Manager Registered Nurse - Alamo Heights Surgery Center

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Responsibilities

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• Participates in the establishment and implementation of yearly goals for the units.
• Monitors operations of the unit. Measures progress towards goals, identifying problems and taking corrective actions.
• Serves as an advocate for patients/families, assuring that patient/family rights are respected, patient satisfaction issues are addressed, and associates adhere to the core values of the corporation.
• Directs patient care in compliance with regulatory standards such as Joint Commission and state licensure requirements.
• Participates in the development, communication, and implementation of nursing and organizational policy and procedure.
• Participates on intra and interdepartmental committees and task forces which are focused on improving patient care.
• Collaborates with other Department Managers and Hospital Leadership to resolve unit/staff issues.
• Participates and directs staff in hospital plans for emergency and disasters.
• Develops, communicates and updates unit(s), standards, protocols, policies and procedures to meet trends in nursing practice and patient services.
• Collaborates with Human Resources to recruit and hire qualified associates.
• Counsels, guides, and disciplines associates to enhance patient care through compliance with established hospital policies and procedures.
• Evaluates staff job performance on a timely basis and in a manner that recognizes associate's accomplishments, enhances performance and facilitates professional development.
• Provides HR with information to maintain associate files with current licensure, credentialing records, certifications, orientation documentation, skills checklists, and continuing education requirements.
• Facilitates and encourages staff participation in the professional practice model.
• Confronts and resolves conflicts involving staff, physicians, patients/families, interdepartmental and intra departmental issues.
• Empowers associates through effective delegation, maintaining accountability.
• Directs and ensures staff participation in process improvement activities for the unit/hospital.
• Conducts regularly scheduled staff meetings which address unit issues, process improvement, and safety; Ensures staff meeting minutes are available on a timely basis.
• Establishes and enforces with staff a method for ongoing maintenance and upkeep of the unit supplies and equipment.
• Maintains and ensures documentation of quality control aspects of the clinic(s) (e.g. POCT logs, refrigerator temps, etc which are required by Joint Commission)
• Collaborates effectively with physicians, administrators, patients, families, other departments, and the community to provide quality patient care and enhance patient outcomes.
• Maintains core staffing within established guidelines that assure patient safety and considers skill mix and experience of staff.
• Oversees daily staffing of the unit and collaborates with Lead Associates on the development and revision of the staffing schedule.
• Ensures assessment of competency of all associates as a part of the orientation program and on an ongoing basis.
• Identifies, plans, develops and/or arranges for programs to meet the educational/skills needs of the associates upon hiring and on an ongoing basis.
• Identifies, plans, develops methods to meet the educational needs of the patient population.
• On an annual basis, contributes to the development of operating and capital budgets to meet the needs of the unit.
• Assures effective and appropriate utilization of material and human resources
• Reviews financial and productivity management reports and takes appropriate actions.
• Demonstrates competence to perform assigned patient care responsibilities in a manner that meets the age specific and developmental needs of patients served by the department.
• Appropriately reviews patient assessment, treatment, and/or care methods performed by nursing to accommodate the unique physical, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual, age specific and other developmental needs of each patient served.
• Demonstrates adherence to the Mission and CORE values of CHRISTUS Health System. GG.
• Performs other duties as assigned.