Nurse Manager, Outpatient Surgery, PACU, Pre Admission Testing

CommonSpirit Health Philanthropy; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as a Nurse Manager at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. This role entails overseeing unit operations, ensuring quality patient care, and fostering staff development. We're looking for a compassionate leader with a BSN and strong RN experience to help uphold our mission to serve the community and deliver exceptional care.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years RN experience required.
• Minimum of 2 years leadership experience as RN-Charge required.
• Advanced nursing skills and ability to handle complex situations.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for total unit operations to achieve quality patient care.
• Supervises staff and manages workflow of the unit.
• Contributes to financial viability and resource management.

Skills

Critical thinking

Problem-solving

Communication

Team management

Education

BSN degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Responsibilities

This Nurse Manager is responsible and accountable for total unit/s operations on a 24-hour basis to include fiscal management, staff development, and resource management with the ultimate goal of achieving quality and safe patient care.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

1. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
2. Supervises assigned professional, technical, and clerical staff of the department to ensure the quality of work.
3. Manages the workflow of the unit to ensure the delivery of quality patient care.
4. Implements and supports patterns and ensures availability of sufficient qualified staff to meet patient care needs.
5. Develops staffing patterns and ensures availability of sufficient qualified staff to meet patient care needs.
6. Works to develop and retain highly skilled and well-rounded staff including hiring, orienting, training, directing work, evaluating performance and assuring clinical competency.
7. Contributes to the effective management of the department including supplies, equipment, space, technology, policies and procedures.
8. Contributes to the financial viability of the organization including managing productivity and budgeting process.
9. Maintains effective working relationships, communication and collaborative decision making with medical staff, other departments, leaders, staff and others.
10. Assists the organization in maintaining and achieving its goals related to licensure, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
11. Demonstrates commitment to professional growth and competence.
12. Responsible for accurate and timely delivery of various reports including staff schedules, payroll, labor productivity, IRIS and others as assigned.
13. Participates in community activities on behalf of the organization.

Qualifications

Required Education for Staff Job Levels	BSN degree
Required Licensure and Certifications	Current RN license in the State of Kentucky. See attached grid for required certifications.
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities	Minimum of 3 years RN experience required. Minimum of 2 years leadership (i.e. RN-Charge) experience required. Equivalent leadership capabilities will be considered in lieu of the leadership experience requirement based on executive leadership approval.
PREFERRED Qualifications	Must be able to demonstrate advanced skills and abilities of a registered nurse, practicing within the nursing scope of practice. Must have ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Also, be able to interpret an extensive variety of instructions and deliver successful results. Critical thinking and problem solving skills and must be moderately advanced with experience in handling complex situations and conflicts. Microsoft Office, Clinical Documentation, Payroll system.

Overview

Welcome to Saint Joseph Hospital, a 433-bed hospital founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as the first Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford, the mission to provide compassionate care to the poor and underserved is still carried out today. Saint Joseph Hospital holds over two dozen national ranks and recognitions and is recognized as a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky.

Whether you are an experienced healthcare professional or working toward that, we invite you to experience Hello Humankindness with us! CHI Saint Joseph Health provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. Learn more about Saint Joseph Hospital and its awards and recognitions here: Saint Joseph Hospital.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians advanced practice clinicians nurses and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2200 care centers serving 24 states.