Job: Manager Patient Care - Medical Telemetry Unit - Job #: 64609BR

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Job Title

Manager Patient Care - Medical Telemetry Unit

Building Code

SL-Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Address

2900 W Oklahoma Ave

City

Milwaukee

# Hours Per Pay Period (Bi-weekly)

80

Schedule

Days

Weekend Hours:

As needed to ensure visibility and accessibility of the weekend program nursing staff.

Req # (optional)

64609BR

Explore a Career In

Nursing Services

Job Description

As an Aurora Leader, imagine yourself...
Creating a culture of passion that touches every employee, every action and every thought. Imagine providing direction and focus that ensures we are putting the patient at the center of all we do.
Passionate leaders live the Aurora values and act as role models for the entire organization. They serve their communities. They use the art of communication; they listen and understand the power of vision and values.
Imagine yourself instilling a sense of significance in a diverse workforce and mobilizing others to constantly find better ways to provide healthcare. Imagine yourself...
Creating a culture of passion that touches every employee, every action and every thought. Imagine providing direction and focus that ensures we are putting the patient at the center of all we do.
As Manager of Patient Care at St. Luke's for a new medical telemetry unit, 8 Center, opening at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center location in 2010, imagine yourself

Coordinating/managing all resources necessary to optimally provide care, including the availability of staff resources, patient care supplies and automated patient care systems. Also being responsible for effectively managing resources through systems management, carefully coordinating system issues to assure optimal patient care.

Evaluating the quality of patient care provided by all unit personnel by using the Standards of Practice and patient outcomes.

Assuring that the Outcome Facilitation Team Process occurs at the unit level and monitoring compliance with Care Management's Care Initiatives.

Maintaining unit/department in compliance with the Joint Commission on Accreditation, and other regulatory bodies.

Maintaining financial responsibility of the patient care area. Developing, submitting, and maintaining annual operational budgets and completes annual capital/equipment budget.

Facilitating research-based nursing by creating an environment that encourages the utilization of research in practice; using research in decision-making to maintain quality, cost and customer service; and assuring the integration of research in congruence with departmental, organizational, regional and system strategic goals.

Participating in Mid-Market and Site Shared Governance councils as an elected management representative, as a work group member, or by providing feedback as requested to councils. Supporting Shared Governance on the unit or department by holding staff accountable and by monitoring and counseling the unit representative(s) to ensure role compliance.

Being responsible for adhering to established Service Standards and for reinforcing service standards with all employees.

As the largest private hospital in Wisconsin, St. Luke's Medical Center is the cornerstone of the Aurora Health Care system. People travel from across the country, and all around the world, for the technically advanced tertiary care available at St. Luke's. Best known for its cardiac program, it is among the top ten hospitals nation-wide in the number of heart transplants performed, and has the best one year survival rate at 95.06%, according to The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. St. Luke's is also a provider of advanced cancer treatment, including the largest Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant program in the state. It is home to the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic which provides leading-edge research, treatment and education. Our neuroscience program offers a full complement of services from groundbreaking treatment for brain attacks to clinics dedicated to epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson disease.

Aurora Health Care offers shared governance, also referred to as shared decision making, a s

General Qualifications

Current RN Wisconsin license. Bachelor's Degree in Professional Nursing. Excellent communication skills and an ability to partner with physicians and other members of the interdisciplinary team is essential. Minimum five (5) years experience in nursing. Previous supervisory experience preferred. Also preferred Master's Degree in nursing or related field.

Desired Qualifications

Masters Degree preferred.

This position is open due to a military leave:

No

Discover the Benefits:

Imagine a workplace where you are valued for Finding Better Ways and are offered flexibility, mobility and growth through a wide range of career options. With Aurora you'll find a diverse and comprehensive blend of benefits designed to make your life better both inside and outside of the workplace.