RN-Inpatient Registered Nurse Manager-Advanced Acute Care Trauma
Job Description
? Employs transformational leadership concepts in the development, implementation, and evaluation of shared governance councils and maintenance of magnet culture.
? Facilitates, incorporates, and promotes evidence-based practice into care.
? Facilitates continuing education and research opportunities for employees, self and community to support growth.
? Utilizes team building concepts to effectively empower team member by serving as a mentor, teacher and coach.
? Ensures the patient safety improvement and management program will be given high priority and will support the program.
? Enhances skills of team members such as decision-making, problem solving, conflict resolution, human resource management and communication.
? Facilitates development, maintenance and success of unit teams.
? Provides feedback to the team regarding performance and job-related issues.
? Ensures adequate staffing and competent care delivery.
? Develops, implements, and revises nursing retention strategies on an on-going basis.
? Develops positive and proactive employee relations.
? Incorporates structural empowerment through shared governance, fostering professional development and involvement in the workplace and community.
? Integrates the Professional Practice model with the mission, vision, philosophy and values of the organization.
? Encourage new knowledge, innovations and improvements using evidence-based practice and research.
? Focuses on empirical outcomes related to clinical practice.
? Demonstrates accountability for continuously improving the work unit, department, division and system by developing performance expectations and goals that focus on service, quality and cost.
? Communicates a clear description of performance expectations and goals to employees, encouraging and supporting their participation and accountability.
? Establishes and adjusts worked hour statistic for assigned units based on national benchmarks.
? Develops, implements, and achieves budgets which attain unit, division, and system goals.
? Reviews reports to monitor revenue and expense impacting activities.
? Develops and implements operational contingency plans proactively and when indicators change.
? Develops and promotes service standards that foster a customer sensitive environment, using a proactive approach.
? Measures performance against standards and seeks team commitment to exceed standards.
? Facilitates staff?s management of patients and customer related issues in a timely manner.
? Assists in dealing with risk management issues to mitigate risk and exposure.
? Assists in development and implementation of department Performance Improvement plan.
? Ensures all incidents, serious events, and sentinel events are reported to Performance Improvement and addressed in a timely manner.
? Proactively reviews the units and systems risk exposure to develop educational activities for employees and associates that will reduce liability.
? Coordinates and communicates safety standards and processes and holds staff accountable.
? Assists and maintains regulatory compliance incorporating the Tracer Methodology.
? Works closely with other departments and services and administration to maximize quality patient outcomes.
? Collaborates with Administration and Medical Director on a regular basis.
? Facilitates issue resolution and enhancement of work environment through collaboration with other departments.
? Facilitates the collaboration between members of the interdisciplinary teams via IDT or Boost and Continuum of Care Rounds.
Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.
Benefits of working at Geisinger:
? Full benefits (health, dental and vision) starting on day one
? Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents
? Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA)
? Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
? 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions
? Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly
? Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
? MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive
? Family-friendly support including adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay and a free Care.com membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones
? Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, & pet care; Access free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools and more
? Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life and pet and legal insurance
? The ability to work under a Temporary Practice Permit until you take NCLEX
? Shared governance structure that empowers our nurses
? Professional opportunities for growth and advancement
? Support and mentorship from a full range of dedicated nursing leaders
? Community involvement through our Employee Resource Groups
? Employee referral incentive program
? Geisinger values and prioritizes the safety and security of our staff by investing in a Strongline Alert Notification system worn by our staff, robust camera surveillance system, metal detectors at certain locations and security guards/K9 program on campus.