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Nurse Manager, Registered Nurse, Medical Surgical Unit
Full-time, Day Shift
Glen Burnie, MD

The Right Choice! Right Here!

At University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, our registered nurses have earned the highest level of respect as a critical factor in our success-- and that of our patients. As part of the acclaimed University of Maryland Medical System, our facility is one of three ANCC Pathway to Excellence designated hospitals in Maryland. UM BWMC features one of the state's busiest emergency departments, as well as a team of experts who care for our community and one another.

UM BWMC is laser focused on the quality of care we provide to our patients. We are proud that our efforts have been recognized in numerous ways. While it is not about any individual award, the totality of the awards highlights the consistently high quality of care that we provide for our community, especially related to some of the most complex services we offer. Some of these quality and safety achievements include:

2022 AWARDS

• Named a 'Best Hospital' in the Baltimore Metro Area and state of Maryland by U.S. News & World Report, and ranked High-Performing in the categories of Lung cancer surgery, Colon cancer surgery, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Diabetes, Heart attack, Heart failure, Kidney failure and Stroke.
• Named a Circle of Honor winner in the Maryland Patient Safety Center's 2022 Minogue Awards for Patient Safety Innovation. Learn more.
• Specialty clinical quality award from Healthgrades in the following area: America's 100 Best Orthopedic Surgery(tm)
• American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's 2022 Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Achievement Awards.
• American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline - STEMI Receiving Center Gold Achievement Award; and Mission: Lifeline - NSTEMI Gold Achievement Award.
• Cribs for Kids' National Gold-Level Safe Sleep Hospital Certification.
• Named to the Executive Alliance 20/20 Honor Roll for 2022 in recognition of gender equity at the executive level and in the board room.

JOB SUMMARY:
Under limited supervision, the Nurse Manager is a Registered Nurse who is vested with 24 hour accountability for ensuring safe, effective and appropriate patient care on a designated patient care unit. The Nurse Manager serves as the link between the Hospital's Vision and the unit. The Nurse Manager has direct access to support service resources essential to nursing and patient care, and maintains line authority over unit nursing staff, and assigned PRN, SSP and Float Pool personnel. The Nurse Manager is competent to care for all patients in the age group(s) served by her unit, as defined in the Unit Specific RN Performance Standards.

Mission
All employees are responsible for extending the mission and values of Baltimore Washington Medical Center by dedicating oneself to providing the highest quality healthcare services to the communities we serve.

Reports to Director of Nursing - appropriate Division:

1. Is responsible for the development and administration of departmental goals and objectives and their concurrence with the hospital mission, vision and goals.
2. Understands the bigger picture and his/her role in it
3. Is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality service to all customers, as well as meeting regulatory requirements and continually im