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Your time at work should be fulfilling. Rewarding. Inspiring. That’s what you’ll find when you join one of our non-profit CHI facilities across the nation. You’ll find challenging, rewarding work every day alongside people who have as much compassion as you. Join us and together we’ll create healthier, stronger communities. Imagine your career at Catholic Health Initiatives! Job Responsibilities As a RN- Care Manager 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:1. Coordinates/facilitates patient care progression throughout the continuum. 2. Collaborates with medical staff, nursing staff, and ancillary staff to eliminate barriers to efficient delivery of care in the appropriate setting. 3. Completes Utilization Management and screening for assigned patients. 4. Actively participates in clinical performance improvement activities. 5. Ensures safe care to patients adhering to policies, procedures, and standards, within budgetary specifications, including time management, supply management, productivity, and accuracy of practice. 6. Promotes individual professional growth and development by meeting requirements for mandatory/continuing education, skills competency, supports department-based goals which contribute to the success of the organization; serves as preceptor, mentor, and resource to less experienced staff.

Position Type: PRN Scheduled Hours per 2 week Pay Period: 0 Primary Location: IA > COUNCIL BLUFFS > MERCY CB

GENERAL SUMMARY: Develops, coordinates and oversees the implementation of patient specific plan of care.  Works collaboratively with physicians, staff, and other health care professionals/agencies to negotiate care coordination across the health care continuum for disease specific populations.  Communicates feedback about progress towards client goals with appropriate individual/groups at specific intervals.  Collaborates with other services and disciplines, and when appropriate, the client’s medical physician and/or related health care professionals/agencies to enhance a holistic approach to patient care.  Ensures safety, best practice, and high quality standards of care are maintained across the continuum.  Is accountable for Care Management evaluation including: data capture and analysis, outcome achievement, and fiscal responsibility in an effort to improve service, quality and cost provided to the clients served.        ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Completes a comprehensive assessment of the client’s holistic health status and needs to include clinical condition, support systems and resources, client/family knowledge, perception and adjustment towards disease process, and community resources. - Screens patients/clients for identified and potential needs. Makes referral to appropriate multi-disciplinary services. - Documents case management plan to include: assessment, client/family participation and understanding, consult referrals and discharge plan of care. - Educates staff, clients/families, and medical community on care coordination and regulatory issues that impact care and outcomes. - Documents clearly and timely in the Electronic Health Record and other required systems to insure effective communications along the continuum. - Collaborates with Utilization Management staff regarding payer information, level of care and status determinations for patients. - Understands and self manages to support facility/CIN level success goals; including improvements in quality, cost of care and member experience for the facility/CIN’s population. - Identifies opportunities for improvement (at individual, facility/CIN levels and actively works with healthcare and facility/CIN team to correct or improve results. - Develops and utilizes tools available to effectively evaluate, summarize and communicate patient’s progress toward outcomes to members of the healthcare team and patient and family. - Has a working knowledge of financial and reimbursement processes Medicare DRG payment, Case Rates, Managed Care Risk Contracting, etc. - Coordinates and conducts patient care rounds and family conferences. - Collaborates with Unit Director in strategies/tactics to achieve unit based goals such as quality, financial, and safety indicators. - Demonstrates a wide theory/research base that supports sound clinical and psychological orientation. Specific knowledge regarding pathophysiology, natural history of disease processes, and impact on functional ability and level of care. - Serves as a professional role model/mentor and change agent to develop and assist others. - Other duties as assigned by CIN Director/Care Management/Social Services Manager.

