Responsibilities:

• Facilitates communication and collaboration among unit staff and other departments and units regarding issues related to patient care.
• Ensures continuity of patient care information between shifts, coordinates patient admitting, discharges, transfers and other operational issues.
• Reviews major operational patient care issues with Nurse Managers.
• Provides ongoing clinical evaluations of nurses and other direct and indirect patient care providers on assigned unit/area.
• Counsels employees on performance issues, administers initial corrective actions, and collaborates in monitoring attendance issues.
• Alerts nurse manager of significant clinical or other performance issues.
• Participates in interviewing, selecting and appraising the performance of employees.
• Monitors the adherence to EEO/AAP goals and guidelines.
• Administers Nursing Institute, departmental and CC policies and procedures.
• Supervises and participates in the daily delivery of patient care on assigned unit/area.
• Prepares schedule of work assignment assuring adequate coverage on all shifts.
• Participates in and supports quality improvement projects, outcomes studies and research initiatives; participates in department and committees as assigned.
• Assists in orienting new personnel, continuing education and in-service educational programs.
• Other duties as assigned.

 Education:

• Graduated from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Strong demonstrated clinic knowledge and skill; good oral, written and interpersonal skills, strong analytical and organization skills.

Certifications:

• Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN).
• Proof of Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) must be presented upon hire.
• ONS Chemo/Bio course complete within 1 year of employment if employed on units inpatient and/or outpatient where chemo is administered.
• If in an Adult/Combined EDs, ACLS upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
• If in an ED, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
• In Dedicated Trauma Centers, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC - adult) or Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC - pediatric) upon hire or within 24 months of beginning work in the Emergency Department.

Complexity of Work:

• Within scope of job, requires critical thinking, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment.

Work Experience:

• Minimum two year recent clinical nurse experience required.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires some exposure to communicable disease or bodily fluids.
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

 Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.