The Nurse Manager is a management/leadership position within the Medical Center Organization and operationalizes the core values of the Organization by promoting patient centered care.
The Nurse Manager has twentyfourhour responsibility/accountability for the units operations. Patient care outcomes are the result of interdisciplinary collaboration coordinated by the Nursing Director of Emergency Services.
Supervises the following staff by category:
Nurses
Unit Secretaries
Patient Care Techs
Mental Health Workers
Collaborates with the following staff by job category:
Medical Chief of Service
Nursing Director of Emergency Services
Physicians and APPs
Department Directors
Nurse Managers
Quality
Serves in a consultative role to the following:
Physician colleagues
All departments within the Medical Center
Supervised and/or reportable to the following by job category:
Nursing Director of Emergency Services
- Maintains Unit Specific Competency
- Develops incorporates and maintains the standards of clinical practice as defined by the Nursing Division.
- Participates in unitbased CQI activities and assists staff in identifying and monitoring the quality indicators that are most pertinent to patient care goals.
- Actively participates in all collaborative group activities and appropriate committees.
- Acts as one of the primary resources to care management and clinical leaders in the role development and/or problem solving.
- Develops and implements policies and procedures that guide and support patient care.
- Promotes methods to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration in the effective management of patient care.
- Collaborates with other departments in relation to the services needed for the patient care unit.
- Participates with Nurse Educator provides orientation inservice education and continuing education for staff.
- Assists the Director of Emergency Services in evaluation professional growth of each staff member annually in writing. Promotes guidance in identifying developmental needs and strategies that foster effective problem solving collaboration consultation sound clinical judgment and leadership.
- Develops shortterm strategies and longterm plans to provide optimal staffing patterns for patient care.
- Identifies current needs for use of equipment and assists the Nursing Director of Emergency Services to project future capital budget items.
- Ensures Medical Centers mission statement by participating in the ongoing development and implementation of the philosophy and goals of the Nursing Division.
- Participates on committees task forces interdisciplinary forums that are concerned with patient and patient throughput.
Reporting Requirements:
- Reports to the Director of Emergency Services
- Shall be accountable for maintaining the confidentiality and security of all Medical Centerrelated Medical Staffrelated and patient related data and information.
- Shall be accountable for abiding by all relevant Medical Center Policies and Procedures.
- Shall be accountable for operating the Nursing Division in accordance with applicable State and Federal Regulations and standardsetting organizations.
- Shall be accountable for patient care provided on the assigned Nursing unit
Education
- Bachelors degree in nursing
- Demonstrate knowledge of Emergency Nursing. Minimum 6 years ED clinical experience.
- Masters Degree preferred
Certifications Licenses Registrations
Current license to practice Nursing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ACLS BLS & PALS certification required
CEN Strongly Preferred
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to effectively manage expense budget as allocated.
- Ability to make formal presentations relative to clinical operational educational research and financial issue
- Must obtain 15 hours of Continuing Education annually to maintain license.
- Training in Performance Improvement total Quality Management and/or Continuous Quality Improvement
- Ability to problemsolve and work collaboratively towards defined patient care outcomes.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans
Required Experience:
Manager