This position is accountable for the daily patient care operations of the assigned department, working under the direction of the Nurse Manager on assigned shifts. Responsible for daily patient care assignments, maintaining clinical standards of care, maintaining labor productivity and supervision of the patient care environment; supporting the care team. Supports the activities of the Nurse Manager. Maintains positive inter- and intra-departmental relationships. Directs patient throughput activities in the assigned unit. Maintains evidence-based nursing practices to achieve desirable patient outcomes in accordance with the Kentucky Nurse Practice Act.   ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES - Provides direct supervision of personnel practicing on Nursing Units, makes patient care assignments, evaluates assignments, facilitates patient throughout, and directly observes staff performance on assigned shift. - Proactively matches existing resources seeking ways to provide patient care that supports staff and maintains a therapeutic environment. - Monitors productivity and assures that staffing and resources are aligned with patient care needs. - Communicates personnel related concerns to Unit Manager. - Uses a logical, systematic approach to problems and problem-solving. - Facilitates Patient Experience best practices on the unit (hourly rounding, etc.) - Maintains Unit Professional standards. Holds staff accountable for behaviors and attitudes. - Maintains confidentiality of information of the department. Assists in audits and data collection as requested. - Contributes to the efficient operation of the department. - Performs direct patient care and accepts an assigned group of patients as needed. - Other duties as assigned by management.

Here at MercyOne we are passionate about patient care. We are looking for a qualified Nurse Lead to provide routine patient care under the supervision of a licensed clinician. Provides nursing services to patients in a community health setting. Assists in providing education to the patients/family as needed. Responsible for the flow of patients through the medical service areas, and exercises frequent independent judgment. Performs with minimal supervision.   Key Responsibilities: - Monitor the patient flow throughout the clinic areas. - Assist Practice Manager or Healthcare Provider with clinical staffing issue within department and/or related to other departments. - Delegate tasks to clinical staff and create the clinical staff schedules as requested. - Facilitate training and orientation to the clinical staff members. - Assess and triage patients for appropriate department within the clinic. - Accurately obtain health history and rectifies medications. - Serve as Interpreter between the patient and provider as requested. - Administer medications by oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal routes, IV. - Follows nursing policies and procedures for Intravenous infusion. - Perform phlebotomy and collects specimen for various tests.     - Educate patient and/or family on prescribed treatment regimens. - Perform Clinical Competencies. - Actively participates in quality improvement projects. - Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Summary: Exercises delegated administrative responsibility and authority for the supervision of hospital personnel and functions within assigned facility, including patient care delivery, in the absence of Administrator or Department Director. Serves as the leader and resource person in facilitating efficient operational activities throughout the facility. Effectively serves as an administrative representative knowledgeable about hospital/organizational policy and procedures. An incumbent has the authority, after consultation with the Department Director or Administrator on-call, to suspend employees whose performance endangers patient care or the ability of other employees to function. Incumbents are limited to performing these duties during shifts where there is no on-site Administrator or Department Director and work evening/night/weekend shifts only. Job duties require the services of a Registered Nurse who, based on training and work experience, uses professional knowledge and judgment in recognizing and addressing operational risks and supervising nursing and care staff, in determining the staffing needs to meet safe patient care requirements, in understanding and interpreting the clinical acuity/diagnoses of patients to ensure that patients are placed appropriately, and to appropriately respond to disasters and codes.

Job Summary - Exercises delegated administrative responsibility and authority for the supervision of hospital personnel and functions within assigned facility, including patient care delivery, in the absence of Administrator or Department Director. - Serves as the leader and resource person in facilitating efficient operational activities throughout the facility. - Effectively serves as an administrative representative knowledgeable about hospital/organizational policy and procedures. An incumbent has the authority, after consultation with the Department Director or Administrator on-call, to suspend employees whose performance endangers patient care or the ability of other employees to function. Incumbents are limited to performing these duties during shifts where there is no on-site Administrator or Department Director and work evening/night/weekend shifts only. - Job duties require the services of a Registered Nurse who, based on training and work experience, uses professional knowledge and judgment in recognizing and addressing operational risks and supervising nursing and care staff, in determining the staffing needs to meet safe patient care requirements, in understanding and interpreting the clinical acuity/diagnoses of patients to ensure that patients are placed appropriately, and to appropriately respond to disasters and codes.

