Nurse Manager, Jackson Long Term Care Center, Vent & Trach Unit, Full-Time, Days

Jackson Memorial Long-Term Care Center

Jackson Memorial Long-Term Care Center
Department: Nursing Administration Vent & Trach Unit Address:2500 N.W. 22nd Avenue - Miami, FL 33142 Shift Details: Day Shift, Full-Time

Jackson Memorial Long-Term Care Center is a non-profit, 180-bed skilled nursing facility licensed by the state of Florida. JMLTCC is one of two skilled nursing facilities owned and operated by Miami-Dade County, Public Health Trust and Jackson Health System to assist Jackson Memorial Hospital with the timely discharge of patients who cannot be easily discharged from the hospital to home or other community nursing homes.

The Nurse Manager provides leadership, clinical practice and staff development for one nursing unit, and is responsible for assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating nursing practice at the unit level. The Nurse Manager is accountable to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical and support staff, and appropriate resource and service management related to patient care. The Nurse Manager must also ensure services and care are provided abiding by the policies and procedures of the organization, demonstrate fiscal responsibility and accountability.

The Nurse Manager is responsible and accountable for implementing executive strategies into frontline reality by effectively and efficiently managing and leading in area(s) of responsibility for the strategic, financial and human resource plans, performance improvement initiatives, appropriate clinical practice knowledge and technology.

Strategic Vision:

• The Nurse Manager works to define and implement nursing's strategic plan, and ensures area of responsibility is fully integrated into the overall strategic goals and objectives.
• Understands and shares the strategic plan of the organization including roles, timelines, milestones and resource utilization.

• The Nurse Manager improves employee engagement through collaboration.
• Routinely reviews reports provided by Human Resources, such as employee satisfaction results, turnover, exit interviews, and other metrics related to employee engagement.
• The Nurse Manager recognizes team members for great performance.
• Contributes to the retention of staff by providing supportive and mentoring relationships.
• Collaboratively develops, communicates and monitors performance expectations.
• Promotes a results oriented environment, ensures effective communication regarding department successes and opportunities for improvement.
• Supports a Just Culture Model that recognizes and fosters a system for reporting unsafe practices.

• The Nurse Manager is responsible for the ongoing improvement of quality and performance metrics including, but not limited to: core measures, hospital acquired infections, safety initiatives and the patient experience, evidenced by daily rounding on patients to assess for appropriate care, and the utilization of the iRounding tool for patient satisfaction.
• Monitors and evaluates service indicators in collaboration with related team members, as evidenced by active involvement in patient experience committees and implementation of new processes.
• Facilitates education of employees related to service excellence.
• Role models behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise).

• The Nurse Manager assumes responsibility for the continuous growth, development of employees and daily operations of unit, including strategic succession plan.
• Serves as an organizational change agent, as evidenced by the presence of engaged staff members in process improvement initiatives.
• Formulates unit objectives, goals, and specific strategies that are consistent with those of the organization.
• Develops and maintains positive relationship with all providers.
• Advocates and involves multi-disciplinary team when major changes are planned, utilizing shared governance model to communicate information.
• Takes the lead in working with the Labor Management Partnership team in developing staffing efficiencies, service excellence, employee satisfaction and continuous improvement in quality outcomes.
• Functions as a role model to promote the Mission, Vision, philosophy, code of ethics and CARE values of the organization.

• The Nurse Manager ensures that the performance improvement program is interdisciplinary and aligned with that of the organization.
• Cultivates and sustains a culture of innovation, continual learning and accountability.
• Partners with other disciplines to drive and sustain positive change within the unit(s).
• Attends leadership classes offered by the leadership development team.
• Collaborates to improve quality metrics using established process improvement technologies.
• Facilitates change and fosters staff engagement involvement.
• Promotes staff participation in shared governance Council and unit-level…