Charge Nurse Valley Health​/Mary Bed

Day Shift (United States of America)

Mary Free Bed Summary We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It’s extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients “Ask for Mary,” they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them.

This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership, to clinicians and care providers. Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes.

The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care.

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

• Focus on Patient Care.
• A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees.
• Clinical Variety and Challenge.
• Family Culture.
• Trust in Each Other.
• A Proud Tradition.

Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned department. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures.

The purpose of the role is to provide direct clinical supervision to assist in maintaining appropriate clinical standards and to facilitate the functioning of nursing units or assigned area for a defined shift.

• Provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by Federal and State laws and regulations.
• Coordinates all unit operations on assigned shift and assures compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Facilitates proper placement of patients on nursing unit in collaboration with the Patient Access Coordinator or designee (BHS coordinates with Intake).
• Makes shift assignments and completes assignment board.
• Adjusts all staff appropriately (flexing up and down) utilizing the Resource Management Plan.
• Assures staff remains compliant with documentation standards.
• Serves as a clinical resource for unit staff and encourages evidence-based practice.
• Provides direct patient care for a team of patients when indicated by unplanned changes in acuity, peak census, or staffing.
• Serves as a liaison between physicians and hospital departments to facilitate smooth operations of the unit during assigned shift.
• Works with staff to facilitate patient satisfaction scores within acceptable range.
• Holds staff accountable for performance and identifies practice areas needing improvement and makes appropriate referrals.
• Gives input to Clinical Manager/Director and/or completes performance appraisals and feedback using peer review process.
• Demonstrates a self-directed interdisciplinary leadership style.
• Maintains current knowledge and competency in nursing practice.
• Demonstrates and models expert communication skills by listening and understanding another’s point of view.
• Assists Clinical Manager/Director in holding unit staff…