Manager RN, Registered Nurse - Stone Oak Surgery Center
Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: November 1, 2024
Job Description:
Description
Summary:
Assumes primary responsibility and 24/7 accountability for
effective implementation of nursing practice and operations for
assigned areas; at CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital. The nurse manager
affects departmental outcomes through interpretation,
implementation, and evaluation of hospital and departmental
philosophy, goals, policies, and procedures. Facilitates intra and
interdepartmental communication and collaboration to promote
excellence in patient care, patient experience and patient
outcomes. Effectively manages utilization of staff and material
resources so that the most therapeutically effective patient care
is provided in a safe and cost effective manner. Promotes the
professional development of patient care and administrative support
staff assigned for areas.
Responsibilities:
- 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.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree
- RN License in state of employment or compact
- BLS Work Type:
Full Time
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