Nurse Manager - Acute Med Surg

Advocate Aurora Health; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 106,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits eligible

Job summary

Advocate Health's High Point Medical Center seeks an experienced Nursing Leader to guide Medical Telemetry services. The role emphasizes staff development, quality care, and collaboration across disciplines within a 351-bed facility.

The position requires strong communication, conflict resolution, and teamwork; it includes full-time hours, Monday–Friday with rotating weekend call, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Functions effectively under stressful conditions and difficult situations.
• Ability to work effectively with the team.
• Good computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership to staff to ensure goals are met by developing performance standards and supporting the Mission and Evidence-based practice.
• Collaborates across the organization, communicates information effectively, and serves as a resource to staff and other departments.
• Coordinates nursing care with other healthcare disciplines and ensures quality and appropriate health care delivery.
• Promotes a culture of safety and monitors quality, safety and outcomes with the Care Delivery Model.
• Ensures patient rights and privacy; facilitates service recovery and shared governance.
• Manages budgeting with the Director of Nursing and allocates resources based on patient needs and benchmarks.
• Fosters professional development and shared governance to enhance care delivery and staff satisfaction.
• Upholds nursing practice standards and promotes best practices and patient advocacy.
• Ensures patient care aligns with population needs and maintains competency in clinical areas.

Skills

Excellent communication

Negotiation

Stress management

Teamwork

Computer skills

Job description

Department:
35218 High Point Medical Center - Nursing: Medical Telemetry

Status:
Full time

Benefits Eligible:
Yes

Hou rs Per Week:
40

Pay Range:
$51.05 - $76.60

High Point Medical Center, part of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, is deeply rooted in the High Point community. Our strong sense of commitment extends to patient care, where we strive to meet all the needs of our patients—right here at home. Our 351-bed hospital serves the residents of High Point and surrounding areas providing a wide range of patient- and family-centered care backed by the expertise of a nationally recognized academic medical center. Our hospital offers a full range of hospital-based services, including emergency services, cardiovascular services, vascular surgery, general surgery (including robotics), bariatric surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic and spine surgery, women’s services (OB, GYN surgery, and GYN oncology), behavioral health, and inpatient rehabilitation.

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

• Full time
• Monday-Friday
• Rotating weekend call with hospital nurse leaders

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

1. Provides leadership to staff to ensure short and long-term goals are met by developing standards of performance and capitalizing on employee strengths, supporting the Mission, Vision, Core Values and Evidence-based practice. Assures appropriate orientation, education, credentialing, and continuing professional development for personnel.

2. Collaborates effectively throughout the organization by developing collegial relationships and communicating information effectively, encouraging communication and serving as a resource to staff and other departments.

3. Coordinates nursing care with other healthcare disciplines and assists in integrating services across the continuum of care. Accountable for the quality and appropriateness of health care delivery and for the environment in which clinical nursing is practiced.

4. Promotes a quality culture of safety for patients, self, co-workers, and facility in conjunction with the Director of Nursing and Medical Director. Assumes responsibility for the Care Delivery Model by developing systems to monitor and measure the quality, safety and outcomes, and implementing performance improvement measures for identified metrics.

5. Ensures care is delivered with respect for patient’s rights and preferences. Maintains privacy, confidentiality, and security for patients and staff. Facilitates resolution of conflicts, collaborates with Service Excellence to promote service recovery, and empowers staff in decision-making through shared governance.

6. Assumes responsibility with the Director of Nursing for the planning, development, implementation, and monitoring of the budgetary process for designated area(s). Assures nursing workload is measured and resources are allocated based on industry benchmarks and patient needs to optimize the provision of quality, cost effective care. Facilitates and monitors the appropriate utilization of staff based on credentialing, education and experience.

7. Ensures a biogenic environment, which stimulates the ongoing professional development of staff in accordance with the principles of Shared Governance, Theory of Human Caring, and professional practice. Develops and fosters relationships that support the continuous enhancement of care delivery, and patient and staff satisfaction through a professional practice environment of mutual respect.

8. Demonstrates value for professional nursing practice including the utilization of current standards, the nursing process and patient advocacy. Taking responsibility for continuing education to develop best practices and maintain the highest level of patient care and staff development.

9. Ensures/provides appropriate patient care in accordance with specific patient population. Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of the needs of the patient population specific to the defined clinical area. Maintains competency related to patient population and identifies strategies to meet related needs.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS :

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Negotiation and conflict resolution
• Functions effectively under stressful conditions and difficult situations
• Ability to work effectively with the team
• Good computer skills

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Contact with patients, family members, visitors, co-workers, and medical staff under a wide variety of circumstances
• Regular exposure to the risk of blood-borne diseases, infections, and contagious diseases
• Clean, well-lit and comfortable climate
• Fast-paced, highly stressful, dynamic conditions
• Responds to emergency and crisis situations
• Required Protective Equipment required at all times: eye/face protection, gown, mask, gloves

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS :

Standing X Walking X Sitting X Bending X Reaching with arms X Finger and hand dexterity X Talking X Hearing X Seeing X Lifting, carrying, pushing and or pulling.

Our CommitmenttoYou:

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, andShort- 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.