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Magement Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

Mission:

●Demonstrates leadership and commitment to the Hospital Core Values and Mission.

Leadership:

●Provides leadership, training, and support for staff by establishing performance expectations and providing constructive feedback to reorganize and/or improve positive performance.

●Establishes both short and long-term plans to meet department needs. Shows foresight in recognizing problems.

●Effectively communicates Hospital information, as well as departmental expectations and goals, to all staff by conducting regular staff meetings, posting appropriate memos, and holding individual communications sessions as needed.

●Implements policies and procedures in a fair and equitable manner.

●Effectively manages conflict resolution and conducts formal personnel counseling when needed.

Operations/Financial:

●Manages the financial resources of the department effectively and efficiently.

●Prepares and manages annual departmental budget, determining the needs of the department and logically communicates reasonable requests to upper management.

●Is fiscally responsible with expenditure and shows a willingness to continuously improve.

Human Resources:

●Recruits, interviews and hires competent candidates for department position, who will be supportive of the Hospital Mission and Core Values.

●Actively works to improve the working environment to aid in the retention of staff.

●Ensures proper orientation for all new hires.

●Supports and participates in Hospital recognition programs.

●Completes Initial and Annual Performance Appraisals within the required time frames.

●Ensures staff completion of mandatory education requirements.

●Ensures staff maintains updated professional licensure and certifications and forwards documents to Human Resources.

●Actively works with Employee Health to ensure that employees adhere to DOH/DNV/Infection Control Regulations.

Staff Development:

●Provides ongoing training to staff to ensure productivity and knowledge.

●Ensures employee competency by providing ongoing staff development and continuing education opportunities, including staff participation in all mandated and regulatory programs.

Quality Improvement:

●Implements and monitors patient safety initiatives to meet established goals.

●Reviews incident reports and patient complaints, follows up appropriately.

●Maintains target levels of customer satisfaction. Implements initiatives in the department to improve service to customers.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Additional Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for the day-to-day operation of unit to include clinical excellence and effective collaboration in the interdisciplinary team.

• Excellence in clinical competence in all aspects of assigned unit. Serves as a role model and clinical resource person, especially for all new staff.

• Promotes and develops open communication between all staff on all shifts of assigned unit.

• Staffing assignments are patient care centered and based on patients acuity – assures this is followed on all shifts. Facilitates deliverance of excellence in patient care issues.

• Responsible for EMS Coordinator day-to-day operations. Collaborates with Administrative Director to insure that EMS Coordinator is addressing appropriate EMS issues.

• Assures that Nursing processes are applied to each patient appropriately. Sees that documentation is complete.

• Assists and encourages staff to reach optimum potential, especially in areas of charge, relief charge, QA/QI and educational development.

• Maintains a safe physical environment for patient, staff, family, and visitors by observing all staff maintain infection control standards.

• Collaborates with Administrative Director in the evaluation, professional development and discipline of all staff on unit.

• Collaborates with Administrative Director in developing and implementing unit specific goals while adhering to hospital wide goals. Includes EMS goals and QA/QI activities. Attends M.A.C. Committee.

• Develops and updates policy and procedures specific to the E.D. standards and assures they are implemented and followed by staff.

• Works in conjunction with Medical Director of unit to coordinate the E.D. management meetings. Attends Acute Care Committee.

• Oversees the unit schedule to assure staffing pattern is adequate for the unit needs.

• Assists in recruitment, interviewing and selection of staff for the unit and oversees their preceptorship on the unit.

• Performs any other duties as assigned.

Essential Job Qualifications:

Essential Job Qualifications

Education:

Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing; is pursuing or has achieved B.S.N.; ACLS certified

Experience:

3-5 yrs. critical care background; experience in Q.A. and patient care management

Training/License:

CEN preferred/Current Licensed NYS Registered Nurse

Other:

Has demonstrated commitment to continuing professional development standards excellence as a nursing practitioner with leadership qualities. BLS Certification

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