What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kraft family Blood Donor Center Nurse Manager position at Brigham and Women's Hospital?
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Job Summary
The RN Flow Manager (Nurse Manager) is valued member of the donor center leadership team. The primary responsibility of the Flow Manager is to coordinate and expedite the donor center operations ensuring an exceptional donor experience.
The Flow Manager manages the immediate operational needs, supervising and directing other members of the donor center staff and mobile drive to advance toward department blood product collection goals. Develops strong collaborative relationships across roles, disciplines and departments with a focus that ensures the needs of donor are addressed.
The Flow Manager is accountable for direct oversight of staff to ensure compliance with cGMP, FDA and AABB standards. Functions as a super-user of donor center IT systems and works the Blood Bank IT team to address issues. Works with mobile drive coordinators and recruitment team to ensure smooth blood drive operations.
Qualifications
Education:
Additional Job Details (if Applicable)
Remote Type
Onsite
Work Location
75 Francis Street
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Employee Type
Regular
Work Shift
Rotating (United States of America)
EEO Statement
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.
Mass General Brigham Competency Framework
At Mass General Brigham, our competency framework defines what effective leadership “looks like” by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
The RN Flow Manager (Nurse Manager) is valued member of the donor center leadership team. The primary responsibility of the Flow Manager is to coordinate and expedite the donor center operations ensuring an exceptional donor experience.
The Flow Manager manages the immediate operational needs, supervising and directing other members of the donor center staff and mobile drive to advance toward department blood product collection goals. Develops strong collaborative relationships across roles, disciplines and departments with a focus that ensures the needs of donor are addressed.
The Flow Manager is accountable for direct oversight of staff to ensure compliance with cGMP, FDA and AABB standards. Functions as a super-user of donor center IT systems and works the Blood Bank IT team to address issues. Works with mobile drive coordinators and recruitment team to ensure smooth blood drive operations.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree Nursing required or Master's Degree Nursing preferred
- Nursing experience, preferably in a hospital setting 5-7 years required.
- Management or supervisory experience 2-3 years required.
- Apheresis, blood donor, procedural, or critical care experience preferred.
- Strong leadership and team management abilities.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Knowledge of healthcare regulations and compliance standards.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills.
- Proficiency in budgeting and resource management.
- Ability to analyze and improve operational processes.
- Coordinate and expedite donor center and blood mobile operations including, but not limited to: Directs, delegates and monitors quality of blood product collection done by the donor center team.
- Functions within and across interdisciplinary teams in a manner that promotes coordination, mutual respect and timely response to donor care and safety.
- Facilitates development of efficient and safe workflows that ensure the quality, purity and potency of blood products collected.
- Facilitates huddles, promotes and models effective, respectful communication and team work.
- Utilizes a critical thinking approach to problem solve and make decisions.
- Identifies and evaluates operational needs and resolves concerns early
- Role models and facilitates change within the team to respond to emerging standards and practice changes.
- Fosters and implements innovative thinking to create alternative solutions.
- Manages all resources to support optimal care of blood donors.
- Models and promotes team building and leadership skills. Applies leadership skills to facilitate effective team functioning and operations of the department.
- Develops strong collaborative relationships across roles and departments with a focus to ensure timely accesses of emerging needs of patients are addressed.
- Provides clinical oversight and support as needed to nursing staff and donor technicians in collaboration with the Medical Director, Nursing Director and Practice Manager.
- Manages changes in staffing schedule and appropriately adjusts resources to ensure operational needs of the donor center and blood mobile are met.
- Authorizes hours worked by donor room staff, including any overtime. Direct recipient of sick and tardy calls for donor room staff.
- Assumes accountability for evaluation of performance of RN’s, and donor technician’s under the delegation/direction of the nurse director.
- Participates in the selection, supervision and of staff
- Coordinates the orientation of new staff and addresses staff development needs.
- Collaborates with nurse director and medical director in setting quality standards for blood product donation. Participate in the development, validation and revision of standard operating procedures.
- Demonstrates ability to analyze, synthesize and apply data to drive optimal blood product collection that achieve department targets.
- Works with Nurse Director and Compliance team to address issues identified via Occurrence management.
- Oversight for TJC, AABB, FDA readiness and quality programs.
- Provides evidence-based, clinically competent nursing care in a culturally sensitive manner.
- Performs all clinical tasks and responsibilities of the BWH RN as permitted by licensure, scope and institutional policy.
- Performs skilled tasks competently and demonstrates operational knowledge of procedures and equipment.
- Demonstrates technological literacy in using computerized information systems.
- Accesses, evaluates and uses data and information from a wide range of resources.
- Demonstrates effective use of computer-based information and donor management systems for blood collection management, decision support, continuous quality improvement and professional development.
- Provides input to the development of information systems that impact support the donor center.
- Facilitates and oversees staff use of health care technologies.
- Able to develop, access and apply reporting data.
- Staff blood drives and the donor room to provide appropriate levels for anticipated donor volumes. Revise plan in response to rescheduling of drives.
- Minimize travel expenses by scheduling donor staff based on their location to each blood drive.
- Follow up on all donor reactions.
- Ensure that the donor center is always prepared for inspections by FDA, JC and AABB.
- Oversee the training of new techs and nurses and ensure complete documentation is done.
- Ensure direct observations and competency quizzes are done annually.
Additional Job Details (if Applicable)
Remote Type
Onsite
Work Location
75 Francis Street
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Employee Type
Regular
Work Shift
Rotating (United States of America)
EEO Statement
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.
Mass General Brigham Competency Framework
At Mass General Brigham, our competency framework defines what effective leadership “looks like” by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.
