Medical Surgical Nursing Manager

Job Summary

The Nurse Manager is responsible for the twenty-four (24) hour planning, organizing, directing, and controlling of the daily operations and clinical practice of assigned patient care areas, to provide quality, individualized patient care and support philosophies of The View Hospital. The Nurse Manager assumes fiscal responsibility through preparation of unit budgets, serves as liaison with medical staff and other personnel, promotes the maximum growth and development of each employee, supports research, participates in strategic planning, both long and short term, and assures patient advocacy. The Nurse Manager guides nursing staff in the provision of nursing care consistent with Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners (QCHP), Nursing/Midwifery Competency Framework and Scope of Practice, the Plan of Care Policy, and other regulatory requirements.

The Nurse Manager maintains competency skills including the ability to provide care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds. Responsible for assuring staff competency in provision of age-related patient care. Identifies safety concerns and institute measures to provide a safe environment and provide appropriate assessment, intervention, and evaluation of patients with consideration of developmental milestones in the adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient population. The Nurse Manager provides appropriate assessments, interventions, and evaluations of patients with consideration of developmental milestones in the adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient population.

Job Responsibilities 1

Articulates organizational goals and vision and can regularly communicate relevant information to subordinates. Demonstrate and promote leadership behaviors and cultural values as defined in The View Hospital mission and vision.

Possess a highly developed ability to work effectively with a variety of constituencies and can lead and manage through influence.

Functions as a positive, creative, and effective leader monitoring patient care, acting as a patient advocate, ensuring customer’s expectations are met, actively participating in performance improvement activities and consulting in implementation of education programs.

Oversees and promotes the length of stay and patient throughput goals of the respective department.

Utilizes fiscal management skills to prepare, monitor and control budget, reduce expenses and generate increased revenues.

Assures that the unit maintains a patient focus by serving as a role model with consistent focus of customer relations, providing feedback regarding positive and negative patient comments and participating in customer satisfaction initiatives.

Job Responsibilities 2

Participates in quality and service improvement activities and achieving outcomes, which respond to customer expectations.

Ensures compliance with all national laws. Maintains staff compliance with policies, procedures, standards of care, clinical pathways, clinical guidelines, and protocols

Ensures the efficient and effective utilization of personnel resources to provide nursing care. Guides nursing staff in the provision of nursing care consistent with established standards, policies, and procedures. Assure that staff is competent in the provision of clinical and age-related care to assigned patient population.

Develops and implements measurable objectives consistent with the organization's mission, goals, and timetables. Is flexible and adjusts plans to meet changing conditions.

Promotes the delivery of quality nursing care for areas of responsibility including development, implementation and

reporting of staffing effectiveness.

Collaborates with colleagues to meet the educational goals of her/his unit.

Additional Responsibilities 3

Job Knowledge & Skills

Approved License to work in the country, RN License,Basic Life Support

Collaborates to problem solve and make decisions to achieve desired outcomes

Establishes effective working relationships with cross-functional team(s)

Responds timely, effectively, and appropriately to deliverables

Shares knowledge, time, and expertise to assist other members of the team

Cultivates and maintains strong customer relationships and rapport with stakeholders and/or client groups

Ensures practices and procedures are inclusive of interpersonal and cultural diversity

Ability to interpret and apply knowledge of standards to comply with regulations

Ability to communicate expectations and priorities, and clarify roles and responsibilities

Job Experience

Minimum 10 years (required)

Minimum 7 years as Nurse Leader

Minimum 1 year in GCC (preferred)

Competencies

Education