Nurse Manager (Med/Surg)

Holy Cross Health Fl
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Position Purpose:

A Medical-Surgical (Med-Surg) Nurse Manager oversees the daily clinical operations, staffing, budgeting, and quality initiatives of a dedicated med-surg unit. They are responsible for hiring, mentoring, and evaluating staff while ensuring evidence-based care. Key duties include enhancing patient outcomes, maintaining safety standards, and fostering collaboration with physicians and nursing teams


What will you do:

  • Clinical Leadership & Staffing: Recruit, train, and manage nursing staff schedules to ensure adequate, high-quality care coverage.
  • Quality & Patient Care: Ensure compliance with state, federal, and hospital standards (e.g., patient safety goals, infection control).
  • Administrative Management: Manage unit budgets, monitor expenses, and manage unit supplies.
  • Staff Development: Conduct performance evaluations, provide mentorship, and handle disciplinary actions.
  • Collaboration: Act as a liaison between staff, physicians, and administrative leadership to improve patient outcomes



Minimum Qualifications:


  • Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (RN), Healthcare Administration, or a related field is typically required; a Master's degree is preferred.
  • Experience: Previous experience in hospital quality, risk management, or regulatory compliance is crucial.
  • Skills: Proficiency in quality management software, electronic health records (EHR), and data analysis tools


Position Highlights and Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefit packages available, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 403B, and education assistance.
  • We serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.
  • We live and breathe our guiding behaviors: we support each other in serving, we communicate openly, honestly, respectfully, and directly, we are fully present, we are all accountable, we trust and assume goodness in intentions, and we are continuous learners.

Ministry/Facility Information:


  • A member of Trinity Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation, Fort Lauderdale-based Holy Cross Hospital, dba Holy Cross Health, is a full-service, not-for-profit, Catholic, teaching hospital operating in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy. We are the only not-for-profit Catholic hospital in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Through strategic collaborations and a commitment to being a person-centered, transforming, healing presence, the 557-bed hospital offers progressive inpatient, outpatient and community outreach services and clinical research trials to serve as our community’s trusted health partner for life.

  • We are committed to providing compassionate and holistic person-centered care.
  • Comprehensive benefits that start on your first day of work
  • Retirement savings program with employer matching



Legal Info:

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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