Nurse Manager Intensive Care Unit

Intermountain Health; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits Eligible

Job summary

Intermountain Health is seeking a Nurse Manager for the ICU unit at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The role oversees nursing departments, with responsibilities spanning staffing, budgeting, and leadership development to meet patient care and financial goals.

The position requires a Master's Degree with prior ICU experience preferred, and includes a 40-hour work week with a 24/7 obligation to the department.

Qualifications

• Leadership responsibilities for nursing departments and collaboration with nursing leaders and other facility managers.

Responsibilities

• Champions the use of available resources to ensure nursing care is efficient, effective, safe, and delivered with compassion, in line with current practice standards.
• Facilitates collaborative decision-making and upholds professional independence by contributing departmental perspectives to executive decisions and ensuring staff are updated on activities at the executive level.
• Assists with development, implementation and management of annual capital/operating and personnel (FTE) budget for unit. Uses resources effectively and manages expenses to meet financial goals of department.
• Models and fosters an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit.

Skills

Staffing

Budget management

Leadership

Interdepartmental collaboration

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

Job Description

This job description applies to Nurse Manager and Nurse Manager-Complex. The difference is the scope level below. This role involves managing and supervising nursing departments. Collaborating with nursing leaders and other facility managers and departments, the nurse manager is key in ensuring excellent patient care, achieving financial objectives, and fostering leadership development. The position is accountable for developing departmental structure, processes, and outcome standards, typically for one unit. The job duties are distributed as follows: 50% Tactical (day-to-day activities like staffing and equipment availability), 40% Operational (budget management, supply acquisition, and employee performance evaluations), and 10% Strategic (developing goals to meet the Intermountain/Regional Strategic Plan and holding employees accountable to these goals).

Job Description

This job description applies to Nurse Manager and Nurse Manager-Complex. The difference is the scope level below. This role involves managing and supervising nursing departments. Collaborating with nursing leaders and other facility managers and departments, the nurse manager is key in ensuring excellent patient care, achieving financial objectives, and fostering leadership development. The position is accountable for developing departmental structure, processes, and outcome standards, typically for one unit. The job duties are distributed as follows: 50% Tactical (day-to-day activities like staffing and equipment availability), 40% Operational (budget management, supply acquisition, and employee performance evaluations), and 10% Strategic (developing goals to meet the Intermountain/Regional Strategic Plan and holding employees accountable to these goals).

Scope

Level 1 Nurse Manager:

Manages <50 headcount or manages a department operating Monday through Friday.

Level 2 Nurse Manager-Complex

• Manages >50 headcount or more than 2 departments and manages a department operating 24/7.

Position Details

• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• Shift Details: Full time, 40 hours/week, Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm, but does have a 24/7 obligation to the department
• Department: ICU
• Primary Location: LDS Hospital
• Additional Details: Master's Degree and previous ICU experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Champions the use of available resources to ensure nursing care is efficient, effective, safe, and delivered with compassion, in line with current practice standards.
• Facilitates collaborative decision-making and upholds professional independence by contributing departmental perspectives to executive decisions and ensuring staff are updated on activities at the executive level.
• Assists with development, implementation and management of annual capital/operating and personnel (FTE) budget for unit. Uses resources effectively and manages expenses to meet financial goals of department.
• Models and fosters an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit.