About the Role
In collaboration with patients, families, and staff, this role is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing clinical support staff in a community healthcare center.
Responsibilities
- Oversee assigned staff, including establishing work assignments and priorities.
- Review and adjust timecards and time off requests.
- Provide input for performance evaluations and monitor new hire orientation.
- Coach and counsel staff in conjunction with NMO, PL, and HR.
- Perform Nurse Manager-Operation (NMO) duties in the absence of the NMO.
- Participate in Process Improvement strategies.
- Coach and mentor Staff Development of Charge Nurse I and clinical staff.
- Support and guide Charge Nurses through administrative and organizational growth.
- Oversee unit flow, staffing, and patient scheduling.
- Assess the physical, social, and emotional needs of patients and families.
- Teach and counsel patients and families on health assessment, care, disease prevention, hygiene, and health maintenance.
- Identify patient needs for referral to resources to facilitate continuity of care.
- Provide direct nursing care and distribute medications and treatments.
- Complete direct and indirect care documentation in a timely manner.
- Ensure patient records are current and complete.
- Ensure daily patient care huddles and weekly clinic staff informational huddles occur.
- Disseminate information from charge nurse meetings, patient conferences, or planning sessions.
- Maintain all licensure and certification requirements for continuing education.
- Participate in quality strategies to evaluate compliance with evidence-based guidelines and identify opportunities to improve patient outcomes.
- Ensure all patient care duties comply with regulatory and accreditation standards.
- Act as the site lead in the absence of the Nurse Manager Operations and/or Practice Leader.
- Complete daily/weekly quality assurance checklists.
- Delegate tasks as appropriate to staff.
- Ensure state vaccine policies are followed and delegate vaccine counts.
- Attend all clinic codes.
- Perform patient triage as needed.
- Perform periodic chart audits.
- De-escalate crisis situations by seeking guidance from supportive personnel.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Demonstrate success in providing clinical care and nursing support within an organization of comparable pace and complexity.
- Experience managing difficult patient/customer situations.
- Demonstrate success in directing staff to achieve a common goal.
- Significant knowledge of medical practices and procedures in a healthcare environment.
- Demonstrate success and experience with direct patient services and the proper knowledge and use of medical devices and equipment.
- Develop communication processes to support quality of care and patient experience.
- Ability to develop and manage professional relationships in a complex healthcare environment.
- Capability to collaborate with providers and other members of the healthcare team.
- Develop and maintain favorable internal relationships and partnerships with team members.
- Interact respectfully and collaboratively with patients and their families.
- Collaborate with all members of the care team in providing patient-centered care.
Skills
- People Management
- Department Management
- Business Unit Management
Location
- community healthcare center
Work Type
- full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of one year experience in the nursing field
Education Level
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
