Bachelor's Degree in nursing or equivalent experience required
Master's Degree preferred
Five years of technical experience preferred
One year of leadership experience preferred
Two years of acute care nursing experience preferred
Registered Nurse (RN) licensure required
CPR or BLS certification preferred
Responsibilities
Build a high-performing clinical team by recruiting and retaining skilled staff
Set and achieve goals for patient safety and quality of care
Direct and monitor personnel in patient care activities
Assess daily personnel requirements and manage staffing
Ensure department and equipment safety and operational readiness
Investigate and resolve patient care and operational issues
Engage staff in developing action plans for improvements
Benefits
Commitment to safety and wellbeing of associates and patients
Opportunities for professional development and education
Supportive work environment fostering open communication
Potential for leadership growth within the organization
Focus on patient-centered care and satisfaction
Full Job Description
Job Description
Job Summary:
Creates an environment where front line nurses and ancillary staff provide whole person care that is safe, complication free, and optimizes functional independence for each patient. Maintains a highly-visible presence on the unit. Collaborates closely with staff, charge nurses, physicians, and other department leaders to ensure that clinical operations are efficient and effective, and achieve high patient/family/staff satisfaction. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing and ancillary personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment.
Job Requirements:
Education and Work Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in nursing or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Required
Master's Degree: Preferred
Five years' technical experience: Preferred
One year's leadership experience: Preferred
Two years' experience of acute care nursing in hospital setting: Preferred
Licenses/Certifications:
Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Preferred
National specialty certification in area of expertise or in nursing administration: Preferred
Essential Functions:
Builds a high performing clinical work team by recruiting and retaining skilled professional staff. Builds a strong infrastructure with designated charge nurses and unit champions. Engages staff in developing action plans for needed change to create safe, desired outcomes. Completes periodic evaluations of personnel supervised. Coaches and disciplines personnel when deems appropriate. Monitors attendance. Works closely with staff, unit champions, and the clinical educator to identify and meet educational needs.
Sets and strives to achieve goals for patient safety, quality of care and compliance with regulatory requirements. Creates a culture of open communication. Develops strategies to improve patient/family, and physician satisfaction. Establishes standards of care for professional nursing practice that staff are held accountable to. Monitors critical processes and outcomes of care through audits, analysis of data, and complaints or incident reports.
Works with staff to ensure that care is safe, complication free, and optimizes functional independence for each patient. Directs and monitors personnel in the performance of patient care activities in order to ensure adequate patient care and quality of work. Investigates and resolves patient care and operational issues as needed. Initiates and coordinates individual and team conferences with health team members, patients, and/or families to initiate and revise care plans for optimal, individualized patient care as per care setting.
Assesses the personnel requirements of the unit on a daily basis and requests additional personnel when determines they are necessary. Authorizes and assigns overtime to personnel when independently determines this to be appropriate. Completes monthly unit staff schedule on time, accurately, and in collaboration with staff members and the director with minimal incidents of absence or unbalanced/short staffing events.
Works with facility services to assure that the department and equipment is maintained safe and operational. Prevents complications of care including nosocomial infections. Conducts emergency preparedness reviews.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Organizational Requirements:
Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
About Adventist Health System Sunbelt, Inc
Adventist Health System Sunbelt, Inc. is a non-profit healthcare organization that operates hospitals and other healthcare facilities in the southern United States. The organization is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church and is one of the largest non-profit healthcare providers in the country. Adventist Health System Sunbelt, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
