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Responsible for directing, planning, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating nursing care and patient outcomes. Responsible for resource management, policy and program development, and fiscal management.   Essential Key Job Responsibilities - Formulates and implements hospital and departmental goals; integrates goals with overall hospital objectives and plan. - Serves as resource in area of expertise within the facility. Maintains effective working relationships and communication with members of the medical staff, other departments, leadership staff, and others.  Participates with leadership, medical staff, and clinical staff in decision-making.  Is an active member of the Nursing Leadership Team.  Promotes interdepartmental teamwork. - Manages the operation of departments by assisting Finance with preparation of annual budgets; evaluates budget variances regularly. Ensures that supply inventories are adequately maintained in order to provide quality and continuity of care.  - Provides leadership and effective personnel management by maintaining and evaluating team member performance and attendance, and providing opportunities for staff development. Promotes and communicates the culture, values, and commitment of CHI Saint Joseph Health through programs that ensure provision of high quality levels of guest service. - Develops base staffing patterns for each area and ensures availability of sufficient qualified nursing staff to meet patient care needs. - Participates in community activities on behalf of the hospital. Assists in community health events and education as needed. - Responsible for delivery of quality care and ongoing quality improvement efforts. Assists with quality management hospital wide.  Monitors patient outcomes and develops corrective action as needed.  - Demonstrates knowledge and skills and keeps knowledge and skills updated. Maintains availability as a resource.  - Other duties as assigned by management.   :::: Career Event Alert :::: We are hosting a virtual nursing career event on March 11th, if you are interested in joining us, please RSVP here.

This Supervisor position in Fargo, ND  supports people with disabilities in their homes. You will assist with activities, transportation, personal cares, meal prep and household duties. Learning about the Person Supported - Oversees staff and people supported, provides direct care.  - Reports concerns to the Manager, QDDP and Director.  - Trains new staff on duties and responsibilities.  - Attends initial and annual trainings on each specific program plan individualized to meet the needs of the people supported. - Learns about community involvement and interests specific to each person supported. Assists the people supported with volunteering to create healthier communities. - Supports people supported in achieving their dreams and goals. Essential Duties - Provides active supports in all aspects of daily lives assisting with community events, cooking, cleaning, personal cares, shopping and other duties as assigned. - Provide transportation with a reliable vehicle. - Provides education & supports on finances, budgeting. - Ensures that each person supported receives education on rights and responsibilities. - Assists and supports people to be independent in their homes to the best of their ability. - Must be Med Certified within 60 days of employment. - Documents daily in the Therap system. Pay & Benefits - Starting Pay is $18.63 with regular opportunities for merit increases. - Benefits available to all Part and Full-time positions scheduled at least 20 hours per week. - Pay Frequency is bi-weekly.

