Full-Time
House Manager
Posted on 5/9/2026
Bronson Methodist Hospital
No salary listed
Battle Creek, MI, USA
In Person
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (2) |
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Requirements
- Licensed Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan required.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates and oversees hospital operations.
- Provides administrative direction.
- Resolves crises and conflicts. Provides analysis, assessment and intervention for problems requiring immediate attention.
- Informs department managers and directors of problems and resolutions.
- Investigates problems and complaints from patients, visitors, physicians and staff.
- Implements appropriate action and follow up.
- Initial contact person for atypical events.
- Conducts initial assessment of event.
- Initiates appropriate action, ensuring stabilization of patient.
- Ensures notification of risk management, CSI and department manager and director.
- Continually assesses hospital environment for safety concerns including patients, families, visitors and staff.
- Takes action as appropriate.
- Attends all Safety Check-In Meetings Monday – Friday.
- Leads Safety Check-In Meetings on weekends and holidays.
- Coordinates placement of all admissions and transfers.
- Communicates with Bronson First to coordinate all regional transfers.
- Collaborates with physicians and Rapid Response to ensure optimal patient placement.
- Monitors hospital capacity.
- Manages throughput to avoid delays in patient placement.
- Implements hospital surge plan as needed.
- Provides hospital wide communication regarding level of occupancy.
- Collaborates with Emergency Room physicians and Emergency Room charge nurse when hospital is at capacity.
- Leads Bed Planning Meetings at 0400/1600.
- Works with staffing office to ensure appropriate placement of available staff.
- Assigns or reassigns staff as appropriate to maintain safe, competent levels of care in all areas, including placement of sitters.
- Coordinates communication with outside organizations or their representatives, including other health care facilities, law enforcement agencies and the media.
- Relays appropriate information according to established policies.
- Involves public relations in all media calls.
- Manages the initial response in the event of a disaster, crisis or emergency situation.
- Notifies incident commander.
- Coordinates all activities until incident commander arrives.
- Communicates with outside organizations or their representatives, including information regarding bed availability.
- Ensures compliance with established policies and procedures, including Substance Abuse Policy.
- Ensures appropriate testing when reasonable suspicion for abuse exists.
- Answers all calls for Employee Incident Hot Line after hours, on weekends and holidays.
- Provides initial triage and directs employee to Emergency Department as appropriate.
- Documents all calls on the Employee Injury & Illness Incident Report.
- Collaborates with Emergency Department physician to initiate prophylactic treatment of employees in the event of exposure to communicable diseases.
- Identifies bed bugs in conjunction with Environmental Services manager or designee.
- Coordinates notification of Environmental Services management, facilities and Griffin Pest Control.
- Ensures room is properly sealed post discharge.
- Conducts regular rounds on all hospital departments and units.
- Monitors unit activity, level of patient care and assists with problem resolution.
- Acts as mentor to staff and advocate to patients.
- Oversees availability of supplies and equipment necessary for patient care.
- Provides direction during shortages.
- Provides direction during computer and monitoring downtime.
Desired Qualifications
- Masters in Nursing or Health Care Administration preferred.
- Disaster planning knowledge and certification in Incident Command System courses IS-100.HCb, IS-200HCb, IS-200.HCa and IS-700.a highly preferred.
- Overall knowledge of disaster planning.