Charge Nurse (RN) - Med Surg

Job type: Full Time

Shift: Nights

Hours:

GENERAL DUTIES:

The Clinical Manger is responsible for the day-to-day shift operations in the Ortho Spine Department.

He/she manages human resources at the unit level in a cost-effective manner.

The Clinical Manager promptly and fully investigates and resolves complaints of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians, advising management / administration appropriately.

The Clinical Manager demonstrates an ability to respond and provide direction in changing workload during crisis and emergency situations.

The Clinical Manager accepts responsibility for helping employees understand difficult administrative decisions.

Access to all Patient Health Information for treatment purposes only.

DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES:



* Provides leadership of the staff related to care of the Medical - Surgical patient and associated orthopedic surgery protocols and medication.


* Obtains information and interpret information in terms of the patient's needs.


* Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development.


* Understands the range of treatment needed as appropriate to the ages of the patients served.


* Participates in the management of human resources through assisting, evaluation, counseling, and hiring of staff.


* Assists and edits payroll reports


* Ensures that a current criteria-based job performance standard and applicable competencies exist for each member of the staff.


* Ensures timely completions of performance evaluations for annual, probationary and interim evaluations


* Facilitates the appropriate completion and timely submission of Human Resource documentation.


* Appropriately counsels and disciplines staff in a timely manner.


* Interviews and hires staff.


* Coordinates timely attendance at hospital orientation and all mandatory continuing education programs for employees.


* Regularly attends nursing leadership meetings and takes personal responsibility for the quality and integrity of nursing administration


* Regularly participates and completes special projects


* Assures current, comprehensive, and timely department-specific orientation for all new employees.


* Maintains current records on all employees at unit level to include yearly certification, current licensure, evidence of continuing education and compliance with unit competencies.


* Maintains an open communication with staff on organization, national health care and professional issues.


* Promotes sound staffing practices by optimizing the utilization of human resources keeping in line with established bench marking and acuity data.


* Utilizes individual patient classification system which predicts nursing care requirements by shift, and maintains documentation to discern trends and patterns of nursing care delivery by shift and staff mix in the daily staffing of the unit.


* Assesses and assists in the implementation of staff development and cross-trai...