Nurse manager responsibilities include all tasks related to overseeing RN staff at their facility. In addition to ensuring care delivery goals are met, nurse managers onboard and train staff, manage the nursing department budget, monitor levels of various resources such as medical supplies, gloves, and masks, and order replacement supplies as needed. Although the exact duties of a nurse manager can vary depending on the facility and the size of the RN staff they oversee, other important nurse manager responsibilities may include the following.
- Setting departmental work schedules
- Disciplining RN staff
- Evaluating RNs’ job performance and providing coaching as needed
- Providing support to RNs, patients and patient’s families as needed
- Responding to inquiries from other department heads
- Making budgetary decisions
- Answering patients’ questions
- Providing information to the healthcare team, including doctors and in some cases, surgical staff, as needed
- Ensuring staff are compliant with state and federal legal and regulatory standards
