Registered Nurse - Shift Coordinator- Nights

Overview

Night Shift (Combination of 8-hour and 12-hour shifts); 64 hours / 2 weeks. Weekend & Holiday Rotation. This position will be located at Mercyhealth Harvard Hospital, which is a Critical Access Hospital.

• Provides leadership for nursing units in the absence of department directors.
• Provides leadership for other hospital departments in the absence of department directors during disaster situations.
• Reviews staffing needs for next 24 hours and makes necessary staffing adjustments for all nursing units.
• Organizes, directs and collaborates with personnel on assigned shifts.
• Investigates and resolves administrative problems/complaints and refers unusual problems to department directors or administration.
• Offers input into the evaluations of nursing staff.
• Coordinates educational offerings for assigned shifts.
• Responds, coordinates and critiques crisis situations.
• Supervises staff, assesses their needs, identifies educational opportunities, and communicates with unit leadership.
• Assists in maintaining and monitoring Nursing unit budgets, identifying opportunities to reduce costs.
• Manages and assists in the resolution of opportunities related to human resources, and safety and risk management issues.
• Assists in implementation and evaluation of nursing initiatives.
• Awareness and collaboration in performance improvement / quality initiatives for the nursing departments.
• Rounds with charge nurse/lead nurses at least once per shift and others as able during the assigned shift.
• R rounds on patients/families as requested/needed with attention to high-risk patients; rounds on at least one patient/family per shift.
• Role models service recovery; encourages and acts as a resource for front-line partners to participate in service recovery.
• Coordinates patient admissions, discharges and transfers and work assignments of nursing staff to meet patient and unit needs.
• Acts as incident commander until the administrator on call arrives for Disaster Operations Plan; participates in ongoing Disaster Preparedness education.
• Participates in nursing leadership educational sessions quarterly.
• Acts as a resource person for nursing staff, physicians and other hospital personnel.
• Assists with complex patient care situations.
• Counsels patients, families, and staff in time of crisis; accesses appropriate resources.
• As a designated Organ Procurement Requester assists with procurement of organs to be donated and assists with death packet processes as needed.
• Contacts OR staff for emergency procedures; assists obstetrical emergencies and coordinates resources for emergency surgeries; coordinates resources from Central services and Radiology for such cases.
• Assists in procurement of supplies and medications as needed, and supports patient care resources.
• Interprets and enforces hospital policies; aligns care delivery with Mission, Vision, and Values.

Graduate of an accredited nursing program. BSN or agreement for BSN completion upon hire. May require specific years of applicable experience per department guidelines. If hired prior to specified dates in certain counties, an ADN may be acceptable.

• Licensed as an RN in the state of practice
• CPR/BLS
• ACLS desired

• Good interpretive and analytic skills; planning and organizational skills; excellent interpersonal/communication skills.
• Problem solving, delegation, leadership, judgment, motivation, planning/organizing, professionalism, safety and security, adaptability, attendance/punctuality, dependability, initiative.
• Ability to work independently with a high level of judgment.

Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, reach, and talk or hear. Occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Ability to lift/move up to 25 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally. Vision requirements as described for the role. These demands are essential job functions with or without accommodations.

Work requires a high level of independent judgment and substantial latitude for independent action.

Directly supervises employees in the hospital in the absence of administration; fulfills leadership responsibilities per policies and laws.

Comprehensive benefits package for eligible partners with 0.5 FTE or higher, including health, dental, vision, retirement with matching, and generous PTO. Education assistance, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance programs, leaves, and other voluntary benefits.

• Seniority level:
  Mid-Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Health Care Provider
• Industries:
  Hospitals and Health Care