RN-Head Nurse
Starkville, Mississippi
The Head Nurse is responsible for overseeing patient care, staff management and day to day operations of a specific department or nursing unit. Baptist Memorial Health Care is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.
- Shift and hours
- Days
- Unit and setting
- Hospital
- License
- RN license
Do you qualify?
- Certification
- BLS certification within 14 days of hire RN; BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIRE
- Experience
- 2 years experience on current unit or in like setting/specialty area Minimum of 2 years experience on current unit or in like setting/specialty area.
- Also asks
- Computer literacy
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Interpret, review and combine diagnostic data for patient's current condition Interpret, review, and combine diagnostic data relevant to the patient’s current condition.
- Day to day
- Collaborate with nursing leadership and other disciplines on department improvements Collaborates with nursing leadership and other disciplines to identify opportunities for department improvements and drive change.
- Day to day
- Guide and direct care during life-threatening situations Intervenes and provides guidance and direction during life threatening situations.
- Day to day
- Evaluate effectiveness of interventions and expected outcomes Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions and expected outcomes.
- Day to day
- Implement processes that improve patient outcomes Implements innovative works processes that improve patient outcomes.
- Day to day
- Clinical leadership: coaching, counseling, mentoring, hiring, firing, performance evaluations, staffing, payroll and productivity Participates in clinical leadership activities such as coaching, counseling, mentoring, hiring, firing, yearly performance evaluations, staffing, payroll, and productivity.
- Day to day
- Participate in activities to improve health care delivery Participates in activities designed to improve health care delivery.
- Day to day
- Communicate and collaborate with others in providing patient care Communicates/collaborates with others in providing patient care.
- Day to day
- Support life-long learning Supports life-long learning.
- Day to day
- Complete other duties as assigned Completes other duties as assigned.
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Overview
The Head Nurse is responsible for overseeing patient care, staff management and day to day operations of a specific department or nursing unit. Coordinates and provides care utilizing the critical thinking framework known as the nursing process. The nursing process forms the foundation of the nurse's decision making to help partner with patients/families to attain, maintain and restore health whenever possible.
Blends caring, compassion, knowledge and integrity to provide safe quality care that preserves patient autonomy, dignity and rights. Assists manager by providing clinical leadership for nursing employees on an assigned unit to maintain continuity of nursing care in conjunction with the hospital/nursing mission, goals, policies and procedures. Works in collaboration with the Manager/Director/CNO to ensure goal attainment.system standard jd
Responsibilities
- Interpret, review, and combine diagnostic data relevant to the patient’s current condition.
- Collaborates with nursing leadership and other disciplines to identify opportunities for department improvements and drive change.
- Intervenes and provides guidance and direction during life threatening situations.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions and expected outcomes.
- Implements innovative works processes that improve patient outcomes.
- Participates in clinical leadership activities such as coaching, counseling, mentoring, hiring, firing, yearly performance evaluations, staffing, payroll, and productivity.
- Participates in activities designed to improve health care delivery.
- Communicates/collaborates with others in providing patient care.
- Supports life-long learning.
- Completes other duties as assigned.
Specifications
Experience
Minimum Required
- Minimum of 2 years experience on current unit or in like setting/specialty area.
Preferred/Desired
Education
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Training
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Special Skills
Minimum Required
- Computer literacy
Preferred/Desired
Licensure
Minimum Required
- RN; BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIRE
Preferred/Desired
- ACLS
What's around it?
Starkville, MSFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 13% below the US average
- Median rent
- $916/mo
- Household income
- $42,125/yr, all local households, not nurse pay