POSITION SUMMARY:   24 hour accountability for a unit area.  The major responsibilities are in providing leadership and communication, monitoring the work environment, assuring quality, managing the fiscal budget, managing human resources and ensuring the delivery of competent clinical practice. The ideal candidate will possess 3+ years of experience working as an RN in specialty area in addition to having 3+ yrs experience in a Charge, Clinical Manager or Nurse Manager role.   POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:   - Support and actualizes the Division of Nursing philosophy and goals by assuming leadership in program development and implementation.     - Staff is developed to assume leadership roles both formally and informally, via role modeling and facilitating staff participation in shared governance structure. - Facilitates development and implementation to solution to problems. - Develops and Implements effective communication channels to provide information to all staff members, holding at least one unit meeting per month with posting of minutes and notice. - Directs and Participates in the orientation of new employees, evaluates programs effecting employees. - Has an identified council structure with an elected Staff Nurse Professional Practice Council representative.   - Conducts unit council meetings monthly incorporating new knowledge and skills to meet changing needs of patient families, department employees and institution. - Has a positive working relationship and problem solving with other members of the patient care delivery team including physicians and other departments. - Participates in committees and task forces as indicated. - Facilitates staff to assume leadership roles. - Demonstrates positive leadership skills and communication that embraces changes, which results in achievement of outcomes. - Staff actively Participates in clinical decision-making affecting practice. - Promotes a caring helpful environment including the arrangement of the physical setting and assembling equipment in a manner conducive to more effective and efficient nursing care - Participates in unit, service and divisional CQI/CQE programs, documents results, reports by deadlines, formulates corrective action plans for improvement. - Meets established research-based standards of care, quality control targets, operationalizes CQI. - Develops a multidisciplinary program to monitor quality patient care indicators.   - Maintains fiscal budget within established variance, focusing on hppd, labor cost per day, overtime, orientation costs, SSP costs and medical supplies. - Adjusts staffing patterns according to unit activity and patient acuity. - Reviews fiscal Worksheet, analyzing variances and implementing appropriate action plans. - Develops and Manages the unit budget to control operational and capital expenditures for capital equipment priorities based on patient unit needs and according to budget policy - Shared leadership in place with structured recruitment and retention and PEP/professional practice.   - Facilitates professional growth and development of staff utilizing career development plans.  Identifies staff career development and training needs.  Uses CQI/CQE and staff input for development of educational programs.   - Demonstrates accountability for human and material resource management with division guidelines and standards by monitoring, correcting variances for productive and non-productive utilization. - Complies with personnel policies and procedures, follows guidelines and conducts effective performance interviews, job standards are understood by employees, etc. - Directs and Participates in the orientation of new employees, evaluates program's effectiveness and employee's progress. - Participates in an innovative program (pilot study, research project, etc.) that has an effect on patient care within the past year. - Participates in a professional organization, (i.e. specialty or administration). - Maintains clinical exposure through actual intervention, coordination of patient care, role modeling, consulting, problem solving and in-services. - Ensures the effective delivery of competent, compassionate nursing care based on social, psychological, developmental and spiritual needs of the patients as demonstrated by patient care outcomes achieved through established standards of care and by the patients and families perception of care.      

Nurse Manager- House Administrator Position Type: Regular Scheduled Hours per 2 week Pay Period: 80 Primary Location: TN > HIXSON > MEMORIAL NORTH PARK HOSPITAL  Job Summary / Purpose The House Administrator is a registered nurse who serves as a liaison for all departments within the hospital during their scheduled hours of work. This nurse will focus on patient through-put within the organization and be responsible for overseeing safety measures within the organization and escalating concerns to the executive leadership team. Essential Key Job Responsibilities - Facilitate organizational through-put by evaluating unit staffing and patient placement as needed. - Assessing the needs for advisory status and measures to reduce/remove the facility from being on advisory. - Organizing and scheduling after hours, emergent and weekend surgical cases as needed and notifying all necessary staff of procedures. - Serving as incident commander for all internal/external events as the command center is established and additional leadership is notified. - Managing internal staff conflicts that arise when Managers/Directors/Vice Presidents are not present on site. - Ensuring EMTALA guidelines are followed for patient transfers. - Assessing and monitoring of safety concerns within the organization. - Escalating concerns that increase the liability of the hospital to the Administrator on call. - Serves as an example for all staff in regards to professional behaviors and conflict management.

  Assumes primary responsibility for overseeing, coordinating and facilitating comprehensive care delivery in all clinical areas during designated shifts. Serves as in-house administration after business hours and on weekends/holidays. Assumes delegated nursing administrative responsibilities in the absences of the director and/or Vice President. Assist directors in providing resources and monitors the productivity of the team. Serves as the communication link between the care team and directors. Participates in operationalizing CHI Health Strategic Initiatives and serves as a role model for ethical management. Supports a professional practice philosophy within a shared governance system that supports the hospital mission and nursing vision. - Has the authority to interview, hire, orient, terminate, promote, train and conduct performance evaluations. - Assigns day-to-day work activities; directs the functional and technical job performance of team members. - Allocate and direct staffing needs to meet patient, unit, and department needs, and collaborate with others to ensure overall staffing needs are met. - Responsible for the coordination and support of patient activity and safe practices in all clinical areas on the designated shift. - Oversight for placement of all admissions on designated shift. All hospital EMTALA transfers requests are discussed/coordinated through the House Supervisor. - Responsible for facilitating unit triaging during times of peak census. When high census or ICU contingency plans are imminent, coordinates decisions with Directors, Medical Director, Vice President and Administrator on-call as appropriate. - Responds to high risk situations, provides direction, supports and assists as necessary toward problem resolution in a timely manner. - Coordinates daily staffing adjustments to maintain safe and effective care. Works with Department Director as necessary to resolve assignment issues.

