes the Division of Nursing philosophy and goals by assuming leadership in program development and implementation.
• Staff is developed to assume leadership roles both formally and informally, via role modeling and facilitating staff participation in shared governance structure.
• Facilitates development and implementation to solution to problems.
• Develops and Implements effective communication channels to provide information to all staff members, holding at least one unit meeting per month with posting of minutes and notice.
• Directs and Participates in the orientation of new employees, evaluates programs effecting employees. 6.Has an identified council structure with an elected Staff Nurse Professional Practice Council
• representative. Conducts unit council meetings monthly incorporating new knowledge and skills to meet changing needs of patient families, department employees and institution.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and 3 years leadership experience, upon hire or
• Masters Other, upon hire and
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Preferred

• clinical leadership in the discipline