Resource Nurse- Adult Step Down Unit- Full Time- Days and Nights

SolutionHealth • Manchester, NH

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Elliot Health System is excited to share the opening of a new Adult Stepdown Unit (ASDU). It is a 12-bed unit with private rooms incorporating aspects from our Intensive Care Unit that improve nursing satisfaction such as: ceiling lifts to assist with safe patient movement and supply carts in every room to streamline care. The unit will have substantial telemetry monitoring and a medication room to promote safe patient care. The Resource Nurse directly oversees and serves as an immediate, first line clinical resource to staff on a designated unit and shift. The Resource Nurse demonstrates well developed clinical competencies appropriate to specialty area when providing direct patient care or guiding other staff. Functions as an integral member of the unit’s management team and works to ensure smooth real time operations of unit on assigned shift and adheres to values under the EHS Professional Practice Model which guide all dimensions of practice.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• BSN required or must be actively enrolled in a program. Termination of a program without a degree completion, will remove eligibility for the role.
• Minimum of three (3) years of current experience in a progressive, intermediate, or critical care setting.
• Must be at a clinical level that reflects proficiency and in-depth knowledge or nursing practice.
• In addition, must have experience in a leadership role, such as Charge Nurse.
• License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of New Hampshire required or must hold a Compact Nursing License
• Life support authorization (BLS) appropriate to patient population required
• Specialty certification required within six (6) months of eligibility

Responsibilities

• Directly oversees and serves as an immediate, first line clinical resource to staff on a designated unit and shift.
• Demonstrates well developed clinical competencies appropriate to specialty area when providing direct patient care or guiding other staff.
• Functions as an integral member of the unit’s management team and works to ensure smooth real time operations of unit on assigned shift.
• Assists staff with the provision of care to assigned patients; assumes a partial patient assignment.
• Provides oversight and ensures smooth shift-based operations including but not limited to completion of unit specific tasks, patient flow, interdisciplinary collaboration, patient satisfaction, issue resolution and occurrence reporting.
• Collaborates with the Clinical Nurse Manager to effectively control costs through innovative and economical utilization of personnel, materials and equipment and assists in the mentorship of staff as stewards of resources.
• Applies well developed critical thinking skills in guiding and assisting staff to identify and address clinical concerns in order to promote optimal patient outcomes.
• Serves as a role model; coaches and mentors other staff, promotes teamwork, and assesses performance, behavior and attendance of staff on assigned shift and communicates information to Clinical Nurse Manager to facilitate effective and timely completion of performance reviews.
• Serves as the designated shift resource for assigned new graduate nurses during their first year of employment, beyond their precepted orientation period.
• In the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager, collaborates with Administrative Supervisor to address/stabilize management and operational issues requiring immediate attention; i.e., staffing and scheduling, disciplinary actions.
• Supports the department’s Shared Governance structure and is accountable for quality improvement outcomes.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits starting the 1st of the month following you start date
• Accrued Earned Time
• 403b with matching (fully vested) and discretionary annual core contributions
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $4,000/year for full time coded employees over 30 hours/week
• Nursing Student Loan Paydown Program up to $20,000

What This Job Offers

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