Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurse Manager

Quick Facts

• Role: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurse Manager (Registered Nurse)

• Coverage: Responsible for 24/7 unit operations

• Patient population: Adult and geriatric patients

Description

The ICU Nurse Manager is responsible and accountable for the unit’s 24/7 nursing operations, ensuring timely care that meets accepted standards of care and relevant regulations. The role emphasizes leadership in planning, assigning, evaluating, and developing subordinate staff, while also driving performance measures, patient and employee safety, customer/patient satisfaction, and standards of practice. The Nurse Manager manages staffing and scheduling, validates nursing hours per patient day, supports committees and educational needs, and fosters collaborative partnerships with physicians and other clinicians.

Responsibilities

• Plan work, set priorities, and prepare schedules for subordinate completion of tasks

• Assign work based on priorities, case difficulty, and staff capabilities

• Evaluate subordinate performance; recommend appointments, advancements, or reassignments

• Provide advice, counsel, and instruction to subordinates

• Hear and resolve subordinate complaints; escalate unresolved issues

• Recommend and/or take appropriate disciplinary action

• Identify developmental and training needs and arrange development/training

• Manage performance measures, performance improvement, and customer/patient satisfaction

• Ensure patient and employee safety

• Interview applicants; manage employee relations

• Maintain standards of care and practice; support work environment

• Support accreditation and regulatory standards

• Validate staffing on a continual 24/7 basis, including nursing hours per patient day

• Work with other Nurse Managers to identify and share resources

• Conduct time scheduling, coaching, and address employee conduct/performance issues

• Complete and submit recurring reports, proficiency, and performance evaluations

• Participate in service and medical center committees/task forces to improve nursing practice and patient care

• Identify staff educational needs and ensure they are addressed

• Support student nurse clinical experiences and orient new Nurse Managers

Benefits

• Competitive salary and potential performance awards

• Paid Time Off: 50 days/year (annual leave, sick leave, and paid federal holidays)

• Retirement: federal pension (with 5 years vesting) and federal 401K (up to 5% VA contributions)

• Insurance: federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care options

• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted RN license from any U.S. state or territory

• Work schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:30am–4:00pm (not compressed/flexible)

• No telework; not a virtual position