Administrative

RN On-Duty House Admin-BH

Pay Rate: 36.38 - 51.15 Hourly

Work Type:
Full Time

Shift: Days

Department: CPC Acute Services

Category:
Registered Nurse

Facility:
Outpatient Clinics

Sign On Bonus Available

Relocation Assistance Available

Position Summary:

Assume primary administrative responsibility and accountability for all departments and personnel during assigned periods. Serve as on-site representative of UH administration. Serve as a resource for all departments and personnel during assigned periods. Act as liaison as necessary between physicians staff patients families UH departments and other institutions and agencies to promote and facilitate communication problem solving decision-making crisis intervention resource utilization and conflict management.

Report summary of incidents to senior management as required. Ensure adherence to hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate pediatric adolescent adult and geriatric age groups.

Detailed responsibilities:

• Supervise employees and select terminate train educate correct deficiencies perform appraisals issue discipline counsel schedule work assignments encourage staff teamwork and growth initiatives
• Promote and when appropriate participate in staff development programs/workshops pertinent to defined area of responsibility/expertise assists in the orientation and development of supervisory personnel
• Support promote and participate as appropriate in the development and revision of departmental and hospital goals objectives policies procedures projects and programs as assigned
• Participate in decision-making through active membership in departmental and interdepartmental committees and task forces as appointed
• Communicate accurately effectively and in a timely manner utilizing appropriate chain of command/channels of communication and protocols and promote communication by others. Convey the needs and concerns of hospital staff as well as other identified problems to Administration and/or other resources as appropriate respond to media/general public requests for information according to accepted policy consult with and/or refer inquiries to Public Relations as directed by policy
• Report incidents actions taken and results to appropriate managers at the end of shift
• Follow patient safety-related policies procedures and protocols
• Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• Report potential or actual patient safety concerns medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
• Act as a resource and liaison as necessary between all UNMH stakeholders including but not limited to physicians staff patients families departments and other institutions and agencies coordinate facilitate and promote communication problem solving decision-making crisis intervention resource utilization and conflict management
• Provide leadership and supervision to promote patient safety and satisfaction assist in the orientation and development of supervisory personnel provide guidance support and/or direction to department supervisors and charge nurses when appropriate participate actively and strongly support continuous quality improvement activities provide leadership and supervision to promote employee safety and satisfaction
• Act as a role model for all departments and personnel adhere to UNMH policies and procedures demonstrate UNMH Behaviors of Excellence
• Respond to emergency calls for sudden adverse developments in patients provide clinical and/or administrative support and assistance as required to institute emergency measures
• Coordinate with Leadership Emergency Management and Security to initiate disaster plan coordinate facilitation of departmental and institutional response to emergency situations
• Implement critical staffing guidelines to facilitate staffing during periods of critical staffing levels on nursing units with a goal to keep units open to physical capacity reallocate staff via floating implementing census managing as necessary to balance workload/meet patient care needs with decisions that reflect concern for the quality of care and cost effective use of resources assist the Staffing Coordinators in completing staffing responsibilities
• Identify communicate and resolve concerns related to resource availability allocation and quality facilitate the procurement of required supplies and services in the absence of available support service
• Collaborate with Admitting Office Access PALS physicians and patient care areas when needed to facilitate appropriate patient placement based on admitting service diagnosis acuity census and staffing considerations collaborate with…