Nurse Manager​/Facility Administrator

Nurse Manager/Facility Administrator – Full-Time – Days

CATEGORY Front Office/Admin

STATUS Internal Candidates Only

Responsible for the direction of patient care activities at the Freestanding Emergency Medical Care Facility (FEMC). Manages staff in the Emergency Center and provides oversight and management of all clinical and facility operations. The Nurse Director will ensure facility compliance with the Texas Department of State Health Services TAC 25 Chapter 131 and all local, State, and Federal laws in applying and fulfilling the required job duties.

Consults with staff, physicians, and the Medical Director on nursing problems and interpretation of emergency center policies to ensure the delivery of high-quality, customer service-oriented emergency care. The Governing Board has the discretion to change or modify this job description and assign or reassign duties at any time with or without advance notice.

• Responsible for the direction of the FEMC staff. Supports and empowers staff to embrace the mission and value statements.
• Provides direct supervision to the front office staff, radiology personnel, registered nurses, allied healthcare staff, and their relative managers/supervisors.
• Overseas the Pharmacy, Laboratory, and Radiology efforts and complies with risk management, quality assurance-performance improvement, environment of care, life safety, and infection control activities.
• Demonstrates sound judgment; applies effective written and oral communication skills with all business contacts to include but not limited to employees, vendors, patients, physicians, and the general public.
• Required to travel in personal vehicle and travel by airplane if necessary.
• Enforces and ensures facility compliance with Texas Department of State Health Services TAC 25 Chapter 131 regulations and local, State, and Federal laws.
• Supports and maintains confidentiality of patients and company information. Ensures proper handling of medical records storage to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations and the HITECH Act Provision as required by law.
• Communicates with respect and fairness to employees, vendors, physicians, and administrative team.
  
  Prepares schedule to maintain adequate staff levels that meet unit requirements and state law.
• Maintains health records of staff. Prepares reports regarding census and other relative reports indicating utilization and productivity as requested.
• Takes reasonable measures to ensure that overtime expenses of subordinate employees are minimized.
• Demonstrates an ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations. May be required to work outside traditional work hours to meet the overall demands of the job and/or take calls after work hours.

• Engages with staff for work productivity and performs improvement activities for staff. Conducts competency evaluations of all staff members.
• Assures compliance of all policies and procedures as well as ensures that documentation meets current standards. Assist with the modification and development of policies and procedures, clinical and other related forms and documents to accommodate operation/required changes in accordance with local, State, and Federal laws.
• Provides education to staff on performance improvement and process improvement activities.
• Plan and organize orientation and in-service training for staff members; participates in guidance and educational programs.
• Performs management activities including interviewing, evaluating, and termination of staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support the goals of Physicians Premier

• Adheres to dress code; appearance is neat and clean.
• Maintains current, full, active, and unrestricted Texas Registered Nurse license.
• Maintains regulatory requirements, including all federal, State, and local regulations and accrediting organization standards.
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled.
• Works at maintaining a good and a cooperative working relationship with physicians and staff.
• Represents the organization positively and professionally.
• Effectively and consistently communicates…