Position: RN Nurse Manager, Long Term Acute Care LTAC
Schedule: Full Time, Days
Organization: Centra Health
Facility: Centra Specialty Hospital (located within Virginia Baptist Hospital)
Location: Lynchburg, VA
About Centra Health:
Set in the heart of Central Virginia, Centra Health is a regional, nonprofit healthcare system including four hospitals, a network of medical centers, as well as various specialty and primary care practices located along the Blue Ridge. At Centra, providing excellence in patient care, utilizing the latest evidence-based research, and fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion are at the forefront of our belief system. Centra is home to the Central Virginia Center for Simulation and Virtual Learning, the only center in Virginia that offers a full range of simulation experiences.
We want to partner with you to live your best life. At Centra, we want to listen carefully and get to know you well. We want to understand your hopes, goals and dreams. As a candidate considering employment with our organization, we want you to understand that it is our mission to help partner with you throughout each stage of your career.
Job Description:
The RN Nurse Manager, Long Term Acute Care LTAC maintains 24-hour accountability for the Unit. In this role, the Unit Manager plans, organizes, schedules, monitors and leads the work of individuals and groups to attain desired results. This position selects and develops staff to promote a healthy work environment. The Unit Manager facilitates Centra's strategic plan, maintains quality and safe patient care, promotes a service-oriented environment, and functions within budgetary guidelines. The Unit Manager integrates the tenets of the Professional Practice Model in the operations of the Unit. The Unit Managers practice reflects the American Nurses Associations (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses, the ANA Scope and Standards for Nurse Administrators, and the Nurse Practice Act of Virginia.
Centra Specialty Hospital is a 36-bed long term acute care hospital providing clinical services to patients who require an extended stay in an acute care setting. Located on the fifth floor of Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital's campus, we specialize in the care of patients with complex extended medical needs. Patients are referred to Centra Specialty Hospital for continuation of acute medical care because the severity and complexity of their medical condition prevents them from being discharged home or transferred to a rehab unit or skilled nursing facility.
Requirements:
· Required Education: Bachelors or Masters in nursing. If Masters is in nursing, Bachelors may be in any field.
· Required Experience: 1 year experience in nursing or related healthcare field.
· Preferred Experience: Leadership experience preferred.
· Required Certification & Licensures: Hold a current, active license as a registered nurse in Virginia or hold a current multistate licensure privilege as a registered nurse. Hold a current, active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (AHA BLS) course completion card.
· Preferred Certification & Licensures: Certification in specialty or nursing leadership.
When recruiting and retaining talent at Centra, our hiring needs are based on matching a candidate’s job qualifications with our job requirements and department needs without regard to race, color, age, religion or belief, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Centra is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.
Be yourself. Be a partner with Centra.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Work setting:
Work Location: In person