Nurse Manager ICU

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance reimbursement

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave (pets)

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

Job summary

Nurse Manager - ICU at Baptist Health seeks a capable leader to oversee daily operations, ensure safe and timely patient care, and drive quality initiatives. The role emphasizes staffing, scheduling, budgeting, and cross-functional collaboration to improve care and efficiency within the ICU.

Preferred candidates hold an MSN and have 5+ years in leadership roles, with KY RN licensure and BSN. BLS certification must be obtained within 90 days of hire.

Qualifications

• BSN from an accredited institution.
• Current unrestricted RN licensure in Kentucky.
• Requires three years of job-related experience.
• BLS from American Heart Association within 90 days of hire.
• MSN degree from an accredited institution preferred.
• Five or more years of leadership experience preferred.
• Recent experience and/or certification in specialty preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations of the ICU department(s).
• Resource management, staffing and scheduling.
• Assure delivery of safe, effective, timely patient care.
• Monitor financial performance and ensure expenses align with workload.
• Lead departmental initiatives to improve care, services and efficiencies.
• Maintain effective two-way communication with staff.
• Assist with patient care on nursing unit if needed.

Education

BSN degree

Job description

Nurse Manager - ICU Overview: Manages the daily operations of the department(s). Responsibilities include: Management of resources, process improvement activities, staffing and scheduling, and assuring delivery of safe, effective, timely patient care in areas of responsibility. Monitors financial performance of department(s) and assures expenses and productivity align with workload and meets fiscal targets. Leads departmental activities and monitors care provided to comply with quality and customer service goals. Assures good two-way communication with staff. Leads/participates in multidisciplinary and interdepartmental initiatives to improve care, services, and efficiencies. May need to assist with patient care on nursing unit.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from an accredited institution.
• Current unrestricted licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Kentucky required.
• Requires three years of job-related experience.
• BLS from American Heart Association (AHA) required within 90 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree from an accredited institution.
• Five or more years of experience as leader in designated area preferred.
• Recent experience and/or certification in specialty preferred.

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match

Company Overview

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Baptist Health employs more than 24000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

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