Job Description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift

Various (United States of America)

About the Facility

    Learn more about Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center, including our teams, culture, and campus environment:

    Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center | Wellstar Health System

    Hours: Full Time 40 Hours per week

Job Summary:

The Manager Clinical RN is a registered professional nurse who provides support and works in conjunction with the nurse manager of a specific unit(s) or service. The Manager Clinical RN must possess very good skills in communication and teamwork and serve as a mentor for others while learning the responsibilities of his/her role. Together with other nursing leaders, the Manager Clinical RN uses their knowledge and skills to promote the creation of a center of excellence for staff recruitment and retention and clinical and business outcomes. This leader upholds the executive nursing leader's direction and actively leads staff in the performance of their daily activities and participates in their performance reviews, as well as coaching and counseling as appropriate.

In collaboration with partner leaders, this manager holds staff accountable for the delivery of care and services through effective communication, observation, and the management and measurement of specific interventions/practices and their associated outcomes. This key leader plays a significant role in achieving clinical and financial goals along with management of human/material resources as delegated. They also play a pivotal role in staff recruitment, mentoring and retention. The individual in this role models the way to foster teamwork and collaboration with physicians, staff, patients and other departments. Role specific competencies, responsibilities, roles and functions are based on Nursing Professional Practice Model.

It is expected that the Manager Clinical RN is licensed, knowledgeable and upholds the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Resources and Support

• Engages staff in decision making via shared governance processes and partners with others to promote patient centered care and service excellence. Supports the executive nursing leader as a designee and provides evolving leadership and management skills for a specific business/clinical unit(s)
• Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility and is a member of ones professional organization
• Serves to support the charge nurse and other nurse leaders on the unit to promote the effective running of the care delivery system and ensures that the clinical processes of care are working as intended serves as a resource for all staff and accepts additional responsibilities.
• Manages budget development and supports monitoring and meeting fiscal outcomes for the work unit. Self-directed in learning how to apply lean and other quality skills to reduce waste and improve performance of operations and clinical systems of care.

Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Collaboration

• Effectively communicates to diverse workforce and enjoys mentoring others while learning the necessary skills for progressive responsibilities in nursing management. Holds all staff at point of care accountable for performance standards
• Creates opportunities for self and staff to grow and implements a healthy, safe, desirable work place that ensure for the retention and recruitment of qualified staff now and in the future.

Exemplary Practice and Outcomes

• Promote staff competency in clinical care delivery
• Holds self and staff to the highest professional and ethical standards, ensuring corporate compliance standards, clinical competency, etc. are met. Is an active member of ones professional community and serves as a role model for professional nursing practice and nursing leadership
• Successfully works with nursing executives to employ change management strategies and instills in self and others the curiosity to explore new knowledge and ideas

Professional Development

• Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility and as a member of ones professional organization.
• Seeks opportunities to advance knowledge and skills through formal and informal educational offerings to enhance understanding of how health care is financed and how to manage a diverse nursing workforce

Evidence Based Practice and Research

• Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing. Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision making process in evaluating patient care products.
• Effectively identifies areas of performance improvement of staff and clinical systems. Supports nurse executive projects to improve the same - includes assuring service meets or exceed licensure, regulatory and accreditation standards
• Advances managerial skills to effectively use data and evidence to support decision making for clinical and operational responsibilities and demonstrates awareness of legal and ethical issues related to patient and staff data, information and confidentiality

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

• Bachelors Nursing or Masters Nursing

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor

Additional License(s) and Certification(s):

National certification in nursing administration Upon Hire Preferred

Required Minimum Experience:

Minimum 3 years of clinical experience Required

Required Minimum Skills:

Should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and relationship building;

desires to see progressive nursing management roles and enjoys/seeks opportunities to coach and mentor others.

Seeks to learn and demonstrate progressive skills in the business of managing a patient care unit or service by obtaining the commitment and productivity of nursing staff.

Must be a continuous learner who seeks to better understands health care financing;

strategy and operations for running a business unit(s); and effectively employ data and technology to support work processes and make decisions. Supports shared governance or shared decision making;

manage the design and delivery of care that in based on evidence and focused on quality and safety.

Demonstrates interest and aptitude to achieve knowledge of risk management and various accreditation/regulations/licensing requirements.

Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.