Nurse Manager, Delivery Room

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JOB SUMMARY

The Manager
- Nurse at North Mississippi Health Services, in the Nursing Services department, plays a crucial role in coordinating staff development and management, performance improvement, resource asset management, and effective communication. They are responsible for maintaining a positive patient and family-centered care environment, complying with regulatory requirements, and managing budgets while ensuring adequate staffing levels to meet patient care needs. As a manager of people, this role is responsible for supervising a team and optimizing operations within a designated department or area, ensuring productivity and effective team management.

JOB SUMMARY The Manager
- Nurse at North Mississippi Health Services, in the Nursing Services department, plays a crucial role in coordinating staff development and management, performance improvement, resource asset management, and effective communication. They are responsible for maintaining a positive patient and family-centered care environment, complying with regulatory requirements, and managing budgets while ensuring adequate staffing levels to meet patient care needs. As a manager of people, this role is responsible for supervising a team and optimizing operations within a designated department or area, ensuring productivity and effective team management.

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** JOB*
* ** FUNCTIONS** || --- |Staff Development and Management:
* Assists and supports in all human resources functions for nursing service including onboarding, termination, and disciplinary action; maintains appropriate documentation and ensures compliance with all NMHS policies and requirements.
* Ensures that staffing levels and coverage are adequate to meet patient care and regulatory requirements.
* Assumes managerial duties for performance evaluations and maintains systems to provide regular feedback and evaluation for employees; i. e. 90-day performance evaluations, mid-year coaching sessions/evaluations, and year-end performance evaluations.
* Works closely with nursing leadership and ancillary departments to maintain a positive patient and family-centered care environment within NMHS and its affiliates.
* Assists the Director of Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer with developing and implementing staff training and development programs to meet continuing education and contractual requirements and to further knowledge of medical care and working in a team environment.
* Organizes and manages nursing service activities of the unit in compliance with the medical plan of care, regulatory, and accrediting agency standards.
* Works alongside clinical nurse educators to coordinate and schedule educational classes and other training needs related to staff development.
* 24-Hour accountability for supervising and evaluating work performance in terms of patient care, unit relations, and efficiency of service; making decisions that require expert clinical judgment.

Performance Improvement.
* Assesses results of Performance Improvement indicators. Develops and implements programs based on this data to improve quality of care. Performs chart audits and meets individually to coach the employee on the needed areas for improvement and continuously monitors staff.

Resource Asset:
* Acts as a liaison between staff and other disciplines to assist in problem solving and transferring information to improve patient care. Acts as a clinical resource for staff in assigned areas. Prepares short and long-term planning and programs to address and identify needs. Acts as a vital resource on multiple decision making committees.

Communication:
* Creates and maintains good rapport within Nursing Services, ancillary departments, affiliates and other health services. Maintains communication with multi-disciplinary team members to provide holistic care to patient. Maintains availability…