The Nurse Manager Level II position is a Nurse Manager progressive Leadership role which under the guidance of the Administrative Director, is the designated leader for operational responsibilities of assigned multiple Patient Care Units/ departments. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the day to day operations of the patient care units with 24/7 accountability. Mentoring and orienting Nurse Managers Level I to their role as well as developing progressive initiatives in addressing all unit functions including adherence to all policies and procedures relevant to the Department of Patient Care and organizationally. Assesses, plans, implements, monitors and evaluates nursing practice and the nursing care delivery system within a cost-contained environment and ensures that cost effective, quality nursing care is administered to all patients in compliance with the standards of all regulatory and accrediting agencies. All functions will be guided by the requirement of external regulating and accrediting bodies and the organization's performance improvement plan. Nature and Scope of the Nursing Environment: The current and anticipated health care environment demands that nurses and other health care providers shift their focus to planned, patient centered care. Nurse leaders are being granted significant new accountability for activities which enhance revenues and which must be managed without compromising patient care quality. The organization's nursing leaders set expectations, develops plans and implement procedures to assess and improve the quality of the organization's governance, management, clinical and support services in collaboration with Hospital Performance improvement.