Assesses patients and plan care for shift needs in all departments with assistance from nursing staff and department managers; must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their specific needs, and provide the care needed as described in each department. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Manages overtime and unit staffing for all nursing staff based on budget, patient acuity and census on a daily basis - Communicates staffing decisions to Nurse Managers of concerned area - Ensures agency nursing staff is in appropriate units at the scheduled time - Responds and intervenes in all emergency situations - Coordinates all staff nurse sick calls and communicates information to the manager of concern. - Responsible for the notification of on call staff - Responsible for coordinating after hour procedures - Acts promptly and decisively to address problems that arise throughout the house - Serves as administrative/management representative at all times

Responsible for the delivery of patient care that promotes safety and well-being of all patients in a given shift. Plans, directs, coordinates and evaluates the overall clinical nursing practice and administrative activities, including fiscal, material and human resource management during working hours. Participates in development and implementation of hospital policies and procedures. Maintains open communication with team members to improve performance and inform the Director of Nursing of any serious and unusual situations. Assumes responsibility of functioning as a regular registered nurse as needed.   - Integrates nursing units into the organization's vision and mission. - Provide leadership and direction during a given shift. - Demonstrates an ability to identify and resolve problems, uses initiative and good judgment to reach quality decisions. - Assists in identifying inappropriate behavior and performance of team members below expectations and advise Director of Nursing. - Promptly and fully investigates and responds to complaints of patients, visitors, physicians, and staff through own action or appropriate referral. - Arranges admission or transfer of patients to and / or from other facilities.  - Interacts on a continuous basis with other departments by directing activities toward problem resolution. - Floats to other areas as assigned; responds to floating requests with a positive attitude. - Assumes responsibility of a charge nurse when the need arises. - Supports and promotes excellence in customer/patient relations: Courteous, diplomatic and tactful at all times. Maintains an effective communication with patients, visitors, physicians, co-workers and other team members. - Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills appropriate to the age, type and developmental stage of patients. Treats all patients, visitors and team members fairly and with respect. Demonstrates effective listening skills to provide support for patients and team members' concerns. - Supports and promotes Infection Control Program: Demonstrates adherence to infection control policies as evidenced by in-service attendance records and employee practices. 

Assumes primary responsibility for overseeing, coordinating and facilitating comprehensive care delivery in all clinical areas during designated shifts. Serves as in-house administration after business hours and on weekends/holidays. Assumes delegated nursing administrative responsibilities in the absences of the director and/or Vice President. Assist directors in providing resources and monitors the productivity of the team. Serves as the communication link between the care team and directors. Participates in operationalizing CHI Health Strategic Initiatives and serves as a role model for ethical management. Supports a professional practice philosophy within a shared governance system that supports the hospital mission and nursing vision. - Has the authority to interview, hire, orient, terminate, promote, train and conduct performance evaluations. - Assigns day-to-day work activities; directs the functional and technical job performance of team members. - Allocate and direct staffing needs to meet patient, unit, and department needs, and collaborate with others to ensure overall staffing needs are met. - Responsible for the coordination and support of patient activity and safe practices in all clinical areas on the designated shift. - Oversight for placement of all admissions on designated shift. All hospital EMTALA transfers requests are discussed/coordinated through the House Supervisor. - Responsible for facilitating unit triaging during times of peak census. When high census or ICU contingency plans are imminent, coordinates decisions with Directors, Medical Director, Vice President and Administrator on-call as appropriate. - Responds to high risk situations, provides direction, supports and assists as necessary toward problem resolution in a timely manner. - Coordinates daily staffing adjustments to maintain safe and effective care. Works with Department Director as necessary to resolve assignment issues.

Responsible to the Nurse Manager/Director. Functions as the unit supervisor, clinical resource person, and responsible for nursing resource utilization. Assumes responsibility for unit operations for shift worked.

