Full Job Description
Under limited supervision, the Nurse Manager is a Registered Nurse who is vested with 24 hour accountability for ensuring safe, effective and appropriate patient care on a designated patient care unit. The Nurse Manager serves as the link between the Hospital's Vision and the unit. The Nurse Manager has direct access to support service resources essential to nursing and patient care, and maintains line authority over unit nursing staff, and assigned PRN, SSP and Float Pool personnel. The Nurse Manager is competent to care for all patients in the age group(s) served by her unit, as defined in the Unit Specific RN Performance Standards.
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing, BSN degree preferred. Current registration with the Maryland State Board of Nursing. Three (3) years of progressive experience in the field of hospital nursing and proven administrative/leadership ability. For Peri-Operative, Mental Health, Critical Care and Emergency Divisions, at least two (2) years of progressive experience must be in the specific clinical specialty.
