RN - Med/Surg Manager

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

• ​​ Coordinates with Vice President of Patient Services and providers in formulating departmental goals and designing, implementing, directing, monitoring, and evaluating nursing care and delivery of services in designated departments. 

• ​Coordinates activities intra-departmentally and inter-departmentally with other service areas of the organization.

• ​Manages personnel in the most effective and cost-efficient manner.  Responsible for the recruitment, selection, transfer, training, scheduling and performance management.

• ​Is visible and actively participates in the development of staff.

• ​Provides regular education and in service to staff.

• ​ Provides supervision of Diabetic Education, Patient Education/Transition Nurse and Staffing Coordinator.

• ​Supports, enforces and positively models the principles of MercyOne’s Core Values and Actions. 

• ​Responsible for established departmental budgets to achieve stated goals.

• ​Plans, directs, and monitors quality management activities in assigned departments to identify, study and address nursing care challenges.  Accountable for achievement of quality, service, people, finance and growth goals. 

• ​Takes appropriate independent action, addresses issues proactively, engages in problem solving, generates new ideas and solutions, seeks out new responsibilities and acts on opportunities for self-development.

• ​Coordinates preparation efforts for regulatory surveys.

• ​Other duties assigned by management.​

Minimum Qualifications

Required Education – Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of 3 years leadership experience OR minimum of 5 years leadership experience in the discipline OR Master’s Degree and no experience​​ 

Required Licensure and Certifications - BLS, ACLS ​

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

​​​MEDICAL/SURGICAL, PEDIATRICS, GERIATRICS​​ 

PREFERRED Qualifications 

​​PALS​