What are the responsibilities and job description for the Unit Manager, RN position at Confidential?
Our Unit Managers are licensed healthcare professionals who supervise and direct nurses, staff and patients within their assigned unit, or floor. They may manage registered nurses, certified nursing assistants and licensed practical nurses, as well as medical administrative personnel. Our healthcare facilitiy provides long-term care, hospice and rehabilitation. The patients for which we care, the nurses and medical staff manage and the families of patients receiving treatment rely on unit managers as sources of mentorship, communication and support.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS POSITION:
- Evaluating nurse and medical staff performance
- Maintaining and restoring the health of their patients
- Managing daily treatment schedules
- Enforcing health and safety regulations
- Solving staffing issues and shortages
- Evaluating and adjusting treatment plans based on patient condition
- Ensuring their unit meets federal, state and company guidelines
- Completing admission and discharge forms
- Delivering hands-on care and medication administration as needed
- Communicating procedural issues with the director of nursing and working to correct them
- Acting as a liaison between patients' families and healthcare staff
- Maintaining accurate accounting records
- Managing hospice equipment inventory
The skills needed to be a successful unit manager are a combination of extensive nursing experience, technical skills and soft skills. Here is a list of important skills to possess as a unit manager:
- Management and leadership abilities: These abilities are useful as a unit manager because of the daily responsibility to supervise and mentor nursing staff.
- Verbal and written communication skills: These soft skills help unit managers describe complex information in an easy-to-understand manner to patient. Communication also helps unit manager convey details to their staff efficiently.
- Medical knowledge: This knowledge, including emergency and long-term care experience, is essential to providing quality care to patients and providing advanced training to nursing staff.
- Analytical thinking: Being an analytical thinker is useful in the day-to-day situations in which unit managers need to assess patient conditions and medical emergencies.
- Customer service and interpersonal skills: Unit managers often need to meet patients' needs and effectively work alongside nursing staff, administrative personnel and families.
- Science and mathematics skills: Having advanced science and mathematical skills is essential to proper care, diagnosis and treatment of patients.
- Empathy and patience: These soft skills help unit managers navigate through the difficult and emotional situations related to patient care.
- Ability to handle pressure: A unit manager's work and environment can often be fast-paced and stressful, making the ability to handle pressure important.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to Relocate:
- Northbridge, MA 01534: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
