Nurse Manager II - CVICU

Nurse Manager II – CVICU

Req ID: 307205

Location: Bethesda North Hospital - CVICU -  10500 Montgomery Rd, Montgomery, OH 45242

Job Type: Full-Time | Days | 40 hrs/week

About TriHealth & This Role

At TriHealth, we empower leaders to shape exceptional patient experiences, grow strong teams, and elevate care for our community. As a Nurse Manager II for our Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) at Bethesda North Hospital, you will lead a highly specialized team that cares for some of our most complex cardiac and thoracic patients.

This role carries 24-hour accountability for clinical quality, patient outcomes, operational excellence, staff engagement, and fiscal performance. You will guide, support, and mentor an experienced critical care nursing team while fostering a culture grounded in compassion, safety, communication, and professional growth.

Your leadership directly impacts both patient lives and the long‑term success of one of TriHealth’s highest-acuity service lines.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• High-impact leadership in one of the region’s most advanced cardiovascular programs.
• Strong physician partnerships and a collaborative interdisciplinary culture.
• Supportive leadership structure with resources for professional development and growth.
• Values-driven culture anchored in our mission and SERVE standards.
• Robust benefits that support your wellbeing at work and at home.
• Opportunity to mentor and develop a high-performing, engaged nursing team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily CVICU operations, ensuring high-quality, evidence‑based patient care and safety.
• Drive performance in quality metrics, patient experience, regulatory compliance, and service excellence.
• Manage staffing, scheduling, hiring, onboarding, and retention to maintain a strong and stable workforce.
• Cultivate a positive, professional environment that supports staff growth, engagement, and accountability.
• Manage departmental budgets, resource allocation, and operational efficiency.
• Serve as a mentor, coach, and role model for clinical excellence, teamwork, and service.
• Partner with physicians, clinical directors, and system leaders to optimize care pathways and outcomes.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Current RN license in the State of Ohio.
• Minimum 3 years of progressive nursing leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success in critical decision-making, communication, and team development.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• Leadership experience in critical care or cardiovascular specialty units.
• Proven ability to lead quality improvement and operational initiatives.

Schedule & Location

• Full-Time (1.0 FTE)
• Day Shift
• 40 hours per week

• Bethesda North Hospital | CVICU

   

Benefits Snapshot

TriHealth offers a comprehensive benefits suite including medical, dental, vision, retirement contributions, paid time off, tuition assistance, and wellness resources.

Learn more: https://careers.trihealth.com/what-we-offer/benefits 

Job Overview:

This position has 24-hour accountability for their area of responsibility.  This accountability encompasses: patient care outcomes, service excellence, human resource issues, fiscal management, quality improvement compliance, and communication. Emphasis should be placed on creating a positive environment that fosters professional growth and retention.  This environment is supported by this position acting as a role model and as a mentor and coach to the staff.

Job Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Certification within specialty area within two years of assuming position 

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS)

Registered Nurse

Membership in related professional organization preferred

2-3 years experience Progressive Leadership in Nursing in a related field

2-3 years experience Clinical in Nursing 

Job Responsibilities:

Quality and Patient Safety: Identifies key indicators and implements performance improvement measures related to quality, safety, other outcomes of nursing practice, and customer needs and expectations. Evaluates internal and external customer satisfaction

Retention Risk Assessment: Actively solicits staff for concerns and potential retention problems. Works to assist in retention of new employees, especially new graduate nurses. Demonstrates availability, approachability and high visibility. Varies time

Staff Recruitment and Selection: Assesses departmental staffing needs to determine recruitment priorities. Partners with HR in recruiting for the organization. Networks internally and externally to enhance candidate pool. Interviews and assesses candida

Customizing Staff Development: Identifies staff educational needs and facilitates opportunities for staff development in collaboration with nurse educators. Monitors staff performance and compliance with policies and procedures to identify and address

Enhancing Unit Communication: Solicits interactive, varied communication to provide staff the opportunity to give feedback or make suggestions for unit or organizational-level initiatives. Develops effective and collegial relationships with key physicia

Unit Leadership: Collaborate with staff to develop, and reach performance goals supporting strategic nursing and unit-specific goals and activities. Develops leaders among staff, especially the Shared Leadership Committee. Fosters mutual respect and true

Other Job-Related Information:

Direct Report FTEs= 60-99

Indirect Report FTEs= 60-99

This position has responsibility for one department with 60 or more FTEs or has responsibility for 2 or more distinct departments with 40 or more total FTEs. 

The TriHealth Nursing Vision, Mission, and Philosophy speak to professional development, collaboration, and our nursing culture.  To achieve excellence in nursing care, TriHealth encourages: pursuit of improved knowledge through continuing education classes, formal education leading to advanced degrees, and the attainment of specialty certification; nurse membership in local, regional, and national nursing organizations related to the appropriate nurse specialty; involvement in activities that better the health of our community; nursing research activities and use of evidence-based practice; all nurses to foster, support, and personally model collaborative relationships amongst nurses, physicians, and other caregivers for the betterment of patient care.

Working Conditions:

Climbing - Rarely

Concentrating - Consistently

Continuous Learning - Consistently

Hearing: Conversation - Consistently

Hearing: Other Sounds - Frequently

Interpersonal Communication - Consistently

Kneeling - Rarely

Lifting <10 Lbs - Consistently

Lifting 50+ Lbs. - Rarely

Lifting <50 Lbs. - Occasionally

Pulling - Rarely

Pushing - Rarely

Reaching - Rarely

Reading - Consistently

Sitting - Consistently

Standing - Rarely

Stooping - Rarely

Talking - Consistently

Thinking/Reasoning - Consistently

Use of Hands - Frequently

Color Vision - Occasionally

Visual Acuity: Far - Frequently

Visual Acuity: Near - Consistently

Walking - Frequently

Leadership Performance Standards

TriHealth leaders create a culture of engagement, safety & reliability and high performance by consistently modeling and utilizing the following TriHealth Way leadership competencies, tactics and ALWAYS Behaviors to drive strategic pillar results: 

Achievement of Annual Pillar Goals: 

1) Safety/Quality, 2) Service, 3) Growth, 4) Culture/People, 5) Finance 

Leadership Competencies: 

TriHealth Way of Leading 

TriHealth Way of Serving 

Transformation Change 

Drive for Results 

Build Organizational Talent

Leadership Tactics: 

Conduct department huddles. Generally, clinical departments hold daily huddles, non-clinical hold weekly huddles. 

Regularly Round on Team Members, using questions from the rounding log. 

- 25 or fewer team members = monthly 

- 26-50 team members = every other month 

- 51+ (and optional team members) = quarterly 

Lead monthly team meetings using meeting agenda template; review stoplight report; cascade key leadership messages. 

Model, coach and validate team members’ use of TriHealth Way behaviors (AIDET + Promise, Always Behaviors and Always HEARD). 

Recognize team members for safety wins, positive performance and demonstrating SERVE and ALWAYS behaviors, TriHealth Way of Leading, Serving and Delivering Care.

Job Keywords 

Nurse Manager, Critical Care, CVICU, ICU Leadership, Cardiac ICU, Nursing Leadership, Acute Care Management, TriHealth Nursing Jobs, Bethesda North Jobs