Nurse Manager of Cardiac Stepdown

Top Client in need of Nurse Manager of Cardiac Stepdown

Job Summary and Qualifications

• The Nurse Manager has 24 / 7 accountability and responsibility for a defined patient care area to provide a climate optimal for the provision of individualized goal directed nursing care that supports the mission, vision and values of the Facility and the philosophy of the Department of Nursing.
• Performs position in line with Employee Satisfaction, Patient Satisfaction, Physician Satisfaction, Continuous Performance Improvement, and / or Community Involvement.
• Develops and implements a plan for assuring delivery of individual goal directed nursing care through the use of the nursing process.
• Provides care / treatment / services within the Synergy Model and Evidenced Based Practices.
• Delegates tasks appropriate to meet the needs of the individual patient and to the skills of the employee supervised.
• Develops and implements a plan for care delivery with patient safety as the primary goal.
• Demonstrates expertise in selecting and managing unit-based staff.
• Reviews budget and assume responsibility for maintaining operating expenses at target levels.
• Promotes involvement of self and staff in health promotion / educational community activities; community involvement, lifelong learning and nursing research.
• Follows established guidelines for compliance with Infection Prevention and TJC Patient Safety Goals and Practices.
• Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care or the services delivered.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the occurrence reporting system and reports trends in occurrences to staff, quarterly. Uses this information to improve patient safety.
• Ensures staff is educated on established guidelines for reporting significant medical errors or unanticipated outcomes in the patient’s care which results in patient harm.

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