Major responsibilities include: Staffing Requirement: Ensure department is staffed appropriately. Shifts are variable and may include some weekends, nights, and/or holidays as needed. Should be able to alternate on-call . Staffing and administrative time is flexible; however, staffing should be priority. Clinical Management: Ensure the effective delivery of nursing care. Ensure specialty needs of services are met. Quality Assurance/Research: Ensure compliance with established quality standards. Utilize current research in practice. Human Resources/Financial Management: Manage unit staff productively, and assist in budget development and maintenance; assist in performance appraisals. Communication/Patient-Guest Relations: Provide a caring environment in support of CHI St. Luke's mission and values. Proactively strives for excellence in customer satisfaction. Professional Practice/Professional Development: Assume a leadership role in development of a professional practice. Productivity: Monitor room utilization and unit staff efficiency, including providing assistance with staffing and unit coverage during staffing shortages and/or peak times. Clinical Management:1. Coordinate daily staffing schedule. 2. Consult in a variety of patient care situations requiring advanced competency and knowledge.3. Serve as a clinical resource for problem solving and assist staff with patient related issues and emergency situations.4. Act as liaison to other departments and multiple patient care services.5. Serve as a role model to develop staff competence. 6. Assist in cost management, including product evaluation, prevention of waste and damage, room utilization, control of overtime, and appropriate staffing mix.7. Facilitate unit-based QE program/projects.8. Investigate and follow up on incident reports and patient complaints.9. Evaluate and update the quality and appropriate use of department and unit tools. 10. Act as a manager in absence of the manager.11.  Assist  with interviews, hiring, coaching, counseling, and corrective action, including documentation of same.12.  Assist with annual performance appraisals. 13. Assist  with budget process. 14. Assist staff in implementing clinical pathways and outcomes management.15. Assist in unit problem solving.16. Schedule staff meetings as needed.17. Promote positive group dynamics as leader and member.18. Maintain communication with patients, families, staff, physicians, and other departments.    

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.   1. Facilitate organizational through-put by evaluating unit staffing and patient placement as needed. 2. Assessing the needs for advisory status and measures to reduce/remove the facility from being on advisory. 3. Organizing and scheduling after hours, emergent and weekend surgical cases as needed and notifying all necessary staff of procedures. 4. Serving as incident commander for all internal/external events as the command center is established and additional leadership is notified. 5. Managing internal staff conflicts that arise when Managers/Directors/Vice Presidents are not present on site. 6. Ensuring EMTALA guidelines are followed for patient transfers. 7. Assessing and monitoring of safety concerns within the organization. 8. Escalating concerns that increase the liability of the hospital to the Administrator on call. 9. Serves as an example for all staff in regards to professional behaviors and conflict management.

