Description

Psychiatric | Dexter, MO | Full Time

• Manages patient care unit employee outcomes by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures
• Achieves patient care unit operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; assessing productivity, quality, patient-service, safety, security, and health standards; identifying and resolving problems; completing audits; identifying, developing, and implementing system improvements
• Meets patient care unit financial objectives by estimating requirements; updating position control; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions
• Resolves patient issues by conferring with parties involved
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among healthcare teams by communicating patient care requirements; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving
• Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and unit records
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy patient care environment by developing and interpreting infection-control policies and protocols; enforcing medication administration, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns
• Protects healthcare organization value by keeping information confidential; cautioning others regarding potential breaches
• Serves and protects the healthcare community by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and The Joint Commission standards
• Ensures patient care and administrative equipment operation by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and technologies
• Insure appropriate patient care supplies are available by working with ancillary departments; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt
• Improves patient care and management job knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; incorporating evidence based practices; participating in professional societies
• Contributes to patient care and organization success by welcoming related, different, and new requests; helping others accomplish job results
• Approve work schedules, timeoff requests, and time cards for staff members, according to organizational policy, law and regulation
• Leader rounding on all shifts with staff recognition, development and engagement as a focus
• Take rotating call with other acute care nurse managers and cover in absence of other nurse managers
• Supports a shared governance structure on the unit that works to address safety, quality and staff development initiatives
• Any other duties as needed to drive to the Vision, fulfill the Mission, and abide by the Values of the organization
• Plan, Direct, Coordinate, use nursing process, 24 hour accountability, leadership, professional growth, and evidence based practice
• Possess critical thinking skills and can assess staff, patient and family needs to coordinate the appropriate nursing plan of care
• Clinically competent
• Focus on patient advocacy and customer service
• Open, honest, respectful communicator
• Mentoring and staff development
• Supportive of nursing and clinical students on the unit
• Knowledgeable of regulatory standards, uses TJC E-dition resource
• Passionate about quality, patient safety, patient satisfaction and staff satisfaction
• Ability to lead and participate effectively on teams
• Support and implement the Strategic Plan for Nursing and the organization
• Knowledge of critical success factors to manage the unit
• Basic budgeting knowledge, will be required to have working knowledge EPSI
• Ability to develop a shared governance structure on the unit
• Ability to be visible on the unit to staff, patients and physicians
• Rounding on all shifts routinely
• Ability to develop departmental goals and critical success factors with ability to lead staff to support goals
• Will take rotating call with other acute care nurse managers
• Provide management oversight coverage in the absence of other nurse managers
• Proven evidence of ability to organize and prioritize
• Must routinely be visible and engaged in the day to day functioning of the department
• Maintains a calm, professional demeanor under pressure/stress
• Cheerful and energetic outlook
• Possesses excellent interpersonal, communication, verbal and writing skills
• Any other duties as needed to drive to the Vision, fulfill the Mission, and abide by the Values of the organization

• Bachelor's Degree Nursing required
• Bachelor's Degree Nursing required
• Associates degree in Nursing will be accepted, but must be currently enrolled in a BSN program with completion within 3 years of hire In lieu of a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing upon hire, a Bachelor's degree in a related field will be accepted
• Minimum of 3 years Clinical nursing experience required
• Minimum of 1 year Management experience, proven ability to manage, train and educate staff on new protocols and existing standard operating procedures preferred
• Minimum of 3 years Staff Nurse experience required
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure in State of MO Upon Hire required
• BLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire required
• Certification - Nursing Administration or Professional (Specialty) in area of specialty within 2 Years preferred
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure In the State of Missouri required
• BLS - Basic Life Support required
• Certification in area of specialty, Nurse Executive (NE), or Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML) is expected within two years of hire required