Nurse Manager, Intensive Care Unit

stcharles; Bend (OR); On-site; USD 148,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM is seeking a Nurse Manager for the Intensive Care Unit. The role requires 24/7 leadership of patient care, budgeting, staffing, and performance management within Critical Care Services.

The Nurse Manager will supervise ICU nurses, collaborate with physicians and other departments, and drive quality, safety, and regulatory compliance while maintaining a healing environment that supports patient and family needs.

Qualifications

• Leadership and management skills
• Ability to manage budgets and staffing
• Strong communication and collaboration with medical staff

Responsibilities

• Oversees ICU department operations and staffing to ensure 24/7 coverage
• Manages budgeting, productivity, and adherence to targets
• Hires, coaches, and evaluates direct reports; ensures compliance and safety

Job description

ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM

JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE: Nurse Manager - Intensive Care Unit

REPORTS TO POSITION: Director of Critical Care Services

DEPARTMENT: Intensive Care Unit

DATE LAST REVIEWED: September 2026

OUR VISION: Creating America's healthiest community, together

OUR MISSION: In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

OUR VALUES: Accountability, Caring, Teamwork, and Safety

Annual salary range: $147,638 - $228,841

This position is eligible for an in-state or out-of-state relocation bonus.

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

The Intensive Care unit (ICU) are units within Critical Care Services. The ICU unit will care for patients in need of increased monitoring and treatment who are critically ill or injured or at risk of developing life-threatening organ dysfunction. These patients require monitoring and treatment beyond the capacity of medical/surgical and Step-Down units. Patient care includes but not limited to: Mechanical ventilator support; Vasoactive drug infusions; intracranial injury; trauma; neurologic conditions; septicemia, cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases; Post cardiac procedures, interventions and/or surgeries; post-operative arrhythmia management.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Nurse Manager of the Intensive Care assumes 24-hour responsibility, authority and accountability for patient care activities in ICU. Manages the day-to-day delivery of professional nursing services for assigned units. This position is responsible for the overall planning, budgeting, staffing, performance, and operation of the department in conjunction with the director as well as performance and annual review of direct reports. This position directly manages caregivers in the Intensive Care Unit.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

• Oversee the operations of assigned department to ensure smooth and efficient department operations and that resources are available in the assigned units 24/7. Collaborates with other staff members to facilitate provision of patient care.
• Ensures adequate departmental staffing to provide safe patient care through review of appropriate data, development and maintenance of master schedules.
• Acts as the department liaison to other hospital departments and outside entities.
• Responsible for resource management ensuring appropriate and sufficient equipment and supplies are available.
• Manages staffing and scheduling (control of master schedule; ETO & LOA approval; light duty scheduling) - delegates related clerical functions to admin assistant and/or other applicable staff.
• Serves as a real-time resource and assists with clinical expertise for staff with problem-solving on patient care, processes, and family issues. Serves as representative for all customers.
• Maintains ongoing communication with staff, department leadership, and others to ensure needs are being met for staff and patients. Engages medical staff to obtain input on the operation of the department and key decisions.
• Communicates (both written and orally) effectively and maintains professional relationships with caregivers, medical staff, patients, guests and other hospital departments.
• Role models two-way communication of the St. Charles Health System mission, vision, values, and strategic plan for the department (staff meetings, rounds, etc.).
• Coordinates quality initiatives and process improvements. Aligns and manages to St. Charles Health System metrics and quality initiatives. Oversees trending of quality and financial indicators including LOS with case manager support.
• Facilitates department meetings and shared governance/leadership efforts.
• Responsible for budget development, regular monitoring, accountability and meeting all operational targets for all areas within span of control. Manages operations within the budget. Provides productivity oversight and review. Works with leadership to achieve productivity standards. Develops and implements annual plan including goals for unit with director and supervisor. Controls and maintains position control including the addition and deletion of positions related to budget and human resource needs.
• Hires, directs, coaches and monitors the performance of all direct reports, to develop and maintain a high performance team that meets organizational and department goals. Responsible for performance and annual review of direct reports. Complies with Human Resource processes and controls.
• Monitors and ensure all direct reports are current with compliance and safety requirements. Implements and manages all organizational safety directives and goals.
• Provides and oversees team's delivery of customer service in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient and accurate.
• Assists with quality, safety, customer service and regulatory compliance oversight: EMS - Receipt, assignment, tracking and trending, delegation.
• Creates a healing environment that supports all aspects of care, respects the wholeness of the individual, and demonstrates therapeutic presen