FSEDN Nocturnal Clinical Nurse Manager

OhioHealth•New Albany, IN

20d

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse Manager ensures delivery of evidence-based practice by professional nursing personnel and other staff in designated areas. The manager plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates the unit’s delivery of evidence-based patient care in a cost-effective manner, providing leadership and clinical management to the health care team. The role integrates OhioHealth’s Nursing Philosophy, mission, vision, values, goals, and objectives into unit operations. The position is in the Emergency Department and works the night shift for 40 scheduled hours per week. The manager supports patient care delivery, daily unit operations, staffing, personnel management, fiscal stewardship, professional development, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice. As part of a High Reliability Organization, the role requires attention to safety, quality, and efficiency. The job profile is an overview of responsibilities and may change; it is not an exhaustive list.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
Registered Nurse (RN) license from the Ohio Board of Nursing.
Two to three years of nursing experience in related or similar areas of responsibility.
Previous leadership experience, such as precepting, serving in a charge or clinical lead role, mentoring, department committee leadership, or facilitating meetings.
Specialized knowledge of the nursing process and clinical skills.
Demonstrated interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and nursing practice standards skills.
Computer application skills appropriate to the areas of responsibility.

Nice To Haves

Advanced training in specialty areas may be required.
Appropriate professional certification is sought.

Responsibilities

Support accountability for ongoing patient care delivery and ensure registered nurses apply the nursing process and document care in the medical record.
Address concerns and resolve problems; use data to initiate continuous quality improvement and participate in process improvement and root cause analysis investigations.
Coordinate nursing care with other health care disciplines and support integration of services across the health care continuum.
Help plan, assess, implement, and evaluate patient care; contribute to unit-level fiscal responsibility.
Help plan and coordinate staffing schedules and daily staffing plans, allocating staff according to volume and patient care needs.
Maintain daily unit operations, including staffing status and patient visits, admissions, discharges, and transfers; serve as a resource to unit staff.
Participate in recruitment, selection, retention, personnel evaluation, performance appraisals, and disciplinary procedures.
Ensure staff orientation, training, competency, continuing education, professional development, and staff record maintenance.
Help manage unit finances and use human and material resources and supplies efficiently and cost-effectively; assist with developing and implementing services.
Collaborate with medical staff and interdisciplinary colleagues, and participate in building interdepartmental relationships.
Identify staff learning needs and contribute to staff development through orientation and continuing education.
Collect, analyze, and use data for unit-level quality and process improvement.
Provide clinical leadership through practice, supervision, delegation, and teaching as assigned by the Manager and/or Director.
Facilitate staff participation in meetings and educational programs, support shared decision-making, and ensure registered nurse participation in unit-level decisions.
Participate as a voting member of Shared Governance Councils and take part in hospital committees and decision-making.
Maintain professional competence and pursue continuing education, leadership programs, professional organization participation, and appropriate certification.
Help assess the effects of diversity, cultural competency, ethics, and societal changes, and plan strategies to address them; ensure culturally competent care and a healthy, safe working environment.
Serve as a patient safety coach.
Support evidence-based practice by participating in and encouraging staff involvement in nursing evaluative research at the department level.