RN Patient Services Manager III- Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit

Chatham Hospital Inc; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Medical Center seeks a Nurse Manager for the Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit. The role oversees a 40-bed unit, ensuring staffing, patient care, and interprofessional collaboration 24/7. Primary duties include staff supervision, performance reviews, and driving quality and safety improvements.

The ideal candidate has strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills, with BSN and NC RN licensure. Unit leadership offers professional development and a structured environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from a state-accredited school.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
• For Magnet Hospitals, professional certification relevant to Management, Leadership or Clinical Area within the probationary period.
• BLS required.

Responsibilities

• Patient Care- Ensures appropriate care and services for patients and families; facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration; ensures adequate staffing; supervises nursing staff and support staff.
• Human Resource Management- Manages HR; recruits and retains staff; applies policies in hiring and promotions; provides annual performance feedback; integrates evidence for staff retention.
• Budget Management- Uses clinical and financial info to meet budget goals; implements cost-effective strategies; evaluates fiscal changes on outcomes.
• Accreditation Issues- Meets standards from state and Joint Commission; integrates standards with practice.
• Quality Improvement- Leads and participates in QA initiatives to address patient safety or care deficits.
• Education- Creates educational environment and ensures annual competency evaluation of staff.
• Customer Satisfaction- Ensures high patient satisfaction and communicates results to staff; leads initiatives to improve care and service.

Skills

Leadership

Staff supervision

Clinical governance

Budgeting

Recruiting

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

BSN

RN License NC

Magnet Certification (Leadership/Clinical)

BLS

Job description

Description

Nurse Manager needed for the Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit, within the UNC Medical Center Surgical Hospital.

The Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unitis part of the North Carolina Surgical Hospital, and part of the UNC Center for Heart and Vascular Care. It is a fast-paced, Beacon Award for Excellence designated, 40-bed unit specializing in the care of critically ill patients with cardiothoracic and vascular disease. Theprimary surgical procedures include coronary artery bypass grafting, heart valve repair/replacements, heart transplants, lung transplants, LVAD, ECMO, aortic/thoracic aneurysm repairs, and complicated esophageal, thoracic and vascular surgeries. Teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration are hallmarks for this unit while providing expert "Carolina Care" to the patients and families we serve. Our ONE GREAT TEAM facilitates admissions, treatments, transfers, and discharges of patients 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

Manager duties include ensuring that appropriate care and services are available to patients and families, ensures adequate and appropriate clinic staffing on each shift, supervision of nursing staff, medical support staff and utility aide staff, assistance with annual performance reviews of staff, and participation in quality improvement initiatives to address identified patient safety or quality of care issues. Provides and facilitates an environment conducive to staff continuing education needs, ongoing unit-based educational needs and orientation of staff members. Our ideal candidate will possess a) Strong Leadership Experience b) Talent for motivating teams and individuals to accomplish goals c) Strong problem-solving, analytical and interpersonal skills d) Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.

This is a full-time, 40 hour/week position, primarily working 8am-5pm however does require 24/7 operation of the unit.

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Summary

This position supervising large clinical units. Duties include ensuring that appropriate care and services are available to patients and families, ensures adequate and appropriate clinic staffing on each shift, supervision of nursing staff, medical support staff and utility aide staff, assistance with annual performance reviews of staff, participation in quality improvement initiatives to address identified patient safety or quality of care issues. Provides and facilitates an environment conducive to staff continuing education needs, ongoing unit-based educational needs and orientation of staff members.

Responsibilities

• 1. Patient Care- Ensures that appropriate care and services are available to patients / clients and families. Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration in patient/client care planning. Ensures appropriate clinical staffing and skill mix for patient care. Supervises team of professionals /paraprofessionals which may include nursing staff, health unit coordinators, nursing assistants and utility aides.
• 2. Human Resource Management- Effectively manages human resources. Creates an environment conducive to recruiting and retaining staff. Applies organizational policy and procedures in hiring, promoting, transferring and terminating staff. Provides staff with annual performance feedback and opportunity to set professional goals. Integrates scientific evidence regarding retention of nursing staff into unit planning.
• 3. Budget Management- Effectively uses clinical and financial information to establish and meet budgetary goals. Implements strategies to increase revenue and cost effectively manage personnel, supply, and equipment resources. Evaluates the impact of strategic fiscal changes on quality outcomes.
• 4. Accreditation Issues- Ensures that internal and external regulatory standards or nursing practice are met or exceeded. This includes organizational policy and procedures as well as state, Joint Commission, Board of Nursing and other specified accrediting bodies. Integrate current scientific evidence with standards of practice.
• 5. Quality Improvement- Leads and participates in quality improvement initiatives that focus on identified patient safety or quality of care deficits.
• 6. Education- Creates an educational environment conducive to student learning, staff continuing education, and orientation of new staff members. Accountable for annual competency evaluation of staff that ensures staff has the knowledge and skills to care for the specified patient population.
• 7. Customer Satisfaction- Ensures high customer satisfaction. Communicates patient satisfaction results, letters and comments to staff and leads monthly initiatives to improve consumer satisfaction with care and services. Advocates for consumers within the organization, particularly for vulnerable or at risk populations.

Other Information

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
• For positions at Magnet Hospitals, professional certification (ANCC Magnet approved) relevant to Management, Leadership or Clinical Area is required within the probationary period of employment.
• BLS required.

Professional Experience Requirements:

• Three (3) years of professional nursing in tertiary care and one (1) year of management experience in specialty area.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Critical Care Unit

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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