Abington 2B​/7B Med Surg Nurse Manager

Position: Abington 2B/ 7B Med Surg Nurse Manager
Location: Abington

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Montgomery County, PAtime type:
Full time posted on:
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REQ-0022840
** Job Details
** The Nurse Manager facilitates the realization of the organization's mission, strategic plan, and values at the point of care. Plans for, leads, coordinates and facilitates the provision of quality care and service for a defined population of patients and facilitates the procurement of appropriate supplies/equipment and provides for adequate numbers and mix of staff to deliver nursing care. The Nurse Manager demonstrates excellence in problem solving, leadership, communication, fiscal responsibility and teamwork.

The Nurse Manager provides leadership, consultation and collaboration in a dynamic, multidisciplinary teaching environment. She/He collaborates with administrators and other members of the health care team to design, evaluate and improve patient care systems and processes. She/he supports nursing professional development, Magnet, and Shared Governance through participation in, and mentoring of colleagues, on councils and the Clinical Ladder program.
** Job Description*
* • Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.  
• Recognizes the patients, their family/designated care partner(s) in providing safe, compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's personal preferences, priorities, needs, and cultural beliefs and values.  Plans, Directs and Coordinates nursing care for a specific patient care area in collaboration with the Nursing Director and other appropriate nursing leaders and professional develop staff.  
• Recruits, interviews and selects staff for the patient care unit.  
• Provides leadership and direction in implementation of strategic goals and objectives.  
• Develops, implements and evaluates unit policies, procedures and goals, which are consistent with department and organizational goals.  
• Completes regular performance evaluations for each staff member and serves as a clinical resource regarding policies and procedures, patient standards, performance improvement, and risk management issues.  
• Conducts evaluations for new staff prior to completion of probationary period with input from appropriate nursing staff.  
• Demonstrates effective conflict resolution skills.  
• Councils employees and utilizes the disciplinary process as appropriate.  
• Develops, implements and evaluates staffing plan to meet the patient and family care needs.  
• Develops implements and evaluates areas of improvement to increase quality of patient and family care in collaboration with the nurse director or quality improvement manager.  
• Identifies issues related to quality of patient care, and develops, implements and evaluates unit improvement program/projects within a shared governance model.  
• Accountable and responsible for continuous quality and regulatory management directives including JCAHO, OSHA, etc.  
• Designs, implements and evaluates the unit patient satisfaction plan.  Acts as a resource and serves as a clinical role model to members of the health care team.  
• Assists professional development staff with the creation and implementation of educational programs.  
• Recommends, participates in the development of and implements policies and procedures.  
• Provides leadership and direction in accordance with organizational and departmental goals and objectives.  
• Seeks opportunities for nursing research.
• Collaborates with professional development staff to set minimum competencies and oversees ongoing professional development of staff  Manages available resources insuring that the operation of the patient care area occurs within the limitations of the budget  
• Is knowledgeable about costs and revenue opportunities.  
• Assists in the development of cost saving activities.  
• Collaborate with Director/ACNO budget forecasting.  
• Educate healthcare team members on cost efficient care and appropriate  staffing, and on the efficient use of material resources.  
• Monitors staff schedules to ensure adequate staffing…