MHD APU Nurse Manager Full Time

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Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Interacts with co-workers visitors and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
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• Recognizes the patients their family/designated care partner(s) in providing safe compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patients personal preferences priorities needs and cultural beliefs and values.
• Plans Directs and Coordinates nursing care for a specific patient care area in collaboration
• with the Nursing Director and other appropriate nursing leaders and professional develop staff.
• Recruits interviews and selects staff for the patient care unit.
• Provides leadership and direction in implementation of strategic goals and objectives.
• Develops implements and evaluates unit policies procedures and goals which are consistent with department and organizational goals.
• Completes regular performance evaluations for each staff member and serves as a clinical resource regarding policies and procedures patient standards performance improvement and risk management issues.
• Conducts evaluations for new staff prior to completion of probationary period with
• input from appropriate nursing staff.
• Demonstrates effective conflict resolution skills.
• Councils employees and utilizes the disciplinary process as appropriate.
• Develops implements and evaluates staffing plan to meet the patient and family care needs.
• Develops implements and evaluates areas of improvement to increase quality of patient and
• family care in collaboration with the nurse director or quality improvement manager.
• Identifies issues related to quality of patient care and develops implements and evaluates unit improvement program/projects within a shared governance model.
• Accountable and responsible for continuous quality and regulatory management directives including JCAHO OSHA etc.
• Designs implements and evaluates the unit patient satisfaction plan.
• Acts as a resource and serves as a clinical role model to members of the health care team.
• Assists professional development staff with the creation and implementation of educational programs.
• Recommends participates in the development of and implements policies and procedures.
• Provides leadership and direction in accordance with organizational and departmental goals and objectives.
• Seeks opportunities for nursing research.

Competencies (Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required):

• Effective Communication- Understanding of effective communication concepts tools and techniques ability to effectively transmit receive and accurately interpret ideas information and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Uses the language of partnership with patients and families engaging them in their health and health care.
• Patient-and Family-Centered Practice-Knowledge of how to convey respect and collaborate with each patient family and/or designated care partner in care.
• Cultural Awareness-Knowledge of people with diverse backgrounds and the ability to convey respect and connect effectively.
• Care Coordination-Knowledge of the medical social economic and other services provided by other departments or facilities and the ability to integrate these multidisciplinary treatments for optimal patient care.
• Patient Safety-Knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcare environment and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.
• Medication Administration and Prescription-Knowledge of various medications used to treat patients ability to apply this knowledge to the administration of medications and to the prescription of drugs for continuing treatment outside of the hospital.
• Discharge Planning-Knowledge of the patients post-discharge needs and the ability to consider these needs in planning for discharge and arranging for follow-up care.
• Assessment and Diagnosis-Knowledge of various tools and techniques for patient assessment and nursing diagnosis or clinical judgement ability to explore and analyze reasons behind symptoms and generate resolutions according to available drugs facilities and techniques.
• Health Information Documentation-Knowledge of the relevance of health information and appropriate documentation methods ability to record medical histories symptoms vital signs medications diagnoses treatment plans procedures tests and medical results in written or electronic form

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Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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