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Universal Health Services

Manages hospitals and behavioral health facilities

Nurse Manager

Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeWashington, DC, USA$109.8k - $164.7kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited nursing program is required.
  • A current and unrestricted District of Columbia Registered Nurse license is required.
  • Current BLS certification is required, or it must be obtained within the organization's established timeframe.
  • A minimum of five years of progressive clinical nursing experience is required.
  • Demonstrated experience managing clinical teams, staffing, employee performance, clinical workflows, competency programs, patient safety, and quality initiatives.
  • Strong nursing leadership and people-management skills are required.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and develop frontline clinical supervisors and team leads is required.
  • Strong understanding of ambulatory clinical operations and patient-care workflows is required.
  • Knowledge of nursing scope of practice, Medical Assistant functions, infection prevention, patient safety, HIPAA, OSHA, and CLIA requirements is required.
  • Strong staffing, scheduling, workforce-planning, and resource-management capabilities are required.
  • Ability to analyze operational and clinical data and translate findings into actionable improvement plans is required.
  • Strong conflict-resolution, coaching, performance-management, and problem-solving skills are required.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic and operational nursing leadership for clinical practices on the third and fourth floors of the 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue building, ensuring safe, effective, consistent, patient-centered care and accountability for nursing and clinical support operations.
  • Directly manage two Nurse Supervisors and four Lead Medical Assistants, and oversee clinical staffing, daily assignments, nursing practice, Medical Assistant workflows, employee performance, training and competency, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and clinical quality.
  • Serve as the primary nursing leadership resource for assigned practices and collaborate with physicians, practice leadership, Nurse Supervisors, Lead Medical Assistants, and administrative leadership to support patient care and provider needs.
  • Identify operational and clinical barriers, implement standardized workflows, develop staff, improve clinical performance, and ensure appropriate staffing and resources for efficient patient access and high-quality care.
  • Set expectations for Nurse Supervisors and Lead Medical Assistants and hold frontline leaders accountable for staffing, employee performance, clinical workflow execution, competency, communication, and adherence to organizational standards.
  • Provide direct leadership, coaching, development, and performance management for Nurse Supervisors and Lead Medical Assistants.
  • Provide overall leadership and accountability for nursing and Medical Assistant operations across assigned practices, and ensure consistent application of policies, procedures, and clinical standards.
  • Conduct regular leadership meetings with Nurse Supervisors and Lead Medical Assistants to review staffing, workflows, patient-care concerns, performance issues, training needs, and operational priorities.
  • Partner with Human Resources and appropriate leadership on employee relations, performance improvement, corrective action, attendance, and disciplinary matters.
  • Participate in interviewing, selecting, onboarding, evaluating, developing, and retaining nursing and clinical support staff.
  • Identify leadership-development opportunities for Nurse Supervisors, Lead Medical Assistants, nurses, and other clinical team members, and promote engagement, accountability, teamwork, professional development, and service excellence.
  • Oversee clinical staffing assignments for approximately 19 nurses and 26 Medical Assistants.
  • Work with Nurse Supervisors and Lead Medical Assistants to maintain appropriate daily staffing and clinical coverage based on patient volumes, provider schedules, clinical needs, and practice demands.
  • Review staffing patterns, vacancies, call-outs, leave, workload, overtime, and coverage gaps, and develop solutions to maintain continuity of patient care.
  • Ensure clinical staff are assigned appropriately based on competencies, scope of practice, patient-care requirements, and operational needs.
  • Provide leadership during unexpected staffing shortages and help develop contingency coverage plans.
  • Evaluate staffing models and recommend workforce needs, vacancies, recruitment priorities, and staffing levels to leadership.
  • Monitor clinical team performance and ensure follow-up on identified performance concerns.
  • Coach Nurse Supervisors and Lead Medical Assistants on employee management, communication, conflict resolution, documentation, and performance management.
  • Ensure performance concerns are documented and addressed in accordance with organizational policy.
  • Review operational and clinical performance indicators and develop action plans when performance does not meet expectations.
  • Hold clinical leadership accountable for timely completion of required training, competencies, evaluations, and corrective actions.
  • Oversee clinical quality, patient safety, infection prevention, and regulatory compliance for assigned practices.
  • Ensure compliance with organizational policies and applicable HIPAA, OSHA, CLIA, infection-control, safety, and emergency-preparedness requirements.
  • Oversee review and resolution of clinically related patient complaints and serve as an escalation resource for significant patient-care concerns.
  • Review Compliance 360 reports and other safety or quality events, ensuring appropriate investigation, corrective action, staff education, and follow-up.
  • Identify trends in safety events, patient complaints, workflow concerns, or clinical performance and implement improvement initiatives.
  • Participate in quality-improvement, patient-safety, and patient-experience initiatives, and ensure clinical teams are ready for regulatory reviews, audits, and inspections.
  • Oversee processes for securing, storing, tracking, and maintaining medications, vaccines, and clinical supplies; ensure appropriate inventory levels and compliant storage and handling practices.
  • Work with clinical leadership to address supply concerns, prevent unnecessary waste, and maintain financially responsible clinical operations.
  • Provide nursing leadership during clinical emergencies and ensure staff appropriately activate emergency response procedures.
  • Ensure clinical staff maintain competency in emergency protocols and required emergency-response procedures.
  • Develop working relationships with physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, practice leadership, and clinical staff.
  • Partner with providers to improve clinical workflows, staffing, communication, patient access, and care delivery.
  • Address provider concerns about clinical staffing or workflows and develop sustainable operational solutions.
  • Facilitate communication between providers and clinical leadership to ensure appropriate resources support patient-care needs.
  • Communicate professionally with employees, patients, providers, and organizational leadership, and model professionalism, accountability, collaboration, and service excellence.
  • Promote organizational values, including iCARE principles, throughout the clinical workforce.
  • Develop and support educational, engagement, and team-building initiatives that promote a patient-focused and physician-led clinical environment.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or a related healthcare field is preferred.
  • Experience in an ambulatory, physician-practice, multispecialty, or similar healthcare environment is preferred.
  • A minimum of three years of nursing leadership, supervisory, or management experience is strongly preferred.
  • Experience leading through subordinate supervisors or clinical team leads is strongly preferred.
  • Experience supporting multiple practices, specialties, departments, or clinical locations is preferred.

About the Company

Universal Health Services

Manages hospitals and behavioral health facilities

Universal Health Services operates a network of acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and ambulatory centers across the United States. It generates its services by acquiring and managing healthcare facilities, then integrating them under centralized operating practices to deliver patient care. The company’s offering is the management and provision of hospital and behavioral health services, with a focus on standardized clinical operations, economies of scale, and nationwide coverage. What sets UHS apart is its long history of growth through acquisitions, its size and scale in both acute and behavioral health markets, and its ability to integrate new facilities while maintaining consistent care quality. Its goal is to provide high-quality healthcare across a broad network, improve patient outcomes, and sustain long-term value for shareholders by expanding access and efficiency in hospital and behavioral health services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Founded
1978

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