Nurse Manager, Patient Care - Operating Room

Northwell; Bay Shore (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in the New York Bay Shore area seeks an experienced nursing leader to oversee a patient care unit with 24/7 responsibility for nursing practice, patient care delivery, staff and budget management. The role partners with nursing leadership to ensure high-quality, family-centered care and compliant operations.

You will mentor staff, manage staffing with HR, guide performance, and model compassionate, evidence-based practice while advancing strategic priorities for patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing; Master's degree preferred.
• Current NYS Registered Professional Nurse license.
• Specialized certifications as needed.
• 6-8 years of nursing experience and 2-5 years of leadership/management experience.
• Hospital OR RN experience highly preferred.
• OR Nurse leadership experience highly preferred.
• CNOR highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage 24/7 team and patient care activities of a unit.
• Assist nursing leadership in setting strategic direction aligned with mission and nursing plan.
• Communicate, build consensus, and guide team toward objectives.
• Promote high quality family-centered care in a healing environment.
• Create a professional work environment with respect, engagement and accountability.
• Acquire and manage staffing for the unit in collaboration with HR.
• Provide direction to unit team members and supervisors.
• Facilitate performance reviews and actions.
• Model standards of professional practice (clinical, educational, leadership).
• Support career development planning for team members.
• Educate teams on new department procedures and systems.
• Manage patient care unit budget and monitor expenditures.
• Monitor performance metrics to support decision-making.
• Ensure adherence to care delivery model and standards.
• Maintain compliance with JC, CMS, NYS DOH, HIPAA and related regulations.
• Maintain current knowledge of scope and practice and healthcare legislation.
• Identify opportunities to improve operations using evidence-based strategies.
• Perform related duties as required.

Skills

Leadership

Staffing Management

Budgeting

Communication

Regulatory Knowledge

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Master of Science in Nursing

Tools

EHR Systems

Policy Compliance Tools

Job description

Job Description

Manages and has 24/7 responsibility for the nursing practice, patient care delivery, human and fiscal resources, and regulatory compliance of a patient care unit. Maintains a professional environment that supports delivery of high-quality patient and family centered care.

Job Responsibility

1.Manages and has 24/7 responsibility for the team members, operations and patient care activities of a patient care unit.
2.Assists nursing leadership in setting strategic direction for key programs in alignment with organization mission, vision, and values and nursing strategic plan.
3.Communicates, builds consensus, and guides team toward achieving department objectives.
4.Promotes and maintains high quality patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
5.Creates a professional work environment that fosters team member respect, engagement, accountability and optimal patient outcomes.
6.Promotes appreciative inquiry and evidence-based, ethical and compassionate practice.
7.Acquires and manages staffing for patient care unit. Collaborates with HR for requirements.
8.Provides direction and guidance to patient care unit team members and supervisors.
9.Facilitates performance reviews, promotions, pay and corrective actions.
10.Serves as a role model for standards of professional practice (clinical, educational and leadership).
11.Assists in career development planning for team members.
12.Educates teams in new and existing department procedures and systems (information systems, fiscal responsibility, etc.).
13.Manages patient care unit budget. Monitors expenditures and implements action plans when variances are present.
14.Monitors performance metrics that support decision-making to achieve optimal performance levels.
15.Ensures adherence to the established care delivery model, using knowledge of scope and standards of practice.
16.Facilitates continual compliance for unit with the JC, CMS, New York State, DOH, Public Health Law, HIPPA regulations and System, hospital and department standards.
17.Demonstrates current knowledge of clinical competencies for patient population of oversight in order to manage direct patient care.
18.Maintains current knowledge of scope and standards of practice, healthcare legislation, and population health.
19.Identifies and leads opportunities to make changes to improve operations across teams using evidence-based strategies and solutions.
20.Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Bachelors of Science Degree, required. Masters, preferred. (Bachelors or Master’s Degree must be in Nursing)
• Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State, required.
• Specialized certifications, as needed.
• 6-8 years of nursing experience and 2-5 years of leadership/management experience, required.
• Hospital OR RN experience, highly preferred.
• OR Nurse leadership experience, highly preferred.
• CNOR, highly preferred.

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).