As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs - Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients - Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders - Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

JOB SUMMARY   Works with the Administrator, consultants, and facility staff in planning all aspects of nursing services to include interface with other disciplines and departments to provide quality service to residents in a long term care facility setting.  Coordinates Infection control surveillance and works with analysts in Outcomes Management and Employee Health to improve policy/process/protocol performance and to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.   ACCOUNTABILITIES   ESSENTIAL - Works with the Administrator, consultants, and facility staff in planning all aspects of nursing services to include interface with other disciplines and departments. Establishes priorities and job assignments; monitors department activities, communicates policies, evaluates performance, provides feedback and assists, coaches, redirects and disciplines as needed. - Maintains records, manages budgets and supplies, and functions as a member of Administration. Ensures equipment and work areas are clean, safe and orderly, and any hazardous conditions are addressed; ensures BSI, infection control, isolation, fire safety, and sanitation practices and procedures are followed. - Conducts regular rounds and monitors resident activity, assesses residents` physical and psychosocial status, and monitors care activities and documentation to ensure the delivery of nursing care according to the physicians orders, care plans, government standards and facility policies; ensures medication administration is as ordered in accordance with nursing standards and facility policies. Manages admissions, transfers, and discharge of residents; communicates with residents, family members and management regarding resident status. - Monitors employee relations, assists with recruitment, maintains high morale and continually strives to improve staff retention; ensures effective communication, prompt problem resolution, and positive supervisory practices. - Develops, updates, revises and regularly reviews nursing policies and protocols to ensure compliance and minimum standards of care. - Supervises, conducts, and participates in department and facility education activities and staff meetings. Ensures units are staffed with appropriate number of qualified personnel. - Participates in the assessment and delivery of care when needed. Investigates and resolves complaints received in a timely and effective manner. - Maintains ICP qualifications through ongoing education and training as determined by the Director of Infection Control   OTHER   Performs other duties as assigned to meet the organization`s needs.

Has accountability for Cardiac Cath Lab and other assigned areas. The major responsibilities are in providing leadership and communication, monitoring the work environment, assuring quality, managing the fiscal budget, managing human resources and ensuring the delivery of competent clinical practice.      1. Facilitates staff to assume leadership roles, via role modeling.2. Demonstrates positive leadership skills and communication which results in achievement of outcomes.3. Articulates departmental goals and objectives allowing staff to actively participate in clinical decision-making>4. Facilitates high quality work environment by addressing the needs of the department.5. Ensures that appropriate equipment and supplies are available to provide effective and efficient nursing care.6. Participates quality programs, and formulates corrective action plans for improvement.7. Develops a multidisciplinary program to monitor quality patient care indicators.8. Maintains a consistent top box score on selected department items on customer service survey.9. Develops and reviews Departmental10. Maintains fiscal budget within established targets, overtime, orientation costs, SSP costs and medical supply costs for multiple departments.11.  Adjusts staffing patterns according to unit activity and patient acuity.12.  Reviews fiscal Worksheet with leader analyzing variances and implementing appropriate action plans.13. Develop and manage the unit budgets for capital equipment priorities based on patient unit needs and according to budget policy.14. Identifies major hospital cost savings15. Identifies new revenue-producing opportunities.16. Facilitates professional growth and development of staff.17. Demonstrates accountability for human and material resource management18. Complies with personnel policies and procedures. Ensures that job standards are understood by employees.19. Evaluates orientation process effectiveness and employee progress during orientation.20.  Ensures that payroll for multiple departments is accurate and timely.21.  Membership in a professional organization.22.  Maintains clinical exposure.23. Ensures effective delivery of competent, compassionate nursing care.

Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Responsible for the outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards professional nursing

  Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Responsible for the outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards professional nursing

Deaconess Home Health is seeking a Registered Nurse with home care experience and supervisory/management experience to join our team. The Manager of Clinical Services/Clinical Education has ability to build strong leadership and team work among team of clinicians by providing coaching, mentoring and training; collaboration with multiple disciplines; clinical coordination; and supervision to clinicians. This position is also responsible for the initial and ongoing training/in-servicing for all clinical positions in assigned locations.  Also responsible for the development and maintenance of complete, accurate training materials for clinical positions.   Deaconess Home Health, is a full service health care organization that believes the best place for someone to get better, and faster, is in their own home. Every day, we work to find bold new ways to help our patients stay in their home longer, no matter what health concern they are facing.     Responsibilities: - Responsible for front line direction of accurate, complete, and timely provision of quality client care and services in compliance with regulatory, operational, and financial requirements. - Responsible for assuring that clinical documentation meets accepted standards of care, regulatory, operational, and financial requirements. - Facilitates coordination of care through case conferences and other activities to ensure interdisciplinary care is occurring. - Acts as a resource for external customers, including but not limited to, physicians, referral sources and discharge planners/social workers. - Facilitates the resolution of client clinical issues. - Provides clinical expertise for internal customers. - Completes required branch and/or company reports as required. - Conducts documentation reviews and random chart audits as directed by the Director, Clinical Services. - Assists with the development of office and field processes and action plans developed as a result of clinical measurements as well as identifying clinical training needs. - Interviews, hires and retains qualified, productive and customer-focused associates. - Performs client visits, client supervisory visits and shared visits with staff as needed and/or as directed by management. - Works in conjunction with corporate Talent Development staff and Regional Training and Education Manager and assigned operations management in the development, implementation and maintenance of clinical training and in-services for clinical staff, including specific training needs identified in action plans developed as a result of clinical measurements. - Performs ongoing competency testing for clinical staff. - Supports development of new clinical staff in the field. - Develops and trains peer mentors to provide support and additional assistance to clinical staff.

