| JOB TITLE: Registered Nurse Inpatient Nursing Operations Manager - Med Surg/Telemetry LOCATION: Geisinger Medical Center DEPARTMENT: Nursing WORK SCHEDULE: Days WORK TYPE: Full Time JOB SUMMARY: Manages nursing personnel and daily operational related activities. Leads Nursing team for assigned units with responsibility for all operational functions of the team. Works in partnership with the Medical Director/Physician Liaison of the inpatient unit to provide administrative and medical staff support to the operations of the inpatient unit. Responsible for developing and initiating improvements in the organization and delivery of high quality, cost effective patient care. Duties and responsibilities will include supporting the vision, mission, and goals of the Nursing Department and the organization. Responsible for nursing clinical practice, budgetary personnel activities, and regulatory activities associated with the unit and the clinical department, and continuing support of Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Commitment to community service is encouraged and is a quality of leadership. Responsible for ensuring the very best patient/family experience by optimizing all customer interaction. Foster a positive work environment through mutual support and cooperation and adheres to Geisinger and unit specific Service Standards. Reports directly to the AVP/Clinical Director and is matrixed to the Department Service Line leaders (Vice President and Chair) as appropriate. COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS: Demonstrates basic knowledge of budget concepts. Demonstrates good organizational skills. Demonstrates good human relation skills, active listening, and conflict resolution skills. Demonstrates excellent oral and written interpersonal communication skills. Demonstrates leadership, facilitation, coaching, and collaboration skills. Demonstrates the ability to guide a team to successful outcomes. Demonstrates effective decision-making and problem-solving skills. Demonstrates the technological skills/abilities to perform the functions of the position as it relates to chart auditing, employee documentation accountability and other performance improvement functions and unit based needs. EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: RN presently licensed or eligible for licensure in Pennsylvania required. BSN degree required. Master's degree in nursing, Health Care Administration or related field preferred. Professional certification required. Minimum 3 or more years of progressive management experience in a health care setting required. Management experience in an academic medical center or integrated health care delivery system preferred. WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER: (GMC), located Danville, Pa., the largest tertiary/quaternary care teaching hospital in the region, is licensed for 475 beds, including 89 pediatric beds in the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital. GMC, a Magnet Hospital, maintains the region’s only Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center with additional qualifications in pediatrics. GMC offers an array of highly specialized medical and surgical services, including neurosciences, cardiovascular services, transplantation, women’s health (in the Women’s Pavilion), oncology and orthopaedics. The Hospital for Advanced Medicine serves as an integrated center for the most critical patients. Outpatient services are available on and off campus. ABOUT GEISINGER: Geisinger is a physician-led health system comprised of approximately 30,000 employees, including nearly 1,600 employed physicians, 13 hospital campuses, two research centers, and a 583,000-member health plan Geisinger is nationally recognized for innovative practices and quality care. Geisinger serves more than 3 million people in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania and also in southern New Jersey with the addition of National Malcolm Baldridge Award recipient AtlantiCare, A member of Geisinger. In 2017, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine became the newest member of the Geisinger Family. We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.* Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. ** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status. *Domestic partner benefits not applicable at Geisinger Holy Spirit. | 
