Nurse Manager, Athol Emergency Room

Nurse Manager, Athol Emergency Room#26-14262

$67.18 - $70.17/hour

Athol, MA

All On-site

Job Description

Our Client, a Healthcare company, is looking for a Nurse Manager, Athol Emergency Room for their Athol, MA location.

Responsibilities:

The Nurse Manager will collaborate with the staff and Nursing Director to provide consistent, quality nursing care; bench marked by indicators and performance standards.

The Nurse Manager will have fiscal responsibility for the unit as directed by the Director of Nursing.

The candidate will also be responsible for staff level education on the unit.

Provides coaching and education for staff so that they can meet/exceed performance expectations.

Designs and implements individual and group plans which develop and motivate employees

Ensures that employee skills match job requirements.

Completes all employee performance evaluations by evaluation due dates

Oversees daily operations to meet vision of providing services to the community.

Improves patient and/or customer satisfaction

Responds to customer requests and concerns in a timely and effective manner

Utilizes customer satisfaction data to develop and anticipate customer service systems

Meets/exceeds customer expectations so that the customers select and recommend client as their primary source of healthcare.

Staffing patterns and work flow design match customer requirements

Manages resources to ensure adequate resources and future growth.

Justifies budget variances

Reduces costs and/or increases revenues

Collaborates/coordinates projects/activities with other departments, teams and task forces to build a team approach to healthcare delivery.

Participates on task forces, PI teams, committees, etc

Leads task forces, PI teams, committees, etc.

Manages clinical practice and patient care delivery.

Develops mechanisms to assess response to nursing care from patients and families; consults with patient/families as necessary.

Validates that care provided to patients is consistent with identified medical regimens, nursing plan of care, and is responsive to patient and family expectations

Ensures compliance with professional standards.

Human Resources Management

Assumes accountability for remaining current regarding standards of care established by the profession, research findings, regulatory bodies, and government, and is able to determine, translate, and implement relevant implications for specific unit(s) of responsibility

Ensures that nursing practice is consistent with current standards, regulations, and government standards of care

Ensures staffing meet demand, adjusting as necessary for changes in workload, while meeting target productivity

Selects, hires, evaluates, and counsels staff.

Fiscal Management

Justifies staffing cost/patient day variances and implements strategies to reduce as appropriate

Monitors supply expense, justifies variance, and implements strategies to reduce cost/patient day as appropriate.

Collaborates with Medical Staff to assure appropriate quality care and management is provided through a cooperative effort between physicians and nurses.

Participates on multi-disciplinary committee as appropriate

Coordinates data collection, statistics, and performance improvement activities

Participates in the ER Committee, prepares agenda items, minutes, and follow-up related to the ER Committee action items.

Coordinates data collection, statistics, performance improvement activities, and Medical Staff related issues related to the ER Committee

Responsible for assessing staff performance with Medication Reconciliation and providing remediation or progressive discipline where indicated

Responsible for assessing staff performance with hand hygiene compliance and participating in compliance rounds as requested by Infection ention Director. Provide remediation or progressive discipline to employees as indicated

Responsible for assessing staff performance with VAP bundle adherence and reporting of outliers. Provide remediation or progressive discipline where indicated

Statement of Other Duties:

This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described

Organizational Expectations

Behavioral Attributes:

The following behavioral attributes are required: achievement motivation, concern for order, flexibility, initiative, self-confidence, customer service oriented, interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork, analytical thinking and information seeking.

Requirements

Associates Degree in Nursing required or

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred

Three to five years progressive clinical and administrative experience.

Current MA RN licensure

Current certification in ACLS (AHA)

Current certification in PALS (AHA)

TNCC, ENPC and CEN preferred

Three to five years progressive clinical administrative experience.

Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.

Strong written and verbal skills.

Basic computer knowledge.

Appropriate telephone communication skills.

Minimum Years of Experience: 3

General Certifications:

ACLS

PALS

ICONMA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable law.