Nurse Manager, Telemetry

Vista Health System; Waukegan (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

401k

Life Insurance

Generous PTO Plan

Job summary

A reputable healthcare provider in Waukegan is seeking a Nurse Manager for the Telemetry Care Unit. This role involves leading nursing staff, overseeing unit operations, and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations while promoting patient care. The ideal candidate holds a BSN and has strong leadership and financial management skills. Competitive salary and benefits package offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; master's preferred.
• Must be a licensed Registered Nurse in Illinois.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Stroke Certification (NIHSS) required.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day nursing staff and telemetry techs.
• Participate in marketing and business development activities.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations.
• Build relationships with healthcare teams and manage patient care.

Skills

Leadership

Patient Care Management

Financial Budget Management

Healthcare Compliance

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Nursing (BSN)

Master's in Nursing, Health Care or Business Administration

Job description

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The Telemetry Patient Care Manager is responsible for providing the overall leadership and management of the Telemetry Care Unit and for producing successful outcomes. This role manages the overall unit day-to-day nursing staff and telemetry techs that monitor patients on the unit.

Responsibilities

• Identifies ideas and actions to grow patient volumes. Participates in marketing and business development activities to promote services and educate the community.
• Manages Telemetry to ensure the financial budget is achieved. Assesses opportunities for cost savings. Effectively manages all resources, supplies, and assets. Ensures that all charges are being captured and that all billing opportunities are obtained. Educates patient care team members on financial implications of patient care decisions. Collaborates closely with Case Management to ensure goals are achieved.
• Ensures that Telemetry complies with all healthcare regulations, nursing regulations, Joint Commission, and company policies & procedures.
• Provides visionary thinking on issues that affect Telemetry. Considers the impact of nursing decisions on the health care organization as a whole. Serves as a change agent, assisting others in understanding the importance, necessity, impact, and process of change. Serves as a professional role model and mentor to future nursing leaders.
• Builds trusting, collaborative relationships with staff, peers, other disciplines, ancillary services, physicians, and vendors. Builds credibility with physicians as a champion for patient care, quality and nursing professionalism. Collaborates with all members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to achieve goals.
• Maintains knowledge of healthcare delivery models, healthcare economics, and healthcare policy. Educates staff on healthcare industry characteristics, challenges, opportunities, and trends.
• Effectively utilizes database management, decision support, and expert system programs to access information and analyze data from disparate sources for use in planning for patient care processes and systems.
• When needed, assists nursing personnel in the delivery of nursing care, and performs RN duties. Maintains current nursing knowledge and skills.
• Oversees the workflow and scheduling of the monitor technicians, ensuring that appropriate processes are followed in monitoring patients via the telemetry box.

Requirements

• Must possess Bachelor's in Nursing (BSN) degree, masters in Nursing, Health Care or Business Administration preferred.
• Licensed Registered Nurse in the state of Illinois.
• Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
• Stroke Certification (NIHSS).
• FEMA 100, 200 & 700.

Benefits

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k
• Life Insurance
• Generous PTO Plan

Salary: $90,000 - $125,000 per year