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112520
REGISTERED NURSE--MANAGER
MS521     $75,254 - $135,408
Creation Date: 06/29/1987
Change Date: 01/01/2025

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To provide management of nursing services in a clinical, education, or programmatic setting.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Manager
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
General from a Registered Nurse Assistant Director of Nursing A or other higher level personnel.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Direct over Registered Nurse Supervisor A, Registered Nurse Supervisor B and/or other equivalent level supervisors.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from RN Manage-House by the presence of direct line supervision.

Differs from RN Regional Manager by the absence of serving as the manager of facilities and/or staff in a region.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
CORE COMPETENCIES HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THIS JOB TITLE. MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCS COMPETENCY MODEL CAN BE FOUND HERE.

EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Provides management and direction to assigned clinical, programmatic, or educational units and coordinates activities with other departments and/or facilities.

In absence of Director and Assistant Director, assumes responsibility for supervision of entire Nursing Department and/or facility.

Assists with determining suitable organizational structure and staffing requirements for assigned nursing areas.

Prepares, monitors, and submits monthly and annual patient statistics, staff training, and budgetary reports.

Develops/assists in the preparation of the budget for the assigned sections.

Establishes long-term goals and objectives for assigned sections and/or facility.

Develops area operation policies, procedures, and standards of care in accordance with overall hospital and accreditation committee policies.

Develops and interprets to other professional and nonprofessional staff area operation policies, procedures, and standards of care in accordance with overall hospital and accreditation committee policies.

Assists in maintaining patient care standards by supervising and directing activities of subordinate nurses engaged in quality assurance, infection control, and utilization review activities.

Reviews staffing roster for assigned area to ensure adequate nursing coverage of professional and non-professional staff.

Serves on various committees for, patient safety, quality assurance, infection control, risk managements, and hospital accreditation.

Provides guidance, direction, and oversight in complying with JCAHO, HCFA, OSHA, Center for Disease Control, State Boards of Nursing, and other regulatory agencies.

Initiates or responds to various codes; supervises staff to assure that proper procedure is followed.

When necessary acts as liaison with families, other facilities, law enforcement agencies concerning patients' admission, discharge, transfer, etc.

Manages staff education programs including nursing staff and hospital-wide orientation that support education standards of licensing and accrediting bodies.

Serves as a liaison between the hospital, schools of nursing and other allied health training programs such as practical nurse, paramedic, psychology, laboratory, respiratory, radiology, National Guard Units, etc., providing student orientation and assuring that the goals of the agency and hospital are maintained.

Provides administration, direction, and evaluation for a hospital-wide comprehensive patient education program for both inpatient and outpatient areas.

Provides advanced practice courses such as Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Critical Care Core Curriculum (12 lead EKG interpretation, Hemodynamic Monitoring, Pathophysiology of the Critical Patient, Nursing Interventions, Ventilator Dependent Care, and other invasive monitoring).
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Possession of a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse plus one of the following:

Four years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR

A bachelor's degree in nursing plus three years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR

A master's degree in nursing or public health plus three years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR

A doctorate in nursing or public health plus two years of experience as a licensed registered nurse.