Mgr-Nursing Unit

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Job Summary

This job assumes unit responsibility for the practice, quality of care, and service delivered. Provides leadership and support to encourage the optimum development and performance of staff members. Manages all assigned personnel, supplies, and equipment in a cost-effective manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Ensures quality of care and patient satisfaction through unit-specific systems and improvements.
• Ensures operational profitability with preliminary budgets, performance data, system reporting, and inventory management.
• Provides care to patients, effectively using the nursing process.
• Communicates pertinent information to patients, families, and staff.
• Participates in activities for professional development and maintains required clinical knowledge, technical skills, training, and credentials.
• Manages, develops, retains and inspires an engaged workforce.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

The following requirements are necessary for this position:

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelors Degree in Science of Nursing (BSN) required for all Ochsner Magnet Facilities.
• Work Experience: 3 years of experience as an RN including 1 year as a charge nurse, supervisor or leader.
• Certifications: Current registered nurse (RN) license in state of practice, Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through American Heart Association.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The following knowledge, skills, and abilities are required for this position:

• Knowledge of nursing practice.
• Exceptional leadership skills.
• Good organizational and time management skills and ability to be self-directed.

Physical and Environmental Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 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.
• Duties performed routinely require exposure to blood, body fluid and tissue.
• The incumbent works in a patient care area; works in an area where patients enter; works directly with patients; and/or works with specimens that could contain communicable diseases.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ochsner Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected class, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.