Pediatric Emergency Room Nurse Manager

GENERAL SUMMARY:
The Nurse Manager supervises, coordinates and performs patient care delivery on the assigned nursing units and is accountable for meeting standards. Supports Acute Care Services by planning, directing, and evaluating all nursing service functions and activities for the assigned patient care unit/units to ensure delivery of optimal available quality patient care and organizational effectiveness.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
SERVICE
• Communicates with courtesy when interacting with internal or external customers—in person or on
the telephone.
• Demonstrates respect for co-workers and develops positive working relationships with other
departments.
• Participates and ensures that rounding for outcomes occur daily.
• Promotes and validates AIDET compliance.
• Maintains responsibility for nursing units on 24/7 basis, unless otherwise approved.
• Performs duties in a timely manner and provides updates if delays occur.

PEOPLE
• Adheres to standards for dress and professional appearance.
• Collaborates with staff and peers to create optimal synergy and outcomes.
• Completes behavioral-based interviewing for all new hires.
• Participates in 30 and 90 day evaluations of new staff, and, completes meaningful annual evaluation
of existing staff.
• Meets regularly with staff to obtain feedback and provide guidance to improve outcomes.
• Complies with FHT corrective action process.

FINANCE
• Monitors and maintains acceptable compliance with budgets. Will complete monthly variance report
with appropriate action plans.
• Assists in development of Operating and Capital Budgets.
• Facilitates patient flow to and from the units. Validation by decreased LWOT percentage, and
acceptable transfer times and daily discharge times.
OUTCOMES
• Participates in quality improvement activities to improve processes and patient care.
• Implements actions as appropriate based on benchmarks and data specific to the departments.
• Continually monitors vacancy and turnover rates, to be submitted monthly. Will implement strategies
for staff retention.
• Complete and submit departmental reports on a monthly basis.
• Demonstrates accountability by taking responsibility for decisions, actions and results.
• Maintains regulatory agency preparedness.

GROWTH/LEADERSHIP
• Participates in staff development by ensuring education, advancement of staff skills and certifications.
• Serve as mentor and advisor to facilitate professional growth of Unit Staff.
• Plans new projects or expansions, including equipment, staffing and space requirements.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
• Incumbents must possess these knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and to
demonstrate that she/he can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable
accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.
• Must have working knowledge of budgets and healthcare finance and leadership capabilities.
• Has ability to work a varied schedule, to include night and weekend hours, with visibility to all shifts.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field
• Three years of experience in clinical specialty. Must have at least two years of experience in working
in a leadership role

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:
• Master's Degree

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:
• Current RN or APRN license to work in state of Florida
• Valid advanced certification