Nurse Manager - Cath Lab (Clear Lake)

Minimum Qualifications:

RN with Bachelor's degree in Nursing.  Five (5) years clinical experience which includes two (2) years of progressive management experience (i.e. Charge Nurse, Nursing Supervisor, Nurse Administrator, or Assistant Nurse Manager) required.  Current license or valid permit to practice professional nursing in Texas.  Certification in nursing specialty or administration required.

Job Description:

The Nurse Manager is accountable for the effective delivery of competent, compassionate, and efficient care for specific patient care unit(s) on a 24-hour basis. This includes oversight for clinical operations and human resources, financial, and quality management.

 Job Duties:

Clinical Operations – In collaboration with Director, Patient Care and Assistant Chief Nursing
Officer:
- Develops work processes and systems to facilitate excellent patient care outcomes and
patient, staff and physician satisfaction.
- Facilitates communication and ensures proper flow of information.
- Oversees patient flow in patient care and support areas.
- Ensures operational effectiveness, emphasizing cost containment without jeopardizing
patient care priorities, improvement, innovation or quality of care.
- Investigates any patient care and/or administrative problems and keeps lines of
communication open with directors, managers, and staff to ensure high employee morale
and a professional, safe patient care environment.
- Partners with service-wide leadership to interpret policies and operational procedures,
resolving problems related to staffing, and utilization of facilities, equipment and supplies,
as required.
- Ensures the effective delivery of competent, compassionate and efficient care by
monitoring and evaluating patient care processes and outcomes on the patient care
unit(s).
- Facilitates shared governance at the unit level and throughout Nursing Service.
- Represents UTMB in its relationships with other health organizations, professional
organizations, government and accrediting agencies.
- Collaborates with leaders from local institutions of higher education to provide a
supportive learning environment for students of various healthcare programs.
- Partners with professional colleagues on research studies or programs that involve
patients as study subjects.
- Provides support to staff during the development, implementation, and utilization of
information systems that impact the delivery of patient care services within the hospital.
- Identifies appropriate internal controls for department; provides mechanisms to monitor
and enforce compliance.

Salary Range:

Salary to commensurate with experience.