Responsible for the clinical and operational management of the division (off shift, weekends, and holidays) ensuring that standards of practice for nursing and patient care are maintained; participates in developing departmental plans and programs as required; collects and provides data on unit activities, QA issues, etc. as required.

Participates in developing and implementing goals of the division and in evaluating progress toward the goals.

Supervises off shift, weekend, and holiday unit staff, initiating disciplinary action, including terminations; carries out annual performance appraisal of employees recommending promotions, raises, etc. in concert with Director of Nursing and/or the Associate Directors of Nursing.

Communicates staffing needs and scheduling requirements to appropriate clerical staff for implementation, projects divisional staffing, and follows up to ensure staffing is appropriate.

Ensures safe and professional patient care by enforcing and monitoring compliance to professional standards, identifying clinical and educational needs of staff; recommends methods for improving staff competence and patient care and assists in developing, implementing and evaluating programs.

Through meetings, in services or other established means of communication, recommends information to unit staff for therapeutic and effective patient care management.

Participates in the quality assurance/quality improvement program for the division by identifying patient care issues and assisting in implementing QA monitors.

Investigates and follows through with occurrences on shift.

Acts as liaison between unit, Director of Nursing, Associate Director of Nursing and ancillary departments to resolve problems and ensure quality of patient care is maintained.

Maintains departmental reports and records and collects statistical data for administrative and regulatory purposes.

Provides information to the Director of Nursing and Associate Director of Nursing to assist in developing departmental budgets.

Serves as resource for clinical and management information models.

Assists Nurse Manager in developing standard formats for fiscal, materials, and human resource management development and planning.

Assists management in developing cost accounting methodology and model to enable the Medical Center to determine costs of nursing care and other direct costs and to provide information for Medical Center planning and decisions (e.g., pertinent elements of patient care, labor, non-labor, and indirect allocation).

Performs duties of staff nurse when necessary.