Nurse Manager,RN - Outpatient Hematology/Oncology - Ruttenberg Treatment Center Job New York New York USA,Nursing

Position: Nurse Manager, RN - Outpatient Hematology/Oncology - Ruttenberg Treatment Center - Full-time - [...]
Location: New York

Description

The Nurse Manager (NM) is responsible for the management of nursing practice and operations on a designated unit/service setting such as inpatient, procedural, emergency department or ambulatory care. This includes, but is not limited to, the management of: clinical nursing practice, staff recruitment, retention, labor relations, supply chain and budget, staffing, employee performance evaluation, quality improvement, staff education, medical records, internal and external regulatory and survey requirements.

The Nurse Manager collaborates with multiple professionals to support and coordinate the provision / management of patient care. This individual works closely with the Nursing Clinical Director, unit Dyad partner and staff in insuring that the Service/Unit setting maintains the highest standards of patient care and is responsive to the needs of the patient & family as well as the organization.

Responsibilities

Patient Care

Leads nursing practice using the tenets of the Professional Practice Model of Relationship Centered Care and the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing for the promotion of the patient experience.

Demonstrates proficiency in all aspects of Care Checks and role models expected behaviors.

Ensures the integration of Care Checks into clinical activities to enhance Relationship Centered Care validates staff members Care Checks on all patients by direct observation and patient feedback.

Assess staff competency in Care Checks/PHR and provides consistent meaningful feedback with more focused feedback as needed.

Conducts rounding of patients on a daily basis (Monday-Friday.) Conducts rounding on staff on a weekly basis.

Communicates quantitative and qualitative information regarding the patient experience and staff engagement to the staff and the Interdisciplinary Patient Care Team that leads to the development and implementation of an action plan.

Collaborates with the physician dyad and escalates concerns as appropriate.

Follows up on all patient concerns in a timely manner and provides service recovery as needed.

Demonstrates caring, agility, respect, compassion, empathy and active listening through dialogue, body language and actions.

Patient Experience

Role models the tenets of Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care (MSHRCC) through facilitation of the following actions but not limited to:
Admission Welcome, Bedside Shift Report, HELP, AM/PM Care, Dedicated Sit Down, Purposeful Hourly Rounding (PHR)/Care Checks, Medication Review, Discharge Wrap Up, and MD/RN Unit Collaboration as applies to the care setting (inpatient, procedural ambulatory).

Participates and facilitates Communication Huddle with staff at the start of the shift, identifying high-risk patients who require special attention and escalates concerns in a timely manner for resolution.

Communicates to nursing leadership concerns or issues identified during huddle and throughout shift.

Initiates service recovery for patients and family members who have concerns and escalates to Nursing Director/designee and Patient Relations as needed.

Interprets and communicates patient experience scores and benchmarks and keeps staff informed of progress and areas of opportunity.

Considers the patient’s values, preferences, expressed needs and knowledge in all aspects of care.

Empowers staff to use evidence-based practices to increase understanding of patients’ perceptions of care.

Demonstrates caring, respect, compassion, empathy and active listening through verbal and body language and actions.

Quality and Safety

Designs, supports and leads a safe, therapeutic and efficient patient-centered care environment for professional practice.

Identifies and investigates issues or variances in practice/operations by participating in the RCA process and implements corrective action plans/safety solutions accordingly.

Participates in unit and hospital based quality, patient safety and patient experience process improvement initiatives

Utilizes the principles of Lean methodology for process improvement through the use of the Daily Management Boards.

Fosters a fair and open Just Culture that encourages error and near-miss occurrence reporting.

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Nurse Manager, RN - Outpatient Hematology​/Oncology - Ruttenberg Treatment Center

Nurse Manager, RN - Outpatient Hematology/Oncology - Ruttenberg Treatment Center