Nurse Manager - Emergency

WellSpan Health • Chambersburg, PA

49d • Onsite

About The Position

Manages the daily operations and work activities of professional nursing and nursing support staff on assigned unit. This role is for a 30-bed Emergency Care Unit with a high acuity and rapid pace, handling over 155 visits per day and more than 55,000 annual visits. The unit offers an orientation program facilitated by a Clinical Educator, focused on Emergency Nursing, and provides ACLS, PALS, and EKG certifications. The Emergency Nursing Association (ENA) orientation curriculum is also offered online.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree In Nursing (BSN).
• 3 years Relevant experience.
• Supervisory experience.
• Licensed Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required or Registered Nurse Multi State License Upon Hire Required
• Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required
• Current BLS certification for all areas of nursing practice is required.
• Current certification may be required for the following areas of nursing practice: Emergency Care Center – ACLS, PALS

Nice To Haves

• Board Certified Nurse Executive Upon Hire Preferred

Responsibilities

• Recommends staffing levels as per professional organizations’ staffing guidelines.
• Structures an adequate staffing mix of competent personnel for all shifts by supervising and approving the development, preparation, and maintenance of staffing schedules that meet department/unit needs and ANA staffing principles.
• Ensures that appropriate nursing standards and practices are developed and implemented as a result of research and non-research findings.
• Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental, and infection control standards as per National Patient Safety goals, agency, and state regulations.
• Identifies patient/client needs and collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to use outcomes data to direct quality improvement action plans.
• Encourages staff to resolve patient/family concerns in a timely manner, and assists staff when necessary.
• Maintains awareness of high risk and complicated cases assisting as needed, collaborates with multi-disciplinary teams as needed and ensures appropriate nursing interventions are implemented.
• Initiates or makes recommendations for personnel actions in coordination with appropriate stakeholders using a Just Culture model and as per the System policies.
• Ensures staff education in appropriate communication to protect patient confidentiality.
• Advocates social/professional equity among staff; promotes culturally congruent patient care.
• Acts as a role model/mentor to charge nurses and staff; creates a culture that empowers professional governance; promotes staff participation in professional governance activities; establishes a vision/goal for succession planning.
• Consults with other specialists as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
• Interviews applicants with staff to select best match for patient population and unit culture; evaluates staff performance; monitors continuing education, oversees the competency testing of staff (as applicable) and orientation.
• Develops budget(s) for the department/unit/entity and allocates funds within budget(s) to accomplish objectives. Monitors variance against budget(s).
• Ensures that unit strategic plan, vision, and goals are aligned with the System/nursing strategic plan, vision, mission, and goals.
• Acts as liaison between nursing administration and medical staff; Assists the staff in establishing and maintaining positive, constructive communication in a collaborative model between other units/departments within the System when solving issues.
• Coordinates and integrates services within the department/service line/entity, with other departments/service lines/entities, and with the System's primary functions.
• Participates in the selection of outside services (if needed).
• Continuously assesses and improves the department/service line/entity/System's performance.
• Maintains appropriate quality control/assessment programs (if applicable).
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population; Assesses and interprets age specific data for patient population and oversees the delivery of appropriate age specific treatments.
• Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; knowledge of the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, conferences, professional organizations and workshops.
• Participates in patient rounds.
• Ensures and monitors staff participation in patient rounds as part of the delivery care model to optimize collaboration between nursing and medical staff.
• Collaborates with appropriate departments to ensure proper care and timely maintenance of department/entity equipment and supplies.
• Attends administrative meetings and actively participates on nursing committees.
• Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
• Performs other related duties as identified.
• Supports and meets the values and standards of the organization and the performance expectations of the job, the department, and the compliance program.
• Supports and meets the values and standards of the organization to safeguard patient and business/operational information.

Benefits

• ACLS, PALS, and EKG provided
• Orientation program facilitated by a Clinical Educator, focused on Emergency Nursing especially for the novice nurse
• Emergency Nursing Association (ENA) orientation curriculum offered (online)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager