Job Title
Nurse Manager - Emergency Department

Location
Vero Beach

Facility
Indian River Hospital

Department
Ancillary Emergency Dept-Indian River Hospital

Job Code
000867

Shift
Days

Schedule
7:30am-4:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Indian River Hospital is in sunny Florida's Treasure Coast where it is committed to providing optimal family-centric and community-focused care. At Indian River Hospital, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Seconds count in an emergency and people count on Indian River Hospital's Emergency Department to provide high quality, compassionate care. Indian River Hospital's Emergency Department has multi-disciplinary care teams, and the leading-edge technology needed to diagnose and treat patients effectively, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As a Nurse Manager on the Emergency Department team, you will work closely with nursing caregivers acting as the point person for treatment plans and the care of patients. You will help resolve patient and family member issues and concerns, creating a positive experience for all involved. Through collaboration with other caregivers and use of your strong critical thinking, multitasking and nursing skills, you will help to ensure proper patient care from start to finish. Ultimately, your dedication and leadership will help enhance the Cleveland Clinic experience for everyone, whether they are patients, visitors, or fellow caregivers.

A caregiver in this position works days from 7:30AM - 4:30PM.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Manage the practice of professional nursing and delivery of nursing care on an assigned unit.

• Establish clinical direction of nursing care, provide clinical supervision and maintain quality outcomes and patient care standards.

• Identify and resolve issues affecting the delivery of patient care.

• Develop quality initiatives and implement policies and procedures to ensure efficient and effective delivery of health services in a unit.

• Develop and maintain unit-related patient care standards through continuous quality improvement.

• Maintain adherence to JCAHO and other regulatory standards.

• Analyze personnel structure and determine staffing needs and mix.

• Provide direction and supervision, evaluate performance, conduct selection and termination process and develop strategic plans.

• Actively promote staff and self-development.

• Participate in clinical nursing research and support foundation research activities.

• Direct unit participation in evaluation of new products.

• Approve purchases and establish or revise inventory quotes.

• Assist in the development and monitoring of budget.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN)

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department

• Three years of recent clinical nursing experience including at least one year of healthcare management experience

• Trauma Centers, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC - adult) or Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC - pediatric) upon hire or within 24 months of beginning work in the Emergency Department

• High degree of clinical expertise in the specialty area

• Demonstrated leadership, management, communication, counseling, problem solving, decision making, conflict resolution and group process skills

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye and hand coordination.
• Requires frequent data entry, sitting, standing and walking.
• Requires corrective vision and hearing to normal range.
• Requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.