Description Summary: Manages the designated service line and staff for a facility; ensures quality and full compliance with relevant policies and standards. Responsibilities: • Implementing and monitoring programs and practices for the delivery of safe and efficient quality nursing care for patients and their families • Ensuring consistent application of nursing services policies and standards throughout the organization • Monitoring patient outcomes and quality and effectiveness of nursing care • Overseeing performance of managers and teams; identifying and addressing staff training and development needs • Medical staff, department heads, and administrators in matters related to nursing service and strategies Standard I: Financial Management • Recognizes the impact of reimbursement on revenue • Understands the relationship between value-based purchasing and quality outcomes with revenue and reimbursement • Creates, monitors, and analyzes a budget explaining variances • Conduct ongoing evaluation of productivity forecasting future revenue and expenses • Documents capital appropriations and project authorizations Standard II. Human Resources Management • Evaluates and specifies the critical resources required to accomplish the team's objectives • Initiates requests for required resources based on staff competency with patient acuity • Allocates team resources responsibly and equitably within the scope of labor laws • Calculates resource usage to set a baseline for comparison • Discovers opportunities to improve resource utilization • Implements changes in role consistent with scope of practice • Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/