About the Role
UR Medicine Thompson Health is seeking an experienced ED Registered Nurse Leader for a fulfilling nursing career. F.F. Thompson Hospital, affiliated with UR Medicine, offers competitive pay, generous benefits, and free onsite parking in a caring, modern, high-tech environment. This role is an opportunity to take your career to the next level within our ED Team.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Director in all phases of unit activities surrounding management of clinical nursing practice and patient care delivery.
- Assign duties appropriately to associates.
- Serve as a role model for professional nursing and ancillary staff, sharing the responsibility of patient outcomes.
- Coordinate resources to meet and exceed customer needs and expectations.
- Provide leadership and support to nursing staff by fostering collegial interdisciplinary and physician relationships.
- Serve as a clinical resource and mentor.
- Coordinate unit activity and patient throughput.
- Provide feedback in the evaluation of staff performance.
- Facilitate unit activity to assure excellence in clinical outcomes and quality measures.
- Actively support the philosophy, vision, mission, goals, and objectives of the Department of Nursing and the Health System.
- Provide administrative support including data collection and follow-up, scheduling, and management of productivity.
- Improve retention of staff nurses through increased mentoring opportunities.
- Improve clinical quality outcomes.
- Assure compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, Core Measures, and Joint Commission Standards.
- Enhance customer and medical staff satisfaction by improving communication and collaboration.
- Improve throughput of Emergency Department Patients.
Requirements
- NYS license as a registered nurse
- BSN
- Current BLS CPR
- ACLS, and PALS certification (or able to obtain within 3 months of hire)
- Telemetry Credentialed
- Demonstrates excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Able to prioritize events to assure patient safety and customer satisfaction.
- Evidence of strong clinical expertise to assist others in assessing critical patients and assuring proper management.
- Demonstrates the ability to deliver and assure safe patient care utilizing the nursing process.
- Demonstrates the CARES values at all times.
- Able to work collaboratively with all members of the health care team and manage a stressful environment with composure and professionalism.
- Able to work independently and use own judgment in daily management of the unit.
- Ability to deal effectively with a wide range of customers.
- A professional attitude that supports nursing services and hospital administration and reflects a positive working relationship with staff, physicians, and other departments.
- An adaptable approach to a frequently changing environment on the unit, in the hospital, and in the health care field.
- Ability to manage in a creative, organized, self-directed, and goal-oriented manner.
- Able to constructively and professionally communicate the needs of the Emergency Department to the Health System.
- Directly reports to the Director of the Emergency Room.
- Responsible for the clinical, and personnel management of the unit on a daily basis.
- Leads the unit in a goal-directed manner, which is congruent with the Nursing Department and hospital goals and philosophies.
Skills
- Leadership
- Change management
- Resource management
- Effective oral and written communication
- Evaluation of Associates
- Clinical expertise
- Nursing process
- CARES values
Location
- F.F. Thompson Hospital
Work Type
- Full Time
- Day Shift
- 40 hours per week
Experience Level
- Minimum of three to five years recent ED/Critical Care nursing experience required.
- Evidence of previous leadership experience preferred.
- National certification preferred or a willingness to complete within a defined timeframe. (1 years)
Education Level
- BSN required
- A graduate of an approved school of nursing or having met requirements by the NYS Education Department, is eligible for licensure, or currently holds a NYS license as a registered nurse.
Salary/Compensations
- $47.00-57.00/hour
- Starting Pay: Based on experience
Benefits
- Competitive pay rate
- Generous benefits
- Free onsite parking
About the Company
- UR Medicine Thompson Health is affiliated with UR Medicine (University of Rochester Medical Center) and is one of the Finger Lakes region’s premier providers.
- We have an excellent staffing model and a caring, modern, high tech environment.
Equal Opportunity
- Thompson Health is an EOE encouraging individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.
