Acute Care Manager

Overview

At Saint Clare's Health, our dedicated team of professionals is committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community. As a member of Prime Healthcare, Saint Clare's Health is actively seeking new members to join its award-winning team!

 

Saint Clare's Health includes CMS 5-Star Rated hospitals and is an award-winning provider of safe, high quality, compassionate care, serving the communities of Morris, Warren and Sussex counties. Its network of hospitals and healthcare facilities include Denville Hospital, Dover Hospital, Behavioral Health Centers in Boonton, Denville, and Parsippany, and an Imaging Center in Parsippany, among other satellite locations. The hospitals have received multiple quality awards including Leapfrog “A” ratings for patient safety; Healthgrades recognition for orthopedic surgery, treatment of stroke, heart care, various surgical procedures, and more. For information, visit www.saintclares.com.

 

Responsibilities

The Acute Care Manager is a Registered Nurse who assumes 24-hour administrative responsibility for the management and operations of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Telemetry, and Medical-Surgical Units. The manager is responsible for supervising, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of patient care across all assigned acute care service lines. Develops and implements departmental goals, strategic initiatives, performance improvement activities, and regulatory compliance programs to ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centered care.

 

The Acute Care Manager provides leadership and oversight of all personnel assigned to the ICU, Telemetry, and Medical-Surgical Units, ensuring appropriate staffing, productivity, competency, and professional development. Effectively utilizes human, financial, and material resources to support operational efficiency and optimal patient outcomes. Maintains accountability for patient throughput, quality metrics, patient experience, staff engagement, and regulatory readiness.

 

The manager collaborates closely with physicians, nursing leadership, ancillary departments, and hospital administration to facilitate interdisciplinary care coordination, remove barriers to patient flow, and promote achievement of organizational goals. Communicates effectively with staff, physicians, patients, families, and executive leadership both verbally and in writing. Serves as a resource and consultant regarding clinical operations, policy interpretation, regulatory requirements, and evidence-based practice, while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

 

This position is directly accountable to the Chief Nursing Officer/Director of Nursing for the overall performance, quality outcomes, operational effectiveness, and fiscal stewardship of the ICU, Telemetry, and Medical-Surgical Units.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

 

1.     Must have a current and valid state license as a Registered Nurse.

2,     BLS (AHA) upon hire and maintain current.3.     A minimum of two years supervisory/management experience necessary.4.     Minimum of three years of continuous clinical experience in a clinical/acute care setting.5.     Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) (AHA) upon hire and maintain current.

6.     Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), required for all hires after 1/11/2021.

 

Pay Transparency

Saint Clare's Health offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options.  Benefits may vary based on employment status, i.e. full-time, part-time, per diem or temporary.  A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $105,996.80 to $135,969.60 on an annualized basis. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

 

Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Variable

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf