Overview
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
Responsible and accountable for direction and coordination of nursing services and hospital activities during the off shifts, (weekends, holidays, evenings, nights) to maintain continuity of patient care.
Responsibilities
- Provides administrative direction and decision making for nursing care of patients during the off shifts (evening, nights, weekends, holidays).
- Interprets philosophy, objectives, standards and goals of Patient Care Division to staff, patients, and visitors.
- Coordinates admission, transfers, and discharge of patients. Schedules and reallocates nursing personnel to provide adequate staffing.
- Confers with hospital administrators on call regarding operational and management problems.
- Makes rounds with Nursing staff and helps assess and plan patient care needs.
- Participates in orientation of new personnel, per diem staff, and private duty nurses to afford them guidance and supervision.
- Identifies individual and collective needs of nursing staff and confers with Education Department.
- Plans, develops, and holds [patient care conferences as necessary in order to assess needs and problems, plans nursing approaches and intervention, and discusses discharge planning.
- Attends Divisional Meetings and conducts Charge Nurse meetings on shift. Attends and participates in Patient Care Services and Hospital committee meetings and projects.
- Ensures delivery of excellent customer service resulting in positive and improving patient satisfaction scores for department and Medical Center.
- Administrative supervision of all hospital activities as delegated by hospital administrator.
- Evaluates work performance and assists in Performance Appraisal process.
- Selectively participates in direct nursing care.
- Guides and assists the nursing staff in utilizing the nursing process, and in performing activities or procedures necessary for patient care.
- Guides and assists nursing staff with documentation of appropriate and accurate data on patient's record.
- Collaborates with medical staff makes suggestions as needed to provide optimum patient management.
- Enhances and fosters a therapeutic environment through interaction with family, patient, nursing and medical personnel.
- Develops knowledge and skills of nursing staff necessary for the implementation of nursing process.
- Provides career guidance and counseling to nursing staff and stimulates continuation of their educational growth and development.
- Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
- Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
Qualifications
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- BSN required.
- Five (5) years experience as an RN.
- Minimum three (3) years experience in an administrative position.
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
- Masters degree in Nursing
Licenses and Certifications Required:
- New Jersey Registered Nurse.
- BLS.
If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!
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