Facility: Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Shift: Shift 1Status: Full Time
FTE: 1.000000Bargaining Unit: ACE Associates
Exempt from Overtime: Exempt: Yes
Work Schedule: Days and Evenings
Hours: Varied/Days and Evenings based on unit needs
Summary:
Shares as a team member under the leadership and in collaboration with the Director, the accountability for the 24 hour management of clinical nursing practice and patient care delivery, the management of human, fiscal and other resources, the development of personnel, compliance and regulatory and professional standards, strategic planning and the fostering of interdisciplinary collaborative relationships within selected unit(s) of responsibility and the health care institution as a whole.
Responsibilities:
Education- Graduate of an accredited professional nursing program
- Current New York State RN License
- Baccalaureate in Nursing required
- Current BLS certification
- Current ACLS certification or completion of course within six (6) months of assignment
- Professional Certification within three (3) years of assignment (CCRN, PCCN, NE-BC, CNML)
Experience- Five (5) years RN Experience required
- Two (2) years Critical Care Experience required
- Three (3) years previous supervisory experience required
- Cardiac Care experience preferred
Knowledge, Skill and Ability- Interpersonal skills necessary to work productively with all levels of unit personnel, as well as physicians, families, visitors and to manage the activities of a diverse group of professional, nonprofessional and clerical employees
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written
- Good interpersonal skills
- Professional attitude
- Planning skills to develop goals and objectives
- Analytical ability to identify opportunities for improvements
- Strong problem resolution skills
- Teaching abilities to promote optimum orientation and continuing education of staff
- Budgeting skills to control fiscal operations of selected unit(s) and /or area(s) of responsibility and to identify and explain variances
- Has current knowledge of health care trends and issues and relates same to hospital and work area environment
- Computer literate
