The Clinical Nurse Manager has overall accountability for the daily operations of one or more clinical areas. Supervises patient care services staff, ensures excellent patient safety and quality outcomes as well as extraordinary patient/family experience. Responsible for interviewing, hiring, developing and retaining staff with the goal of developing a highly reliable team. Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills to achieve unit and corporate goals. Assists in the development and monitoring of unit budget, coordinates purchasing and payroll processes and serves as a clinical resource to team members.

Cardiovascular Surgical ICU Unit Description:

•    20 Bed cardiac surgical ICU

•    Nurses handle 1-2 patients on this unit based on acuity level.

•    Nurses provide service to any patients that have undergone open heart surgeries such as CABG, Valve repair or replacement, aneurysm repair, TAVR, ablations, Heart Transplantation, and Mechanical Circulatory Support devices including the Total Artificial Heart and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), and various lung surgeries.

•    Nurses manage critically ill patients that require intensive hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, multiple drug infusions, IABP therapy and CRRT

Education:

•    Bachelor of Science Nursing- BSN or MSN (required)

•    Master's degree (Preferred)

Certification/Licensure:

•    Virginia RN License Virginia or Compact/Multi-State Eligible.

•    All Direct Care RN's required to have BLS within 90 days of hire.

•    Critical Care/IMCU ACLS within 1 year of hire

Experience: 

•    2 years' experience in support leadership RN position i.e. Unit Coordinator, Team Lead, or other

      like position may be accepted in lieu of 1 year formal management experience.              

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