Job Description
Facility: Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Shift: Shift 1
Status: Full Time FTE: 1.000000
Bargaining Unit: ACE Associates
Exempt from Overtime: Exempt: Yes
Work Schedule: Days
Hours: Primarily 8a-4P, Some off shifts, weekends
Summary:
The Nurse Manager is responsible for the planning, priority setting, coordination and evaluation of programs of patient care for designated patient populations. The Nurse Manager facilitates collegial relationships between care teams. The Nurse Manager assumes responsibility for the management of fiscal and material resources. Abiding by Sisters Hospital Mission and Values, the Nurse Manager has 24 hour accountability and responsibility for the human resource and outcome management for designated patient populations. The Nurse Manager supports, plans, implements, and evaluates the goals and policies of Sisters Hospital and the Catholic Health System.
Responsibilities:
EDUCATION
- BSN required
- Masters preferred
- Graduate of an accredited professional school of nursing
- Current registration as a licensed professional Nurse in New York State
- National certification as a Nurse Manager or Nursing Executive required within one year of hire
- BLS and NRP current
EXPERIENCE
- Three (3) to five (5) years current experience with demonstrated competence as a Registered Nurse in performing and managing patient care in a post partum/antepartum, GYN, and newborn nursery unit
- Leadership/management experience
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
- Demonstrates leadership ability and managerial competency; evidenced by: effective communication skills, conflict mediation skills, ability to develop and articulate vision for program of care, and effective resource procurement and allocation
- Ability to mentor others in leadership roles,
- Experience with fiscal management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to coordinate the activities of others
- Able to use computer and other office equipment as necessary
- Serves as technical expert to group of peers
- Knowledge of budget and fiduciary responsibility
- Able to maximize influence and control for an optimal patient and family experience effecting outstanding patient satisfaction results
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Normal heat, light space, typical of most office jobs
- Frequent exposure to one or more unpleasant physical conditions such as noise, noxious odors, potentially threatening abusive clients and communicable diseases
- Occasional exposure to hazardous materials
