Nurse Manager (RN)
Nurse Manager (RN)
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Job Description
Maryville Academy has an opening for an experienced full-time Nurse Manager (RN) in our Childrens Healthcare Center.
About Maryville Academy
For more than 140 years Maryville has been committed to providing protection and guidance to children. As the world has changed so have the needs of the families and children we serve. Maryville has adapted by focusing on our communitys most critical issues. Today our range of programs includes residential care mental health services healthcare and family support services as well as a variety of educational and youth development offerings. Maryvilles mission is to help children and families to reach their fullest potential by empowering intellectual spiritual moral and emotional growth.
About the Childrens Healthcare Center
Our Childrens Healthcare Center provides care for medically fragile and/or technology-dependent children ages newborn through 21 years. Most children are admitted from a hospital NICU or PICU. This program focuses on patients who no longer require acute care but who need significant medical attention related to wound therapy PICC antibiotics post-surgical care NG GJ tube feedings and ventilator care. The Center is a home away from home for medically fragile children and their families.
About the Nurse Manager (RN) Position
The Nurse Manager (RN) will supervise staff visitors students and others on at the CHC. This position requires advanced knowledge in the field of nursing. The Nurse Manager possesses good judgement and decision making qualities concerning care of medically complex children safety and management of visitors and overall supervision of the CHC unit. The position requires management of the CHC under the supervision of the Director of Nursing Nurse Practitioner and Medical Director for the CHC.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Follows Maryvilles and CHC Standard Operating procedures. Reviews and assists in updating CHC Standard Operating procedures when necessary
Assists in organizing ordering and obtaining client medical supplies
Monitors program to ensure that clients receive appropriate health care as ordered and prescribed
Promotes and monitors client safety
Participates in selection process for new employees when requested and makes recommendations for hire
Assists and coordinates client admissions and discharges
Assists and participates in organizing and presenting trainings and competencies for CHC staff
Assists in orienting new staff when needed
Communicates and assists with coordination of families during visits or teaching on the unit
Provides patient care when needed
Assists in any unit activities including but not limited to education evaluation plans of care etc.
Assists with or coordinate staff meetings on evening and night shift as needed
Assists RNs/CNAs on shift as needed
Promotes communication amongst shifts
Promotes and assists with unit improvements and implementing new endeavors
Assists with monitoring tracking and giving TB tests flu or other vaccines
Assists in monitoring charting documentation medication administration and recording
Coordinates and possibly accompanies transfer of a sick client to the closest ED referring home hospital or to home hospital ED
Knowledgeable and able to teach emergency procedures for the CHC
Communicates unit activities equipment needs staff meetings educational needs
Communicates and assists Nurse Educators Child Life specialist Medical Case Manager & Unit Coordinator
Facilitates computer changes and improvements
Assists in medication administration documentation and implementation of new systems
Maintains the appearance of nursing areas for sanitation order and safety
Makes rounds to assure personnel are performing appropriate care to meet client needs. Reports problems to DON
Participates in continued performance quality improvement
Other duties as assigned
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Education/Experience:
Graduate Degree in related field(s) highly preferred or minimum 7 years experience in a Nurse Manager or similar position.
BSN / Certified Registered Nurse
Currently licensed RN in the State of Illinois
CPR certified
PALS certified (or must achieve within 6 months)
Experience in pediatric emergency care PICU NICU or extensive hospital nursing required
Supervisor experience preferred
Skills /Knowledge:
Skilled in supervising scheduling redirecting and changing daily staffing
Knowledgeable of nursing best practices
Physical Demands:
Required to frequently sit stand bend stoop and walk sometimes for extended periods.
Required to lift/ move objects weighing in excess of 40 pounds.
Must have visual hearing and learning capabilities sufficient to perform the essential functions defined above.
Environment and Scheduling:
Work is performed in designated administrative office settings.
Duties may involve contact with youth who may be threatening aggressive and/or under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Must be flexible and available to work additional hours when necessary.
May be scheduled to work on weekends and/or holidays
Position requires on-call responsibilities one out of every three weeks approximately from 3:00 pm to 7:00 am
HIPAA PRIVACY TRAINING AND SANCTIONS:
All employees who have access to health information whose confidentiality is protected by the HIPAA Privacy Rule are required by the Rule to receive training so that they have an understanding and knowledge of the Privacy Rule that corresponds to their job responsibilities and of the group health plans policies and procedures that impact on their job duties. Site specific training on requirements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the plans health information policies and procedures under the direction of the plan privacy officer may be required for this position based upon site specific requirements. Employees who violate the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule will be subject to discipline up to and including termination.
EMPLOYER RIGHTS:
This description is intended to describe the essential job functions the general supplemental functions and the essential requirements for the performance of this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties responsibilities and requirements of a person so classified. Management retains the right to add to or change the duties at any time.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
