Surgical Services Nurse Manager

Adventist Health; California; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Adventist Health Mendocino County is seeking a RN Nursing Manager to lead a high-performing unit, collaborating with physicians and staff to ensure safe, efficient patient care. The role involves scheduling, supervision, and coordination of daily activities, with a focus on patient outcomes, staff development, and regulatory adherence.

The ideal candidate holds a nursing degree with leadership experience, enjoys a collaborative environment, and commits to high-quality care in a coastal community

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Required
• Master's Degree: Preferred
• Five years' technical experience: Preferred
• One year's leadership experience: Preferred
• Two years' experience of acute care nursing in hospital setting: Preferred

Responsibilities

• Builds a high performing clinical work team by recruiting and retaining skilled professional staff.
• Builds a strong infrastructure with designated charge nurses and unit champions.
• Engages staff in developing action plans for needed change to create safe, desired outcomes.
• Completes periodic evaluations of personnel supervised.
• Coaches and disciplines personnel when deems appropriate.
• Monitors attendance.
• Works closely with staff, unit champions, and the clinical educator to identify and meet educational needs.
• Sets and strives to achieve goals for patient safety, quality of care and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Creates a culture of open communication.
• Develops strategies to improve patient/family, and physician satisfaction.
• Establishes standards of care for professional nursing practice that staff are held accountable to.
• Monitors critical processes and outcomes of care through audits, analysis of data, and complaints or incident reports.
• Exercises discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance, evaluating and comparing possible courses-of-action, and making decisions/recommendations after considering the various possibilities.
• Conducts daily rounds with physicians and other staff and actively communicates, as needed, to coordinate appropriate care for patients and families.
• Directs/monitors personnel in the performance of patient care activities in order to ensure adequate patient care and quality of work.
• Investigates and resolves patient care and operational issues, as needed.
• Initiates and coordinates individual and team conferences with health team members, patients, and/or families to initiate and revise care plans for optimal, individualized patient care as per care setting.
• Assesses the personnel requirements of the unit on a daily basis and requests additional personnel when determines they are necessary.
• Authorizes and assigns overtime to personnel when independently determines this to be appropriate.
• Completes monthly unit staff schedule on time, accurately, and in collaboration with staff members and management with minimal incidents of absence or unbalanced/short staffing events.
• Facilitates throughput through early discharge of patients, pull-ahead beds, and timely admission/transfer of patients and forecasting admission.
• Works with facility services to assure that the department and equipment is maintained to be safe and operational.
• Prevents complications of care including nosocomial infections.
• Conducts emergency preparedness reviews.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in nursing or equivalent combination of education/related experience

Master's Degree

Five years' technical experience

One year's leadership experience

Two years' experience of acute care nursing in hospital setting

Job description

Adventist Health Mendocino County is seeking a RN Nursing Manager to lead a high-performing unit, collaborating with physicians and staff to ensure safe, efficient patient care. The role involves scheduling, supervision, and coordination of daily activities, with a focus on patient outcomes, staff development, and regulatory adherence.

The ideal candidate holds a nursing degree with leadership experience, enjoys a collaborative environment, and commits to high-quality care in a coastal community