Job Summary / Purpose The Perioperative Services Nurse Manager is responsible for assisting with the supervision of personnel in the PACU area and is accountable to the Director of Surgical Services for coordination of all patient care given and related supporting services of the area. The main function of the PACU Nurse Manager is that of leadership to promote a cooperative staff effort in providing the highest quality of patient care in preparing patients for surgery through assessment, diagnostic and educational processes to assist with the daily implementation of the surgical schedule. 

MercyOne is looking for a dedicated manager for its Wound Care Clinic. This individual would assume ultimate responsibility for the opera­tion of a the Clinic including plans, organizes and directs all activities of the facility.    ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:   - Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of management /supervisory responsibilities as identified in the corporate compliance plan. - Promotes team concept among all staff in clinic.  Ensures problems, possible solutions and final solutions are understood and accepted by assigned staff members. - Presents problems in a professional manner and helps coordinate solutions inter-departmentally.  Creatively seeks solutions to existing problems as well as potential problems. Creatively implements solutions to problems. - Trains and monitors staff to ensure that protocols in specific areas comply with federal/state regulatory agencies as applicable. - Creatively seeks new ideas to stay within budget guidelines while constantly improving the quality of health care delivered. - Works with physician, Medical Director or Director of Operations in regard to budget and operational guidelines within the clinic. - Implements and monitors clinic objectives, policies, procedures, standards, and educational programs in conjunction with the mission and the philosophy of Mercy Clinics, Inc. and Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines - Works collaboratively with Clinic Administration and other managers to develop or evaluate MCI policies - Works with Clinic Administration and other managers to develop and implement best practices to address identified potential barriers or new opportunities. - Develops and maintains quality assurance programs, i.e. nursing, accounting - Directs the maintenance of physical environment and equipment. - Assists in personnel activities that include interviewing, hiring, evaluating, counseling and terminating.  Responsible for directly evaluating and/or disciplining staff members. - Directs and/or manages employee human resource activities (i.e. Kronos, payroll, time and attendance, required education, employee changes, corporate compliance, LOA, FMLA, performance appraisals) - Directs clinic in complying with applicable laws and regulations relative to clinic operations (i.e. OSHA, CLIA, COLA, HIPAA, Stark, etc.). - Ensures that patient concerns are addressed and that appropriate and timely follow-up is performed. MARGINAL FUNCTIONS: - Maintains supply inventory and stocks supplies in various work areas. - Participates in Performance Improvement activities as appropriate. - Maintains orderly, neat appearance of work area. - Performs nursing chart audits. - Assists in a variety of clinic specific functions to facilitate effective and efficient flow of services throughout the clinic (i.e. reception, accounting, lab, and nursing).