Human Resources Management - Follows process that define qualifications, responsibilities, competencies of staff needed to provide care and services that meet the needs of the staff and patients in the unit. - Familiar with the staffing plan to meet customer and service needs that effectively addresses staffing guidelines, productivity measures, and the unit  plan of care to provide safe and high quality service. - Leads on departmental work teams that successfully assess, revise, and improve work outcomes. - Provides frequent and clear communication and feedback to staff based on individual needs and job requirements. - Administers corrective action as appropriate. - Provides or facilitates continuing education/training for team members, with particular focus on quality improvement in teams, use of equipment, interpersonal relationships, customer service, and leadership as assigned or delegated. - Holds self accountable for 100% attendance at mandatory education. - Assures all new team members successfully complete general and department orientation within designated time frames. Communicate knowledge on all current hospital and department policies and procedures to patient care employees. - Promotes confidence in team members through peer recognition and reinforcement of successes by team and its members. - Facilitates and fosters ongoing problem solving that utilizes teams and collaboration. - Leads teams that can focus on immediate issues, move quickly, and achieve specific results as planned. - Supports others to do their best, creating an atmosphere focused on results, achievement and recognition. - Collaborates on hiring decisions with the nurse manager. Fiscal Management - Acts as financial steward for the unit and the staffing resource utilization based on care and services provided that is in alignment with mission, vision, and values of CHI St. Vincent - Monitors and modifies staffing skill mix according to shifts in demand for services and resource availability. - Communicates information and costs to team and all others involved in supporting the provision of care and services. - Continually defines, analyzes, and implements efficient workflow utilizing process improvement principles. Materials Management - Follows departmental plan for meeting material and capital needs that is based on available resources and consistent with the mission, vision, and values of CHI St. Vincent - Follows the systems processes for determining for and projecting material and capital needs on a yearly and provide input to manager/director. - Utilizes ongoing system that effectively manages material and supply usage. Management of Information and Support - Maintains a work environment that develops leadership and accountability skills in all staff. - Systematically empowers employees by relocating decision making for customer satisfaction to those serving the customer. - Participates in the Quality Improvement of the department by serving on teams that include ongoing mechanisms for measuring and improving quality of service and outcomes.  - Assesses and implements plan for continuously improving own leadership skills. - Develops own and staff skills in seeing organizational issues from the broad view, anticipating challenges and opportunities, thinking ahead, and the ability to react quickly with tactical responses to changes in work demands. - Maintains a precise and constant flow of information to staff through numerous channels and opportunities. - Unit Supervisor will assist with development of department schedule.   - Input of Payroll information into timekeeping system. Leadership - Challenges the status quo to improve efficiency of unit operations. - Facilitate optimal patient throughput to decrease LOS and LWBS. - Ensures that the competence of staff is assessed, maintained, demonstrated, and improved on an ongoing basis. - Creates and supports an environment in department that encourages problem solving, experimentation, creativity, calculated risk taking, desire to excel and pride in success. - Is adaptable, appreciates others viewpoints and open to new assignments. - Continually focuses staff attention and planning on future opportunities for improvements in services provided. - Is an effective advocate, gets ideas adopted, moves people to action, ask hard questions, and helps staff feel they are part of something bigger than themselves. - Role models effective team leader skills in department committees, problem analysis and feedback sessions, and participation on cross functional teams. - Demonstrates a positive attitude resulting in a high level of individual and group morale - Sets dramatic and inspiring goals that result in high expectations and successful outcomes. - Deals with issues in an unemotional and objective manner, while striving to enhance self esteem of others and listen with empathy.  Performs investisctory meetings with discipline with warranted. - Gets things done by setting deadlines for certain actions, closely monitoring the progress of activities, and intervening quickly when these are not proceeding according to schedule. - Sets the role model for accountability. - States clearly what is wanted and expected from others.

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.   1. Has the authority to interview, hire, orient, terminate, promote, train and conduct performance evaluations. 2. Assigns day-to-day work activities; directs the functional and technical job performance of team members. 3. Allocate and direct staffing needs to meet patient, unit, and department needs, and collaborate with others to ensure overall staffing needs are met. 4. Responsible for the coordination and support of patient activity and safe practices in all clinical areas on the designated shift. 5. Oversight for placement of all admissions on designated shift. All hospital EMTALA transfers requests are discussed/coordinated through the House Supervisor. 6. 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. 7. Responds to high risk situations, provides direction, supports and assists as necessary toward problem resolution in a timely manner. 8. Coordinates daily staffing adjustments to maintain safe and effective care. Works with Department Director as necessary to resolve assignment issues.

