Cardiac Cath Lab Nurse Manager HVSH Days FT

DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital in Oakland County is committed to outstanding customer service and medical care. This hospital features the Harris Birthing Center with all private birthing suites, the Charach Cancer Treatment Center (affiliated with the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center), cardiac services, and comprehensive inpatient and outpatient diagnostic care. For emergency services, obstetrics and ambulatory surgery, Huron Valley-Sinai consistently ranks among the top hospitals in the nation.

Summary Description

The Cardiac Cath Lab Nurse Manager is responsible for patient care accountability, planning, implementing and evaluating processes related to performance improvement, staffing effectiveness, fiscal management, staff competence and customer service outcomes within designated units/services and in collaboration with senior leadership and subordinate staff. Ensure that regulatory requirements/standards are communicated, implemented and monitored. Collaborate with other members of the healthcare team to plan, implement & evaluate activities related to department, hospital and DMC objectives. Model customer service excellence.

The Cardiac Cath Lab Nurse Manager is also responsible for providing business support to Nursing operations, identify the need for departmental policy development and/or revision and define policy in collaboration with higher-level management input and department goals/objectives. Oversee the development and/or revision of departmental procedures/protocols; secure approvals, as necessary. Develop, monitor and revise processes. May provide input into the development and revision of departmental organizational design and/or monitor the quality and quantity of overall workflow. Initiate or recommend personnel actions such as hires, fires and disciplines for area(s) assigned. Complete performance appraisals. Develop and assess performance of daily, monthly and/or yearly goals and measures for assigned area(s). As requested, assist in long-range goal development for the department and assessment of goal attainment. Assist in developing and monitoring budget for designated single or multiple, closely-related fields, areas or processes.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

2. Three to five years of progressively more responsible experience with a strong emphasis in Cardiology Invasive Procedures.

3. Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Michigan.

Skills Required

1. Analytical ability to create solutions to difficult administrative, technical or human situations, to anticipate and resolve a broad range of issues and concerns on multiple, sometimes unrelated, topics, to determine the need for process development and refinement, to independently evaluate situations and outline ramifications of multiple solutions or options, to recommend goals for a function/area and understand when intervention in current work processes must occur to ensure successful delivery of service.

2. Communication and/or interpersonal skills for contact with internal and external customers/stakeholders to obtain and interpret a variety of information based on knowledge of departmental practices, DMC policies and programs and specific technical and regulatory knowledge. Discretion must be exercised in deciding what and how to communicate; conflict resolution skills must be exercised where policy issues are concerned both within the functional area and interdepartmentally. Diplomacy, tact and listening skills are required. Ability to read, interpret and write technical materials.

3. Project management skills including the ability to define program, project, or process objectives, identify stakeholders and their interests, plan steps, coordinate and allocate human, technological and fiscal resources to accomplish goals and objectives in a resourceful yet timely manner.

4. Leadership skills including demonstrated willingness to pursue leadership roles with increasing levels of accountability comfort with decision-making responsibilities, coaching, teaching and counseling skills, and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others and to forge alliances and garner support. Ability to apply a team approach/team builder management style.

5. Comprehensive knowledge of cardiovascular health care practices and techniques.