Full Time position

10 hour shift - Hours: Variable (Day and Afternoon)

Department: Surgical Services

Position Summary:

Responsible for overseeing the nursing plan of care for patients within the assigned unit/units and contributes to the delivery of patient/family centered care.Directs patient care through performance and/or leadership of patient care team members and patient care management staff.Assists in the coordination of patient care through the appropriate utilization of all resources; staff, equipment, supplies, etc.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Maintains operational responsibility for assigned unit/units in collaboration with the assigned clinical manager.
2. Promotes collaboration regarding patient care issues with various staff levels and disciplines.In collaboration with other members of the leadership team, ensures staff participation in orientation, mandatory and continuing education programs and other staff development opportunities.
3. Demonstrates leadership role through clinical practice, supervision, teaching, research, and communicating changes in policies and procedures.
4. Keeps Clinical Manager/Director informed of all concerns, problems and project progress
5. Serves as resource for staff; promoting critical thinking and evidence based practice.
6. Ensures that day- to-day quality and appropriateness of care is maintained, monitored and relevant action plans are developed and implemented.
7. Utilizes objective measurement tools to evaluate the quality of nursing care delivered to patients served.
8. Assures appropriate delegation and supervision of patient care.
9. Supports and maintains an interdisciplinary approach to patient care by the medical staff and other health care professionals to provide optimal patient care.Encourages contribution toward the plan of care.
10. Demonstrates organization ability by using time, equipment, and personnel effectively.Responsible for assistance with staffing, scheduling, evaluating, counseling and discipline of unit personnel.
11. Maintains optimal nursing practice through planned and continuous professional growth and development.Demonstrates ones own need for continuing education by seeking new learning experiences and maintains knowledge of current trends of nursing care practices & management methods.
12. Participates in departmental quality assessment and continuous quality improvement activities as directed.
13. Performs other related job duties as requested