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. ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Has the authority to interview, hire, orient, terminate, promote, train and conduct performance evaluations. 2. Assigns day-to-day work activities; directs the functional and technical job performance of team members. 3. Allocate and direct staffing needs to meet patient, unit, and department needs, and collaborate with others to ensure overall staffing needs are met. 4. Responsible for the coordination and support of patient activity and safe practices in all clinical areas on the designated shift. 5. Oversight for placement of all admissions on designated shift. All hospital EMTALA transfers requests are discussed/coordinated through the House Supervisor. 6. 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. 7. Responds to high risk situations, provides direction, supports and assists as necessary toward problem resolution in a timely manner. 8. 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.   Human Resources Management - Follows process that define qualifications, responsibilities, competencies of staff needed to provide care and services that meet the needs of the staff and patients in the unit. - Familiar with the staffing plan to meet customer and service needs that effectively addresses staffing guidelines, productivity measures, and the unit plan of care to provide safe and high quality service. - Leads on departmental work teams that successfully assess, revise, and improve work outcomes. - Provides frequent and clear communication and feedback to staff based on individual needs and job requirements. - Administers corrective action as appropriate. - Provides or facilitates continuing education/training for team members, with particular focus on quality improvement in teams, use of equipment, interpersonal relationships, customer service, and leadership as assigned or delegated. - Holds self-accountable for 100% attendance at mandatory education. - Assures all new team members successfully complete general and department orientation within designated time frames. Communicate knowledge on all current hospital and department policies and procedures to patient care employees. - Promotes confidence in team members through peer recognition and reinforcement of successes by team and its members. - Facilitates and fosters ongoing problem solving that utilizes teams and collaboration. - Leads teams that can focus on immediate issues, move quickly, and achieve specific results as planned. - Supports others to do their best, creating an atmosphere focused on results, achievement and recognition. - Collaborates on hiring decisions with the nurse manager.   Fiscal Management - Acts as financial steward for the unit and the staffing resource utilization based on care and services provided that is in alignment with mission, vision, and values of CHI St. Vincent - Monitors and modifies staffing skill mix according to shifts in demand for services and resource availability. - Communicates information and costs to team and all others involved in supporting the provision of care and services. - Continually defines, analyzes, and implements efficient workflow utilizing process improvement principles.   Materials Management - Follows departmental plan for meeting material and capital needs that is based on available resources and consistent with the mission, vision, and values of CHI St. Vincent - Follows the systems processes for determining for and projecting material and capital needs on a yearly and provide input to manager/director. - Utilizes ongoing system that effectively manages material and supply usage.   Management of Information and Support - Maintains a work environment that develops leadership and accountability skills in all staff. - Systematically empowers employees by relocating decision making for customer satisfaction to those serving the customer. - Participates in the Quality Improvement of the department by serving on teams that include ongoing mechanisms for measuring and improving quality of service and outcomes.  - Assesses and implements plan for continuously improving own leadership skills. - Develops own and staff skills in seeing organizational issues from the broad view, anticipating challenges and opportunities, thinking ahead, and the ability to react quickly with tactical responses to changes in work demands. - Maintains a precise and constant flow of information to staff through numerous channels and opportunities. - Unit Supervisor will assist with development of department schedule.  - Input of Payroll information into timekeeping system.   Leadership - Challenges the status quo to improve efficiency of unit operations. - Facilitate optimal patient throughput to decrease LOS and LWBS. - Ensures that the competence of staff is assessed, maintained, demonstrated, and improved on an ongoing basis. - Creates and supports an environment in department that encourages problem solving, experimentation, creativity, calculated risk taking, desire to excel and pride in success. - Is adaptable, appreciates others viewpoints and open to new assignments. - Continually focuses staff attention and planning on future opportunities for improvements in services provided. - Is an effective advocate, gets ideas adopted, moves people to action, ask hard questions, and helps staff feel they are part of something bigger than themselves. - Role models effective team leader skills in department committees, problem analysis and feedback sessions, and participation on cross functional teams. - Demonstrates a positive attitude resulting in a high level of individual and group morale - Sets dramatic and inspiring goals that result in high expectations and successful outcomes. - Deals with issues in an unemotional and objective manner, while striving to enhance self-esteem of others and listen with empathy.  - Gets things done by setting deadlines for certain actions, closely monitoring the progress of activities, and intervening quickly when these are not proceeding according to schedule. - Sets the role model for accountability.

