The Nurse Manager operates within the Springfield Memorial Hospital and Nursing Division mission, vision, strategic priorities and goals.  Utilizing a shared leadership philosophy, the Nurse Manager assumes 24-hour accountability for unit management and the quality of patient care on a designated unit(s).  The Nurse Manager creates and maintains a work environment conducive to effective communication, collaboration, teambuilding and nursing professionalism.  She/he ensures the enculturation of the Magnet Program requirements on the unit.  She/he assures that care provided on the unit is appropriate to the age of the patients served and that staff are competent to provide safe, quality, evidence-based nursing care.  She/he maintains positive physician and interdepartmental relationships as well as positive employee morale. 

2E Oncology will care for patients whose treatment may be medical, surgical or radiation. They will also assist in managing side effects of chemotherapy along with many IVs, nursing treatments, medication administration, chemotherapy, transfusions, trachs, pegs, drains, colostomies and pain management.

Education:

·         BSN required; Master’s degree preferred.
Licensure/Certification/Registry:

·         Current Illinois RN licensure required.

·         Holds national specialty nursing certification in clinical area or nursing administration, or completes within 24 months of assuming role.
Experience:

·         At least three years experience in acute care nursing as a registered nurse with demonstrated progressive leadership/management skills.
Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

·         Demonstrated working knowledge of the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program model and standards.

·         Demonstrated understanding of nurse-sensitive quality indicators and basic hospital/nursing regulatory requirements.