**Employment Type:** Full time **Shift:** Day Shift **Description:** **🔍** **Position Overview** Join our Surgical Cardiology Unit, where we care for patients with: + Cardiovascular conditions (e.g., dysrhythmia, atherosclerosis) + Post-surgical recovery (CABG, valve replacements, TAVR) + Thoracic, vascular, and general surgeries As **Nurse Manager** , you’ll lead and support a high-performing care team while advancing nursing practice and fostering a healing, inclusive environment. **✅** **Key Responsibilities** + Lead RNs, LPNs, PA/APRNs, surgeons, hospitalists & support staff + Manage hiring, training, performance & compliance + Develop department plans aligned with clinical priorities + Promote transformational leadership & continuous learning + Ensure safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care + Support staff development & well-being + Maintain regulatory & policy compliance **🎓** **Minimum Qualifications** + RN license (Connecticut) + BSN from accredited program + BLS certification (AHA/ARC) + 5+ years acute care nursing experience + Leadership experience **🌟** **Preferred Qualifications** + MSN degree + Experience in acute care, med-surg, or cardiology **🏥** **About Saint Francis Hospital** A Level 1 Trauma Center and teaching hospital with 617 beds. Part of Trinity Health Of New England. Key centers include: + Comprehensive Women’s Health Center + Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute + Smilow Cancer Hospital **Our Commitment** Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions. Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity. EOE including disability/veteran