GENERAL SUMMARY: The Nursing Supervisor serves primarily as an assistant to the Director, helping to manage day-to-day department operations and performing assigned management responsibilities. Coordinates nursing activities to facilitate safe, quality patient care at the unit/department level. Serves as a resource and role model and collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to optimize department operations. Maintains competence level needed to deliver direct patient care to defined patient population.   ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Develops and maintains departmental staffing plan for all departments supervised, detailing appropriate employee classifications and qualifications consistent with the department's operational plan, projected volumes, patient/acuity and other relevant indicators. Participates in human resource planning providing recommendations for staffing, proactive recruitment and long-term needs. Assures compliance with staffing plan. - Manages daily unit/department operations, unit/department personnel, and interdepartmental activities. - Provides orientation/education for staff and students to ensure assigned patients have a positive care experience. - Monitors and reviews staff performance, completes annual performance appraisals, and handles disciplinary action when warranted. - Directs staff in the delivery of safe and effective patient care. - Administers nursing care to patients; includes assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating the patient's care plan in coordination with the physician. - Provides input on interviewing and hiring of personnel for the department. - Completes requisitions as needed for staff replacements, and other Workday maintenance tasks. - Maintains knowledge of documentation requirements needed for employees' files and patients' records. - Administers all policies and procedures that guide and support the assigned services. These include, but are not limited to, JC requirements, safety, federal and state regulations, regulatory standards, etc - Serves as a resource, mentor, and role model in delivering patient care using a team approach. - Facilitates communication between patient/family, physicians and other caregivers to achieve consensus for the plan of care. Consults with the Ethics Committee as appropriate. - Understands employee competency documentation requirements. - Leads and promotes evidence-based practice and research among unit leaders and staff. - Ensures evidence-based practices are in place. Leads quality improvement activities including performance improvement processes to facilitate clinical practice changes. - Promotes best practice implementation on unit. - Works independently with limited direction from Nursing Leadership using the Nurse Practice Act, Mercy Medical Center policies, nursing standards and professional judgment. - Plans unit and nursing resource utilization based on established admission, discharge and transfer criteria, initiating appropriate intervention and collaboration to optimize patient care and unit/department operations. - Identifies and communicates staff needs for continuing education to the Manager. - Serves as a resource or “Super User” for documentation in the electronic medical record. - Leads or participates in interdisciplinary patient rounds and care conferences, management rounding to patients and staff, and Rounding to Influence (Safety First). - Reviews timecards using Kronos. - Leads or delegates daily huddles and maintains huddle boards. - Assists nursing and interdisciplinary team in patient/family education and discharge planning. - Assumes 24-hour accountability during periods when the manager is on vacation or leave of absence.

JOB SUMMARY / PURPOSE The Risk Manager provides risk management support to departments and staff at every level of the locally assigned organization. Responsible for the overall implementation, administration and participation in the development of the facility’s risk management program. Utilizing CommonSpirit Health’s (CommonSpirit) enterprise risk management program framework, the position is responsible for the identification, implementation and ongoing evaluation of loss prevention and loss mitigation strategies which encompass patient, employee and environmental loss exposures. The position is responsible for promoting a culture of safety through the principles of high reliability and participating in the development and implementation of risk management policies and procedures, education, and supporting facility based operational leaders. ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Utilizes claim management strategies to reduce or minimize the amount or severity of financial loss including the identification and reporting of potential claims, preserving evidence and completing investigations in collaboration with the CommonSpirit National Claim Operations Team. Provides support and assistance to assigned defense counsel. Coordinate activities related to litigation discovery, depositions and mediations. Works with outside legal counsel to review notices of discovery for active litigation. Assists with scheduling and coordination of all on site depositions. Prepares and communicates claim related information at least quarterly to facility leadership and other stakeholders. 2. Promotes the positive impact of risk management by developing and providing risk management orientation to new staff and continuing education on loss prevention for providers, management and other staff. 3. Management of the Incident Reporting Information System (IRIS), which includes reporting and managing incidents, ensuring accuracy of the safety event type selected, developing andommunicating aggregate data reporting to departments, service lines and/or committees in order to reduce exposures or potential harm to patients, employees or loss of physical assets. 4. Partners with National and Local support services such as Medical Staff Services, Legal, Claims, Quality, Corporate Responsibility Program, Clinical Services, Patient Relations/Advocacy, and Facility Management to address safety concerns and implement risk reduction strategies. Provides risk management support and counsel to operational and clinical leaders.

