Clinical Nurse Manager - PMH Centralized Nursing - Evening/Nights

OhioHealth•Pickerington, OH

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About The Position

This position ensures delivery of evidence-based practice by professional nursing personnel and other staff in designated areas. The Clinical Nurse 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 members of the health care team. The manager participates in integrating the Nursing Philosophy with OhioHealth’s mission, vision, values, goals, and objectives in unit operations. The role supports patient care delivery, staffing and daily operations, personnel management, professional development, leadership, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice. The Clinical Nurse Manager works with the Manager and interdisciplinary partners to support safe, culturally competent care and a healthy working environment. Responsibilities include other duties requested by a supervisor. As a High Reliability Organization, OhioHealth expects this role to focus on safety, quality, and efficiency. The job profile provides an overview of responsibilities and may change at any time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
Registered Nurse (RN) licensure 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, charge role, clinical lead role, mentoring, department committee leadership, or meeting facilitation.
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 area(s) of responsibility.

Nice To Haves

Advanced training in specialty areas may be required.
Professional nursing certification is sought as appropriate.

Responsibilities

Assist the Manager in ensuring ongoing delivery of patient care and application of the nursing process, including assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and documentation.
Address patient-care 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 healthcare disciplines and support integration of services across the continuum of care.
Help plan, assess, implement, and evaluate patient care as appropriate to the unit.
Assist with staffing schedules, staff allocation, and daily staffing plans based on volume and patient-care needs.
Maintain daily unit operations, including staffing status and patient visits, admissions, discharges, and transfers; serve as a resource for staff.
Participate in recruitment, selection, retention, personnel evaluation, performance appraisals, and disciplinary procedures.
Ensure appropriate staff orientation, training, competency, continuing education, professional development, and maintenance of staff records.
Assist with unit fiscal management and efficient, cost-effective use of human and material resources and supplies; assist with service development and implementation.
Collaborate with medical staff and interdisciplinary teams, and participate in interdepartmental relationship building.
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 leadership and clinical management through clinical practice, supervision, delegation, and teaching as delegated by the Manager and/or Director.
Facilitate staff attendance at meetings and educational programs; support shared decision making and registered nurse participation in unit-level decisions.
Participate as a voting member of Shared Governance Councils and participate in hospital committees and decision making.
Continue professional self-development, maintain competencies through education and leadership programs, participate in professional organizations, and seek appropriate professional certification.
Help assess and address diversity, cultural competency, ethics, and changing societal needs; 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 activities at the department level.
Perform other duties as requested by the supervisor.