What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Manager | Emergency Department | Laconia/Franklin position at Concord Hospital and Careers?
Summary
Under the direction of the Patient Care Unit Director, the Nurse Manager has 24 X 7 responsibility for operational leadership and management of the patient care unit. He/she is responsible for team and individual development, utilization of human, technical and material resources and quality improvement activities at the unit and organization level. The Nurse Manager assists the director in fiscal responsibilities. The Nurse Manager is responsible for supporting and assisting in the delivery of quality patient care and professional nursing practice.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited college. Master's degree in nursing preferred or commensurate education and experience.
Certification, Registration & Licensure
Licensed to practice nursing in the state of New Hampshire.
Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification, or equivalent course credentialed by American Heart Association.
ACLS within 6 months of hire
PALS within 1 year of hire
NRP within 1 year of hire
TNCC within 1 year of hire
Experience
Minimum of 3 years of acute care clinical experience in Emergency Department. Previous supervisory/leadership experience desired.
Responsibilities
- Oversees clinical nursing care, ensuring compliance with established standards of care and practice.
- Manages patient care and transitions across the continuum.
- Recruits, retains, nurtures, evaluates and develops staff.
- Manages departmental core processes.
- Plans, administers, and accounts for human, material, and educational resources as well as systems andprocesses to effectuate care and services.
- Monitors, evaluates and improves quality of care and services provided.
- Cultivates respectful and responsive relationships and provides services that are delivered in aprofessional, compassionate manner.
- Acts as a conduit for department and organizational communication.
- Leads department and interdepartmental teams.
- Participates in and supports departmental and organizational change.
- Ensures compliance with State, Local, Federal regulatory requirements.
- Takes responsibility for individual performance goals.
- Meet all departmental, professional and technical requirements.
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Physical and Work Requirements
The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to hear, perform activities that require fine motor skills, speak, and walk. The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, and stand. The employee is occasionally required to climb, do repetitive motion, kneel, and smell.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, and bodily fluids. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, non-weather related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.