JOB SUMMARY / PURPOSE The incumbent is responsible for planning, organizing, implementing, and maintaining initiatives for the Inpatient & Outpatient Nursing Units. Areas supported include but not limited to the following: Intensive Care Unit, Progressive Care Unit, Burn Trauma Unit, Medical-Surgical Unit, Observation Unit, Emergency Department, Women’s & Children’s Departments, and campus-specific services such as infusions, blood transfusions and injections performed in the Inpatient and Outpatient Nursing Departments. ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES - Has the authority to interview, hire, orient, terminate, promote, train and conduct performance evaluations. - Oversees the functional and technical job performance of team members. - Allocates and directs staffing needs to meet patient, unit and Hospital needs, and collaborates with others to ensure overall staffing needs are met. - Manages performance including: goal-setting, clarifying job expectations, monitoring performance progress, providing feedback, recognize, developing skills and addressing performance issues related to work and our Commitments using corrective action. - Monitors and oversee Customer and patient engagement, growth, quality initiatives and patient safety for multiple departments, utilizing regulatory and organizational knowledge and policy for multiple areas as separate functions. - Coordinates and manages operating systems, operational standardization, service standards and communication methods in line with system policies and processes. - Ensures optimal utilization of department resources within guidelines set forth through capital and operational budget planning, implementation of practices that achieve defined objectives, and benchmark data. - Assures appropriate level of understanding, awareness and compliance with all applicable Joint Commission, federal, state and agency laws, regulations, guidelines and professional standards. - Provides high quality services at reasonable costs by managing programs, policies and procedures for all areas of responsibility. Monitors and ensures implementation of evidence-based clinical standards of nursing practice. - Works closely with multiple disciplines to coordinate delivery of high quality care.

JOB SUMMARY / PURPOSE The incumbent is responsible for planning, organizing, implementing, and maintaining initiatives for the Inpatient & Outpatient Nursing Units. Areas supported include but not limited to the following: Intensive Care Unit, Progressive Care Unit, Burn Trauma Unit, Medical-Surgical Unit, Observation Unit, Emergency Department, Women’s & Children’s Departments, and campus-specific services such as infusions, blood transfusions and injections performed in the Inpatient and Outpatient Nursing Departments. ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES - Has the authority to interview, hire, orient, terminate, promote, train and conduct performance evaluations. - Oversees the functional and technical job performance of team members. - Allocates and directs staffing needs to meet patient, unit and Hospital needs, and collaborates with others to ensure overall staffing needs are met. - Manages performance including: goal-setting, clarifying job expectations, monitoring performance progress, providing feedback, recognize, developing skills and addressing performance issues related to work and our Commitments using corrective action. - Monitors and oversee Customer and patient engagement, growth, quality initiatives and patient safety for multiple departments, utilizing regulatory and organizational knowledge and policy for multiple areas as separate functions. - Coordinates and manages operating systems, operational standardization, service standards and communication methods in line with system policies and processes. - Ensures optimal utilization of department resources within guidelines set forth through capital and operational budget planning, implementation of practices that achieve defined objectives, and benchmark data. - Assures appropriate level of understanding, awareness and compliance with all applicable Joint Commission, federal, state and agency laws, regulations, guidelines and professional standards. - Provides high quality services at reasonable costs by managing programs, policies and procedures for all areas of responsibility. Monitors and ensures implementation of evidence-based clinical standards of nursing practice. - Works closely with multiple disciplines to coordinate delivery of high quality care.

1. Responsible for the coordination of patient flow throughout the perioperative services areas from admission to discharge. 2. Consults in a variety of patient care situations requiring advanced competency and knowledge. 3. Serves as a clinical resource for problem solving and Assists staff with patient related issues. 4. Serves as a role model to develop staff competence in the delivery of nursing care. 5. Responsible for cost effective operations and initiatives, including product evaluation, prevention of waste & damage, materials management, patient flow, control of overtime, & appropriate staff mix. 6. Able to provide safe, quality care directly to a surgical patient as needed. Continuous Quality Improvement: 1. Facilitates unit-based performance enhancement program/projects & follows up with staff & Implements recommendations based on performance measures/outcomes. 2. Supports and Participates in unit-based research projects based on performance enhancement data (i.e. infection rates). Human Resource/Financial Management: 1. Promotes philosophy of shared leadership and individual accountability. 2. Encourages participation of staff in scheduling assignments and outcomes management. 3. Coordinates staffing and Ensures staffing coverage to provide quality patient care within budgetary guidelines. 4. Ensures cost-effective staff utilization. Assists in reassigning employees as necessary to improve productivity and/or to balance the workload. Evaluates staff and ancillary personnel as a resource consultant. 5. Participates in the hiring process to include interviews and personnel recommendations; coaches & counsels staff; completes counseling documentation, as indicated. 6. Assists the Director – Perioperative Services with the preparation & maintenance of the unit budget to include staffing responsibility, reviewing financial reports and materials mgmt.