Emergency Department Nurse Manager (Nights

Job Category

Job Category
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Nursing Leadership

Requisition Number
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EMERG
001858

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Greenfield, IN 46140, USA

JOB SPECIFIC CORE COMPETENCIES

• Demonstrates assessment and reassessment documentation of emergency department patients and proper communication of findings to other allied healthcare members.
• Effective coordination of patient flow through the emergency department.
• Maintains staff work assignments and assures staffing levels are appropriate.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Assures that performance expectations are communicated to associates.
• Monitors performance for adherence to and timely completion of performance expectations.
• Discusses unsatisfactory associate reviews with recommended action plan with TL prior to giving the evaluation.
• Provide timely performance feedback to associates.
• Participate in interviewing and selection of unit associates
• Monitors staffing, scheduling and attendance/tardy occurrences. Bases care and decisions for Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation on the Nursing Process.
• Assist with formalizing departmental goals and plans.
• Assists with performance improvement and project management.
• Manages Corrective Actions
• Participates in Budget planning and adherence
• Manages Time and Attendance of Direct Reports

• Demonstrate competence in caring for patients.
• Provides and supervises nursing care for patients.
• Collaborate with members of the health care team to facilitate optimal achievement of patient outcomes.
• Assure that nursing care delivered is consistent with licensure/accreditation requirements and organizational policies/procedures and protocols.
• Assure the availability of resources required of the unit.

• Plan orientation of new associates.
• Coordinate unit-based education activities.
• Coordinate the planning, implementation and evaluation of progressive change in collaboration with TL Is self-directed and seeks educational and personal performance improvement activities.
• Advocates "Character First" and consistently role models associated characteristics.

• Serves as leader for designated unit based council committees.
• Ensures continual survey preparedness,
• Monitors and analyzes data related to patient outcomes and performance of nursing associates, recommends Performance Improvement and participates in data trending to document results.
• Serve as a role model and resource for staff as they implement performance activities.
• Assure timely submission of quality data.

• Work collaboratively with other members of the health care team to maximize resource efficiency while achieving desired outcomes.
• Allocate work assignments and monitors man hour utilization and assures that staffing levels are appropriate.
• Analyze non-productive time and strategies to maximize efficiency.
• Recommend and facilitate operations improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of the unit.
• Monitors staffing, scheduling and attendance/tardy occurrences. Bases care and decisions for Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation on the Nursing Process.
• Assist with formalizing departmental goals and plans.
• Assists with performance improvement and project management.

• Assure that there is accurate, timely communication of patient status/needs among members of the health care team.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with other departments.
• Assist associates in conflict resolution, investigates concerns regarding care issues, unresolved conflict and collaborates with the TL to determine a course of action.
• Demonstrate effective verbal/written communication and conflict resolution.

• Identify and reports/addresses situations of risk within the unit.
• Monitor performance and processes to assure that practice is consistent with safety principles, OSHA guidelines, Infection Control guidelines, and hospital policies/procedures.
• Assures equipment is functional and meets organizational requirements and that prompt action is taken.

• Conduct interactions with patients, visitors, physicians,…