Clinical Nursing Dir-Exp Unit

Description

Responsible for the 24-hour management of designated patient care unit(s), service(s), and/or program(s) to facilitate and deliver quality nursing care as well as to coordinate and manage the environment in which the care is delivered. Assignment to Nurse Manager Large Unit position considers number of FTE's supervised, number of units, and level of infrastructure support and is designated by the Chief Nursing Officer. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. This Classification requires registration, certification or licensure with the appropriate agency as identified on the Primary Source Verification Matrix. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.