Nurse Manager ICU (Registered Nurse)

Location: Palo Alto, CA
Job Type: Full-Time | Onsite
Salary Range: $235,000 $270,000 per year
Bonus: 10% Sign-On Bonus + 15% Annual Performance Bonus
Benefits: Full Benefits + Pension Plan
Relocation Assistance Available

Job Summary

NurseAmerica is seeking an experienced ICU Nurse Manager (RN) to provide leadership oversight for intensive care services across multiple clinical areas. This role is responsible for implementing best-practice care models, managing clinical operations, leading multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care.

• Lead and implement best-practice ICU care models and patient care delivery systems

• Oversee ICU operations across multiple units or locations

• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and competency oversight for nursing staff

• Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes

• Manage staffing, resource utilization, equipment, supplies, and medications

• Ensure regulatory compliance, patient safety, and a secure clinical environment

• Address and resolve patient, family, and care-related concerns

• Maintain clinical expertise and perform hands-on clinical duties as required

• Active California RN License

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

• Minimum 5 years of ICU or acute patient care experience

• Minimum 4 years of nursing leadership or management experience

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification

• ANCC certification in a related specialty

• Experience in healthcare operations or business management

• ICU clinical leadership and operational management

• Staff supervision, mentoring, and performance management

• Quality improvement and patient safety initiatives

• Resource planning and interdisciplinary collaboration