
Nurse Manager - Critical Care and Intermediate Care Unit - Full Time 8 Hours Day (Non-Union, Non-Exempt)
University of Southern California
Arcadia, CAFull-time$151–250K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Nurse Manager supports the Chief Nursing Officer through operational management and education for employees and patients. The role holds 24-hour accountability for patient-care quality, operational efficiency, and human resources in assigned areas. It provides staff education, program planning, and clinical oversight, coordinates patient care and resource utilization, and serves as a clinical role model while supporting professional development and unit goals.
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The Manager is an excellent clinician who assists the Chief Nursing Officer, operational management and education to employees and patients. The Nurse Manager holds 24-hour accountability for the quality of patient care, efficiency of operations, and human resources management for area (s) assigned. Provides staff education utilizing the AACN core curriculum, program planning and clinical oversight for new and current staff. The Manager coordinates care of the patients during hospitalization to obtain the best utilization of resources so that patient outcomes are optimized. The Manager serves as a professional clinical role model for patient care and assists other professionals in their development. The Manager demonstrates investment in the overall forward movement of the unit and organization and applies good verbal and non-verbal skills to achieve service goals of customer satisfaction and a positive work environment.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Requirement waived if interim role. Minimum Experience: 3 years Clinical Experience. Prior Management experience. Minimum Skills: Strong organizational and interpersonal skills Ability to determine appropriate course of action in more complex situations. Ability to work independently, exercise creativity, be attentive to detail, and maintain a positive attitude. Ability to manage multiple and simultaneous responsibilities and to prioritize scheduling of work. Ability to maintain confidentiality of all medical, financial, and legal information. Ability to complete work assignments accurately and in a timely manner. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing Ability to handle difficult situations involving patients, physicians, or others in a professional manner. Required Certifications: Registered Nurse - RN (CA Board of Registered Nursing) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Health Provider from American Heart Association. Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Provider from American Heart Association. NIHSS certification Preferred Education: Master’s degree Nursing Pay Transparency The salary range for this position is $151,424 - $249,850. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California Arcadia Hospital considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, State, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,209 open Nurse Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$151–250K/yr
- California median$149–250K/yr33 salary ranges
- US median$96–147K/yr378 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $201K, is close to the California median midpoint ($201K) — in the middle half of Nurse Manager salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 111 open Nurse Manager jobs in California and 1,209 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Kaiser Permanente49 open
- Sutter Health10 open
- Providence8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Nurse Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (943 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 629 of the 1,209 open Nurse Manager jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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