Nurse Manager Labor and Delivery

Description

Job Summary and Qualifications:

The Nurse Manager has 24/7 accountability and responsibility for a defined
patient care area to provide a climate optimal for the provision of
individualized goal directed nursing care that supports the mission,
vision and values of the Facility and the philosophy of the Department
of Nursing. The nurse manager is expected to provide an environment
where nurses practice autonomously utilizing evidence-based practices.
The Nurse Manager is responsible for planning and providing individual
goal directed nursing care that promotes, advocates for and supports the
nursing staff’s primary commitment to protect the health, safety, and
rights of the individual, family or community.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Compliance with 5 Standards of Star Service; always delivering
  exceptional service to our patients, physicians, guests, coworkers,
  volunteers and vendors.
• Maintains education and development appropriate for position.
• Performs position in line with Employee Satisfaction, Patient
  Satisfaction, Physician Satisfaction, Continuous Performance
  Improvement, and/or Community Involvement
• Adheres to established hospital and department guidelines and protocols. Supports hospital mission, vision, and values.
• Develops and implements a plan for assuring delivery of individual
  goal directed nursing care through the use of the nursing process.
• Provides care in an evidenced-based environment.
• Practices autonomously, consistent with practice standards and research-based policy/procedures.
• Exercises independent judgment within the context of interdisciplinary patient care.
• Provides care/treatment/services within the Synergy Model and Evidenced Based Practice
• Delegates tasks appropriate to meet the needs of the individual patient and to the skills of the employee supervised.
• Develops and implements a plan for care delivery with patient safety as the primary goal.
• Demonstrates expertise in selecting and managing unit-based staff.
• Demonstrates commitment to customer focused care, star service and service recovery.
• Reviews budget and assume responsibility for maintaining operating expenses at target levels.
• Incorporates the philosophy of the Department of Nursing and the
  hospital’s mission, vision and values and Five Indicators of success in
  the design and implementation of a plan for staff development, care
  delivery and unit growth.
• Participates in and encourage staff participation in performance
  improvement as an educational experience and a tool for continual
  improvement of quality of care and nursing sensitive indicators.
• Promotes involvement of self and staff in health
  promotion/educational community activities, community involvement,
  lifelong learning and nursing research.
• Participates in development and evaluation of professional practice
  by participating on unit and/or hospital committees, special projects
  and through attendance at staff meetings and town halls.
• Actively participates in unit and/or hospital performance improvement activities.
• Delivers patient care and/or department service in a safe,
  competent, and efficient manner as determined by outcomes, quality
  monitors, and other internal and external processes.
• Maintains positive interpersonal relationships and self-conduct to
  contribute positively to the delivery of quality care and services, and
  to orderly operation of the department and the facility.
• Maintains and enhances skills through consultation with
  interdisciplinary team members, participation in planning activities,
  and attendance at in-service and continuing education programs.
• Completes mandatory education, including, but not limited to,
  infection control, patient safety, quality improvement, MSDS and OSHA
  standards (PPE, First Aid and Bloodborne Pathogens, Hazard
  Communications, Emergency Procedures and Job Safety).
• Follows established guidelines for compliance with Infection Prevention and TJC Patient Safety Goals and Practices.
• Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care or the services delivered.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the occurrence reporting system and
  reports trends in occurrences to staff, quarterly. Uses this information
  to improve patient safety.
• Ensures staff is educated on established guidelines for reporting
  significant medical errors or unanticipated outcomes in the patient’s
  care which results in patient harm.
• Addresses patient safety in the Performance Improvement Plan/Patient Safety Plan

What qualifications you will need:

• 2 years of Recent Acute Care L&D RN leadership experience Required
  *Would like to see candidates with progressive leadership experience
• BSN required; MSN or Master’s Degree in related field preferred.
• Licensure/certification/registration:
• Texas State RN license or compact license is accepted.
• National Specialty Certification or plan to achieve within 1 year of hire.
• BLS/ACLS as required

Salary : $127,000