NURSE MANAGER - Mt Hope

The Nurse Manager is a registered nurse with accountability for clinical care of a designated patient care service area. The manager is responsible for assessing, identifying, planning, implementing and evaluating the processes, technology, personnel and facility needs required to achieve patient outcomes safely in a patient-centered environment. The Nurse Manager demonstrates knowledge of the principles of human growth and development throughout the life span and the ability to guide the care teams in identifying patient/family needs relative to age, specific requirements and in accordance with Standards and policy and procedure.

Responsibilities

• Assures effective patient flow within the Health Center, telephone as well as walk-ins.
• Assists providers in procedures, phone calls, referrals, and problem solving.
• Provides nursing care and health education to patients.
• Oversees maintenance of clinical inventory and forms.
• Assists the providers with diagnostic procedures and treatment regimens when needed.
• Assesses reports, customer surveys, evaluations, and other data to identify and plan the process, technology, personnel, and facility needs to deliver care in a designated patient care area.
• Communicates care area purpose and goals to the care team.
• Interviews, hires, terminates, disciplines, and evaluates patient care staff.
• Monitors selection and use of health center supplies, technology, and equipment.
• Collaboratively creates an interdisciplinary health center-based QI program effective in identifying means to improve patient care or teams and services and participates in the QI process.
• Achieves successful compliance with regulatory agency standards.
• Assures staff understanding of, and compliance with, infection control mandates.
• Assures that all health center staff is informed of medical center developments and participates with the patient care area planning and problem solving.
• Conducts/facilitates leadership and nursing meetings, demonstrates ability to achieve meeting outcomes, and maintains records of minutes.
• Assures that the ability of assigned patient care provider is congruent with patient/family health care needs.

Requirements

• AAS/BS in Nursing or equivalent (Bachelor’s Degree Preferred).
• Minimum of three (3) years experience in an Ambulatory/Medical Surgery/ER setting preferred.
• Minimum of two (2) years nursing experience.
• Demonstrated ability to perform venipuncture and administer medications including immunizations.
• Demonstrated experience with telephone triage and diagnosis procedures.
• Bilingual (Spanish preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to provide quality care to patients and guide nursing staff.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, make decisions, organize, and direct the work of others.
• Demonstrated organizational, clinical, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve using critical thinking.
• Demonstrated basic computer skills including typing.

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse in New York State.
• Current BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification).
• Current Infection Control Certificate.
• Current Child Abuse Certificate.