GENERAL SUMMARY: Assures that the mission of Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines is lived by assisting, supporting and organizing the staff and activities of the Centralized Staffing (CS) Department, as requested by Department management and nursing leadership.  Monitors and adjusts staffing on an ongoing basis for nursing departments.  Fulfills operational responsibilities including scheduling, data maintenance and communications for the department.     ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Uses labor tracking tools and staffing matrices to prioritize safe utilization of resources at Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines and Mercy Medical Center – West Lakes. - Receives/gathers data, on an ongoing basis, from work unit (charge RN, management) to forecast/validate staffing needs. - Adjusts staff coverage, following established procedures, in response to changes in patient census, patient acuity and/or over-staffing of work unit; maintains awareness of admissions, patient status upgrades/downgrades and changes in bed count needs/availability to identify impact on staffing needs and current schedule. - Communicates with staff and department leadership regarding available staff, available shifts, and staffing shortages. - Attends and completes all hospital and department-specific required education within the timeframe defined in the Mercy Medical Center Policies/Standards, including but not limited to updates to labor tracking tools. - Identifies, resolves and communicates real potential staffing problems and information to appropriate leadership. - Keeps immediate supervisor/s informed of issues/concerns and progress regarding current projects. - Assists with CS Department data collection and maintenance of necessary records. - Allocates internal and external resource staff to requesting departments. - Coordinates with unit leadership, using labor tracking tools, to ensure employees are on the correct schedule. - Communicates with staff when schedule changes occur. - Maintains confidentiality of patient, staff and institutional information. - May assist with nursing duties in areas of competency when staffing is not the current priority. - Serves as subject matter expert on current labor tracking tools. - Other duties as assigned by CS Department leadership.

JOB SUMMARY: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.

Job Summary This position is responsible for the development and delivery of nursing and clinical education in a patient care area from basic to advanced practice levels. Plans, conducts and evaluates unit-specific new orientation, education and training in the assigned department. Works collaboratively with unit management and Regional Education to enhance the quality and cost effectiveness of patient care by providing educational support to staff.   Essential Responsibilities - Provides education, training, and consultative services to clinical staff in assigned area. Assesses, develops, revises and coordinates teaching programs for all nursing staff. Provides in-service education. Ensures educational programs provide staff with skills and competency needed to meet all applicable regulatory, risk and patient safety requirements. - Plans and directs the orientation and residency programs of new personnel to assigned unit. Facilitates staff development by promoting learning experiences and information for staff based on identified needs of the individuals. Responsible for development of competency assessment tools ensuring these assessments are completed and conducts education as necessary in follow-up. - Contributes to the department’s quality improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to support these initiatives and incorporates the changes into education offerings. - Collaborates with other Educators to enhance self-learning, promote professionalism among educators, reduce duplicative services, and to provide opportunities for a more standardized system. - Participates in related clinical instruction and conferences and maintains and improves knowledge and competency in their specialty area.

  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 of professional nursing

- Responsible for supervising nursing units in the absence of unit managers. - Active participant of calculating and monitoring Hours Per Patient Days along with acuity of patients, in relationship to staffing units accurately, safely, and cost effective under the direction of the unit manager. - Utilizes nursing personnel effectively, assists with required scheduling, staffing and assignments, and collaborates with other department managers/supervisors/charge to ensure smooth coordination of services to patients, enhances patient flow within the facility, and efficient admission/discharge/transfer processes - Receives report from off-going shift, give report to oncoming shift, and makes rounds - Open on-going dialog with unit managers. - Practices safe work habits, compliance with safety rules and regulations, and adheres to safety policies 7.Utilizes resources appropriately and follows facility guidelines, policies, and procedures - Must be able to step in to assist staff in response to work load or staffing demands. - Maintains clinical exposure through actual intervention, coordination of patient care, role modeling, consulting, problem solving, and in-services. NON-ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Other duties as assigned