Full Job Description
Your Everyday
Take the lead: managing the daily operations of your department or unit and initiating processes to assure the highest quality of patient care using a participative approach to achieving goals.
Lead the charge for staying "survey ready" and work with staff, other managers, and administration developing implementing, and revising policies and procedures in compliance with federal and state guidelines, as well as accreditation standards (i.e., TJC, CMS, DHH).
Promote a safe environment and implement solutions in response to infection control rounds.
Maintain standards of team accountability for hospital policies and procedures and delivery of care services.
Promote excellence in patient and customer relations by acting as a liaison and effectively interacting with physicians, staff, patients, and families.
Participate in admissions decisions regarding patient acceptance and placement.
Evaluate new and current staff competencies, ensure qualified staff and staffing levels, and screen, interview, and orient new hires to include detailed instruction regarding development of patient care plans, documentation of patient progress, and utilization of electronic documentation system and/or back up paper system.
Develop nursing schedules and daily staffing and adjusts staff accordingly based on census; effectively manages adequate nursing staffing levels to ensure census may be maintained at budgeted levels. Finance:
Assist with implementing a strategic plan to accurately forecast expenses in the preparation of annual operational (including personnel) and capital budgets.
Monitor, evaluate, and control appropriate utilization of budgeted FTEs and operational expenses in assigned nursing areas.
Identify strategies for growth and care development.
The Must-Haves
Minimum:
Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
2 years of management or supervisory experience in healthcare.
WORK SHIFT:
Days (United States of America)
