Clinical Nurse Manager -Multi Specialty med/surg and Intermediate care unit

Patient Care

• Assists Manager in accountability for ongoing delivery of patient care in area(s) of responsibility
• Affirms application of the nursing process by Registered Nurses in the clinical setting (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation)
• Affirms documentation of patient care in the medical record
• Addresses concerns and resolves problems
• Uses data from various sources to initiate continuous quality improvement within the department/unit
• Collaborates with other healthcare disciplines and assists in integrating services across the continuum of health care
• Ensures nursing practice in a safe environment
• Participates in process improvement activities and root cause analysis investigations
• Assists Manager with fiscal responsibility at the unit level
• Assists Manager with planning, assessing, implementing and evaluating patient care as appropriate to department/unit
• Assists Manager with planning, reviewing and coordinating staffing time schedules and allocating staff as appropriate for volume and patient care needs
• Assists Manager in daily staffing plans
• Assists Manager to coordinate nursing care with other health care disciplines across the continuum of health care

Operations and Personnel Management

• Maintains daily unit operations including the status of staffing, patient visits and/or admissions, discharges and transfers, serving as a resource to department/unit staff to guide patient care delivery
• Participates in recruitment, selection, retention and evaluation of personnel
• Participates in staff performance via written performance appraisals and disciplinary procedures
• Ensures appropriate orientation, training, competence, continuing education, and professional growth and development of personnel
• Maintains staff records
• Assists manager in planning and contributing to fiscal management of unit by utilizing human and material resources and supplies in an efficient, cost effective manner
• Assists Manager in development and implementation of services

Professional Development and Leadership

• Practices as colleague with medical staff, other members of the interdisciplinary team, and other disciplines to initiate and support collaborative and cooperative clinical management practices
• Actively participates in interdepartmental relationship building
• Contributes to development of self and staff through orientation and continuing education
• Participates in identification of learning needs of staff
• Participates in collection, analysis and use of data for quality and process improvement activities at the unit level
• Provides leadership and clinical management through clinical practice, supervision, delegation, and teaching as delegated by Manager and/or Director
• Facilitates staff attendance at meetings and educational programs; supports staff with shared decision making activities
• Ensures registered nurse participation in decision making at the unit level
• Participates on Shared Governance Councils as a voting member
• Actively participates in hospital committees and decision making
• Continues professional self-development and education
• Maintains professional competencies by attending educational and leadership programs, participation and leadership in professional organizations
• Serves as patient safety coach

Research and Evidence-Based Practice

• Supports evidence-based practice by participation and encouraging staff involvement in nursing evaluative research activities at the department level

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree: Nursing
• BLS - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association
• RN - Registered Nurse - Ohio Board of Nursing
• 2 yrs. nursing Experience related or similar to areas of responsibility
• Previous leadership Experience such as precepting, charge role, mentoring, department committee leadership or facilitation of meetings