Fort Walton Beach Medical Center is a 257-bed top-performing quality hospital.  It is the only acute care hospital in the Tri-County area that offers open heart surgery, an Advanced Primary Stroke Center accredited by the Joint Commission and an Accredited Chest Pain Center. An affiliate of the UAB Cancer Community Network, Fort Walton offers a Cancer Care Center that is accredited by the Commission on Cancer Commission on Cancer.

Nurse Manager – Progressive Care Unit (Transitional Care)

1. Develops and administers unit specific services as necessary.
2. Promotes a multidisciplinary coordination of services, such as, nursing medical, respiratory care, laboratory, pharmaceutical and public relations.
3. Demonstrates excellent skills in planning, organizing, and managing personnel resources in a cost effective and productive manner for the operation of the nursing unit.
4. Administers and appraises Quality Improvement within the services provided.
5. Works with director on the hiring, evaluating, terminating, counseling, coaching and development of staff.
6. Manages the practice of professional nursing and support positions within the unit to maintain quality patient care through implementation and evaluation of clinical practice standards.
7. Works with director to develop, interpret, inspect and review policies and procedures within the services provided.
8. Gives input to Director on Disaster Preparedness policies and procedures for the organization.
9. Responsible for twenty four-hour coverage and problem resolution to the services provided.
10. Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care or the services delivered.
11. Demonstrates knowledge of the occurrence reporting system.  Uses system to report potential patient safety issues.
12. Follows established guidelines for reporting a significant medical error or unanticipated outcome in the patient’s care which results in patient harm.
13. Attends in-service presentations and completes all mandatory education requirements.
14. Uses Performance Improvement Plan to improve patient safety.
15. Regular, Punctual and dependable attendance.
16. Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION REQUIRED AND/OR PREFERRED:

• Associate Degree or Diploma in Nursing required
• BSN preferred

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:

• State of Florida RN License required
• BLS – AHA Healthcare Provider required upon hire
• ACLS within 90 days of hire required

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED OR PREFERRED: 

• Acute care experience required
• Cardiovascular step-down experience preferred
• Management experience preferred

Compensation commensurate on experience, starting at $23-$33/hr, plus offering 10K and 5K in relo.