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How much do nurse manager jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 19, 2026, the average hourly pay for nurse manager in Romeoville, IL is $50.34, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $38.99 and $56.88 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a nurse manager?

A nurse manager is a registered nurse (RN) who supervises all the nurses in a department of a hospital or other health care facility. As a nurse manager, you train new nurses. You also oversee all patient care and ensure the highest standards are being met. Your job also includes administrative tasks required of the nursing team for your department, such as scheduling, inventorying controlled substances, checking records, and filing reports.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a nurse manager?

To thrive as a Nurse Manager, you need strong clinical expertise, leadership abilities, and a bachelor's or master's degree in nursing (BSN or MSN), often accompanied by RN licensure and management experience. Familiarity with healthcare management software, electronic health records (EHRs), and certifications like Nurse Executive (NE-BC) are typically required. Excellent communication, conflict resolution, and team-building skills help Nurse Managers lead staff effectively and foster a positive work environment. These skills and qualifications are crucial for ensuring high-quality patient care, efficient team operations, and compliance with healthcare standards.

What are some common challenges nurse managers face in balancing administrative duties with direct patient care?

Nurse Managers often juggle a range of responsibilities, including staff scheduling, budgeting, compliance, and quality improvement initiatives, while also supporting frontline nurses and occasionally providing direct patient care. One common challenge is maintaining sufficient time for mentoring staff and addressing patient concerns amidst administrative demands. Effective delegation, strong organizational skills, and open communication with both the nursing team and hospital leadership are crucial to successfully managing these competing priorities. Many Nurse Managers find that building a supportive team and fostering a collaborative work environment help ease these challenges.

What is the difference between Nurse Manager vs Nurse Supervisor?

AspectNurse ManagerNurse Supervisor
CredentialsRN license, often with leadership or management certificationRN license, may have leadership training
Work EnvironmentOversees entire nursing units, manages staff, budgets, and policiesSupervises nursing staff directly, ensures daily operations
ResponsibilitiesStrategic planning, staff development, policy implementationStaff scheduling, performance oversight, daily patient care supervision

While both roles require RN licensure and leadership skills, Nurse Managers focus on strategic management and policy, whereas Nurse Supervisors handle daily staff supervision and operational tasks. The Nurse Manager role is broader, often involving administrative duties, while Nurse Supervisors are more hands-on with staff and patient care.

How much do nurse managers earn?

Nurse managers typically earn an average salary ranging from $80,000 to $120,000 annually, depending on experience, location, and the size of the healthcare facility. They often hold a registered nurse (RN) license and may require additional management or leadership certifications. Salaries can vary based on factors such as education level, certifications, and the complexity of the healthcare environment.

What does a nurse manager do?

A nurse manager oversees nursing staff, manages patient care quality, and ensures compliance with healthcare regulations. They coordinate staffing, handle administrative tasks, and support clinical operations in healthcare facilities. Strong leadership, communication skills, and knowledge of healthcare policies are essential for this role.

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Nurse Manager - CVICU

Houston Methodist

Willowbrook, IL • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 6 days ago


Houston Methodist rating

8.2

Company rating: 8.2 out of 10

Based on 300 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

55th of 888 rated healthcare providers


Job description

At Houston Methodist, the Manager Nursing position is responsible for 24-hour comprehensive operational responsibility for the delivery and quality of patient care provided in the designated areas(s) of responsibility. This registered nurse position fosters interdepartmental/interprofessional collaboration. The Manager, Nursing position participates in committees, representing unit and Nursing in a positive manner. The position assists with developing and implementing performance initiatives, ensuring optimal patient safety, outcomes and customer satisfaction. This position demonstrates leadership qualities and critical thinking through self-direction, initiative, effective interpersonal skills and oral/written communication skills.
The manager position responsibilities include managing the daily work activities of the work unit/department staff, ensuring quality, productivity, functional excellence and efficiency while assisting management in accomplishing strategic and operational objectives. In addition, this position provides guidance to staff and is responsible for staffing, budget compliance, contributing to staffing decisions such as hiring and terminating employment, coaching and counseling employees on work related performance, and assisting in the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure a safe and effective work environment. This position also implements training, monitoring and operations initiatives that secure compliance with ethical and legal business practices and accreditation/regulatory/government regulations.
FLSA STATUS
Exempt
QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION
  • Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited school of Nursing

EXPERIENCE
  • Three years' experience in nursing, one year in a progressive leadership role in healthcare; for HM internal, two years' experience in nursing which includes HM performance that demonstrates leadership abilities, i.e. charge nurse responsibilities

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Required
  • RN - Registered Nurse - Texas State Licensure - Texas Board of Nursing_PSV Compact Licensure - Must obtain permanent Texas license within 60 days (if establishing Texas residency) and
  • BLS - Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association and
  • Magnet - ANCC Recognized Certification (ANCC)

Preferred
  • ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or Instructor (AHA) As required by department
  • NIHSTROKE - National Institute of Health Stroke Scale Certification (AHA) As required by department
  • NVCRISIS - Nonviolent Crisis Intervention or Instructor (CPI) As required by department

SKILLS AND ABILITIES
  • Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through ongoing skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
  • Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security
  • Ability to effectively communicate through a variety of channels with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles; engages the recipient(s) and helps them understand and retain the message
  • Demonstrates the ability to interact with others in a way that gives them confidence in one's intentions and those of the organization
  • Ability to use appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to gain acceptance of ideas or plans; modifying one's own behavior to accommodate tasks, situations and individuals involved
  • Demonstrates leadership qualities and critical thinking through self-direction initiative and effective interpersonal skills and oral/written communication skills
  • Ability to identify and understand issues, problems and opportunities, comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment
  • Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability in the workplace
  • Demonstrates problem solving skills to include investigation, identification of cause(s) and development of corrective action

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Performs management responsibilities of selection, scheduling, supervision, retention, and evaluation of employees in the department. Provides development and mentoring of staff. Meets or exceeds threshold goal for department turnover. Develops direct reports to perform these same functions.
  • Provides fair and consistent leadership and communication to maintain a competent and engaged employee group by conducting regular department meetings to review policies and procedures and operational matters, rounding on all employees, completing performance appraisals, conducting new hire feedback sessions, coaching/corrective counseling, and providing recognition/commendations to achieve desired outcomes. Provides timely guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem.
  • Facilitates and promotes effective team dynamics and teambuilding strategies within and between departments; participates and/or leads and facilitates department process improvements as needed.
  • Meets or exceeds threshold goal for department and/or system metrics on employee engagement indicators: action readiness score, tier level.
  • Establishes effective, two-way communication with staff, demonstrating active listening, requesting and acknowledging feedback, making equitable decisions, providing rationale when appropriate, and supporting organizational goals. Coaches staff to use efficient and effective communication to establish and maintain a team environment, and to include the patient and family as a part of the team regarding their plan of care. Assists staff with stress management practices.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Plans and organizes day-to-day department operations, schedule and activities. Sets priorities and functional standards, giving direction to staff as necessary to ensure the best possible delivery of service and high customer/patient satisfaction.
  • Drives department service standards and activities to impact department and/or system score for patient/customer-based satisfaction, through role modeling and fostering accountability. Serves and actively participates on various entity committees as a voice for the department.
  • Serves as role model to staff, reinforcing principles of service orientation and ensuring that the focus is always on improving patient care and/or services, effectively resolve concerns, complaints or conflict with patients, families, physicians and other interprofessional health care team members, taking appropriate action and channeling concerns according to appropriate procedures.
  • Maintains ongoing interactions with patients, families, physicians, and staff on how to improve patient care and service provided.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Ensures a safe and effective working environment; monitors and/or revises the department safety plan and/or any specific accreditation/regulatory required safety guidelines, including infection control principles. Monitors and confirms staff maintain their required credentials that demonstrate competency per accrediting agency or department guidelines as applicable.
  • Uses and optimizes information systems to enhance operations; supports entity-specific performance improvement and data management/analysis functions.
  • Employs a proactive approach in the optimization of safe outcomes by monitoring and improving the department workflow, using peer-to-peer accountability, reporting near misses and/or adverse events immediately and identifying solutions via collaboration. Adopts lean principles in driving process improvements. Role models situational awareness, using teachable moments to improve safety.
  • Monitors self and employee compliance with policies, procedures, and System HR Standards of Practice and performs associated actions upon non-compliance (i.e., focal point review requirements, disaster plan, in-services, influenza immunization, wage and hour, standard hours, timely termination submission, timely timecard approval, etc.).
  • Prepares measurable goals and objectives that are consistent with Houston Methodist priorities, and develops action plans for achieving goals, incorporating collaborative efforts when appropriate.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Assists in the development of department budget and ensures that the department operates in a cost-effective manner. Manages/audits department expenses within approved budget parameters, ensuring that the department meets the budgeted/flex revenue and/or expense targets on a monthly and annual basis. Develops staffing plans and schedules to meet department/patient care needs that reflect understanding of the importance of cost-effectiveness.
  • Implements department strategies to achieve financial target and staffing needs, developing others to do the same, through optimizing productivity, supply/resource efficiency, minimizing incidental overtime and overtime percentage, and other areas according to department specifications.
  • Plans coverage of unit to maximize presence of management and staff. Develops staffing plans and schedules to meet department/patient care needs that reflect understanding of the importance of cost-effectiveness.

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Identifies and implements innovative solutions for practice or workflow changes to improve department operations or other department-specific measures by leading unit projects and/or other department/system directed shared governance activities. Supports change initiatives, maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements or cultures.
  • Proactively evaluates processes; recommends and implements action plan(s) for change; follows through to ensure effective, sustainable change. Participates in the development and implementation of new procedures and the review and revision of existing procedures.
  • Identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic relationships between one's area and other areas, teams, departments, and units to achieve business goals.
  • Seeks opportunities to identify developmental needs of self and staff and takes appropriate action. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the individual development plan (IDP) on an ongoing basis. Conducts conversations with staff on their development and IDP.

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
  • WORK ATTIRE
    • Uniform: No
    • Scrubs: Yes
    • Business professional: Yes
    • Other (department approved): No

    ON-CALL*
    *Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. Disaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.
    • On Call* Yes

    TRAVEL**
    **Travel specifications may vary by department**
    • May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
    • May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No

Work Shift:
1 - Day (United States of America)
Job Category:
Non-clinicalHouston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital is a Magnet-recognized, not-for-profit, faith-based hospital that serves the growing Northwest Houston community. We are committed to providing quality, cost-effective health care in a compassionate environment for a full range of services, including emergency care, cardiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, comprehensive women's services, neurology and neurosurgery, oncology, and primary and general medicine.
Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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