Registered Nurse Manager Operating Room

Intermountain Health; St. George (AK); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Healthcare Inc. seeks a Nurse Manager or Nurse Manager-Complex to lead nursing departments, ensuring excellent patient care and financial stewardship.

You will partner with nursing leaders and facility managers to develop unit structure, processes, and outcome standards, guiding staffing, budget control and staff competency. The role emphasizes collaboration, resource management, and professional development, with accountability for achieving strategic goals and promoting Healing

Qualifications

• BSN from an accredited institution (degree will be verified).
• Current Nursing License to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• BLS certification for Healthcare Providers.
• Leadership/supervisory experience.
• Must complete Intermountain Health's required leadership training and development courses within one year of accepting this leadership position.
• 2 years clinical experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the clinical nursing environment and collaborate with nursing leaders.
• Contribute to strategic planning and day-to-day operations for the unit.
• Manage budgets and staffing to meet financial goals and patient needs.
• Assess staff performance and provide mentorship and professional development.
• Ensure compliance with patient safety initiatives and regulatory standards.
• Engage in staffing, hiring, orientation, retention and competency verification.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Financial acumen

Clinical knowledge

Resource management

Patient safety

Mentorship

Community outreach

Education

BSN

Registered Nurse license (state of practice)

BLS certification

Leadership/supervisory experience

Leadership training within 12 months

2 years clinical experience

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).

Scope

• Level 1 Nurse Manager: Manages 50 headcount or more than 2 departments and manages a department operating 24/7.
• Span of control may vary for leaders responsible for complex nursing programs with multi-center or enterprise-wide reach. Variances from established guidelines must be supported by demonstrated program complexity and scope and require iNet approval. This role encompasses a range of responsibilities that report to a Nurse Director. The responsibilities include overseeing the clinical nursing environment, contributing to strategic planning, day-to-day operations, and standards of care. The role involves facilitating collaborative problem-solving, advocating for resources, promoting shared decision-making, and implementing the organization’s vision and values. Additionally, the responsibilities encompass managing budgets, ensuring employee engagement, recruitment, retention, and competency verification.
• 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.
• Ensures competent and sufficient number of staff to meet patient care needs, which includes hiring, orientation, retention, and employee satisfaction.
• As delegated, ensures that new skill training and ongoing competency verification is completed annually by providing mentorship and professional educational opportunities.
• Evaluates staff competency through use of performance reviews and peer reviews.
• Coordinates performance and compliance with patient safety initiatives, federal, state and other regulatory bodies such as Joint Commission, OSHA, CMS, DOPL, and other unit specific accrediting and certifying bodies.
• Facilitates use of resources by nursing staff such as nurse practitioners, other expanded role RNs, and other specialty roles.
• Serves as an exemplary figure for employees, promoting the integration of Healing Commitments and Healing Connections within all facets of providing patient care.
• Monitors and improves patient satisfaction utilizing available service metrics and national benchmarks to develop and implement action plans to achieve desired outcomes.
• Partners with physicians at the unit level to achieve clinical, operational, and service goals.
• Supports the Nurse Director in overseeing, organizing, and facilitating the activities of student nurses.
• Supports staff participation in outside community organizations such as volunteer health clinics, health fairs and advisory boards for not-for-profit organizations.

Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Problem-solving
• Financial acumen
• Clinical knowledge
• Resource management
• Patient safety
• Mentorship
• Community outreach

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution (degree will be verified).
• Current Nursing License to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers.
• Leadership/supervisory experience.
• Must complete Intermountain Health's required leadership training and development courses within one year of accepting this leadership position.
• 2 years clinical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Specialty Certification
• Demonstrated experience in the area of oversight.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients,