Nurse Manager, Telemetry

AHS Vista•Waukegan, IL

64d

About The Position

The Telemetry Patient Care Manager is responsible for providing the overall leadership and management of the Telemetry Care Unit, and for producing successful outcomes and results. This role has management of the overall unit day-to-day nursing staff and telemetry techs that monitor patients on the unit.

Requirements

Must possess Bachelor's in Nursing (BSN) degree, Masters in Nursing, Health Care or Business Administration preferred.
Licensed Registered Nurse in the state of Illinois.
Basic Life Support (BLS).
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
Stroke Certification (NIHSS).
FEMA 100, 200 & 700.

Nice To Haves

Masters in Nursing, Health Care or Business Administration

Responsibilities

Identifies ideas and actions to grow patient volumes.
Participates in marketing and business development activities to promote services and educate the community.
Manages Telemetry to ensure the financial budget is achieved.
Assesses opportunities for cost savings.
Effectively manages all resources, supplies, and assets.
Ensures that all charges are being captured and that all billing opportunities are obtained.
Educate patient care team members on financial implications of patient care decisions.
Collaborates closely with Case Management to ensure goals are achieved.
Ensures that Telemetry complies with all healthcare regulations, nursing regulations, Joint Commission, and company policies & procedures
Provides visionary thinking on issues that affect Telemetry.
Considers the impact of nursing decisions on the health care organization as a whole.
Serves as a change agent, assisting others in understanding the importance, necessity, impact, and process of change.
Serves as a professional role model and mentor to future nursing leaders.
Builds trusting, collaborative relationships with staff, peers, other disciplines, ancillary services, physicians, vendors.
Builds credibility with physicians as a champion for patient care, quality and nursing professionalism.
Collaborates with all members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to achieve goals.
Maintains knowledge of healthcare delivery models, healthcare economics, and healthcare policy.
Educates staff on healthcare industry characteristics, challenges, opportunities, and trends.
Effectively utilizes database management, decision support, and expert system programs to access information and analyze data from disparate sources for use in planning for patient care processes and systems.
When needed, assists nursing personnel in the delivery of nursing care, and performs RN duties.
Maintains current nursing knowledge and skills.
Oversees the workflow and scheduling of the monitor technicians.
Ensuring that appropriate processes are followed in monitoring patients via the telemetry box.