Charge Nurse - Azura Outpatient Surgery

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

Works with the Facility Manager, facility staff and physician to coordinate the facility operations and patient procedures to ensure provision of quality patient care on a daily basis in accordance with organization policies, procedures and training.  Provides nursing support to patients and staff.  Assist with staffing, staff training, equipment, physician and patient relations, cost containment, supply management, medical records, patient billing, OSHA and all company, state and federal compliance. 

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Responsible for supporting and driving Organization quality standards through meeting regulatory requirements and the practice of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), including use of Organization CQI tools.


* Accountable for outstanding quality of patient care, as defined by the organization quality goals, by working with the Vice President of Quality and other organization management to ensure that organization/ASC policies and procedures are followed.


* Responsible for aggressively addressing and acting on adverse events and action thresholds.


* Complies with all data collections and auditing activities and maintains integrity of medical records and other organization administrative and operational records.


* Supervises and directs facility staff in providing safe and effective vascular access procedures to patients in compliance with standards outlined in the facility policy and procedures manuals, as well as regulations set forth by the company, federal and state agencies.


* Assigns and delegates tasks to all direct patient care staff, including Staff RNs, Radiology Technologists, Front Desk Coordinator.


* Ensures adequate staffing through daily management of staff's schedule, including breaks.


* Assess daily patient needs and develop/distribute patient care assignments appropriately.


* Routinely monitors patient care staff for appropriate techniques and adherence to facility policy and procedures and assist as necessary.


* Recommends and initiates disciplinary action in conjunction with the Facility Manager.


* Assists Facility Manager with staff performance evaluations.


* Participates in selection, orientation and training of staff as assigned.


* Performs and sets-up in-services regarding equipment, supplies and clinical for all staff.


* Coordinates all aspects of patient care with the appropriate staff members, from admission through discharge.


* Ensures patients and patient's families are educated regarding pre and post procedure care of vascular access.


* Ensures patient's procedures are scheduled in a timely manner and the facility capacity is utilized efficiently.


* As needed, assist with patient workflow, including providing direct patient care and monitoring pre, intra and post procedure.


* Oversees and ensures accurate and complete documentation of patient treatments from admissi...