Nurse Manager Primary Care BWH Fish Center for Women's Health

Mass General Brigham•Brookline, MA

15d•Onsite

About The Position

The goal of the Fish Center for Women's Health in Chestnut Hill, MA, is to provide high quality, integrated clinical services and education based on leading-edge research on women’s health and gender-specific care. The practice supports areas of health where the risk and prevalence of disease in women is of particular importance, and those areas in which women have been traditionally under-diagnosed, under-treated, or underserved. The Fish Center for Women's Health offers primary care and specialties, including: cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, gynecology (including urogynecology), hematology, infectious diseases, mental health, neurology, nutrition, pulmonology, renal medicine, rheumatology, and sleep medicine. This position is within Primary Care. The practice is located within the BWH Health Center at Chestnut Hill, just 1 mile from the Chestnut Hill Mall. The Center offers many of the same services found on the main campus, including laboratory, radiology and specialty care, and our physicians are on staff at the BWH.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Nursing required
Registered Nurse in Massachusetts required.
Certification required at start or within 2 years of start date; Ambulatory / ANCC certification preferred.
Basic Life Support [BLS] Certificate preferred.
Nursing experience 2-3 years required.
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
Must have excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Strong commitment to clinical excellence.
Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
Knowledgeable of the care required by respective age groups for which care is being provided.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree Nursing preferred
Nursing leadership experience 1-2 years preferred.
Primary Care or ambulatory experience in a clinical nursing or leadership position preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure the development, implementation, and evaluation of staff onboarding, training, and education.
Provide ongoing coaching and performance feedback for staff.
Ensures a positive work environment that is safe for patients, visitors and staff.
Coordinating unit activities with other hospital departments of the hospital
Develops and implements staffing plans.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Directs, delegates and monitors quality of care delivered by the health care team.
Functions within and across interdisciplinary teams in a manner that promotes coordination, mutual respect and timely response to the patient's health care needs.
Recognizes the impact of systems on health care delivery. Facilitates development of workflows and pathways that ensure the coordination of care across all settings with particular attention to transitional needs.
Facilitates huddles, promotes and models effective, respectful communication
Utilizes a critical thinking approach to problem solve and make decisions.
Identifies and evaluates operational clinical needs and resolves concerns early
Role models and facilitates change within the health care team to respond to emerging practice and organizational needs.
Fosters and implements innovative thinking to create alternative solutions.
Manages all resources to support optimal care of patients seeking primary care services in the clinic, telephonically and electronically including; Gateway, telehealth, and other emerging care delivery models.
Models and promotes health care team building and leadership skills. Applies leadership skills to facilitate effective team functioning and operations of the department.
Develops strong collaborative relationships across roles and departments with a focus to ensure timely accesses of emerging needs of patients are addressed.
Occasionally participates on committees or broader organizational initiatives as required.
Provides clinical oversight and support as needed to nursing staff and medical assistants in collaboration with the Medical Director and Practice Manager.
Manages changes in Nurse/MA staffing schedule and appropriately adjusts resources to ensure patient care and operational needs of the practice are met.
Authorizes hours worked by nursing staff and medical assistants, including any overtime. Direct recipient of sick and tardy calls for clinical staff.
Assumes accountability for evaluation of performance of RNs, LPNs and Medical Assistants under the delegation/direction of the nurse manager
Participates in the selection, supervision and of staff
Mentors new staff, assists with orientation and staff development needs.
Collaborates with nursing and practice leadership in setting quality standards for nursing care and in the development of relevant policies and procedures.
Demonstrates ability to analyze, synthesize and apply data to drive optimal care delivery outcomes.
Oversight for TJC readiness and quality programs.
Provides evidence-based, clinically competent nursing care in a culturally sensitive manner.
Performs all clinical tasks and responsibilities of the BWH RN as permitted by licensure, scope and institutional policy.
Performs skilled nursing tasks competently and demonstrates operational knowledge of procedures and equipment.
Demonstrates technological literacy in using computerized information systems.
Accesses, evaluates and uses data and information from a wide range of resources.
Demonstrates effective use of computer-based information and practice management systems for population health management, decision support, reports relative to the provision of care, continuous quality improvement and professional development.
Provides input to the development of information systems that impact the provision of patient care.
Facilitates and oversees staff use of health care technologies, able to develop, access and apply reporting data.