Nurse Manager - A2 Med/Surg - Days

Job description

Full Time (80 Hours Biweekly) Days: Monday through Friday: 7am-3pm General Summary: Manages the daily operations and work activities of professional nursing and nursing support staff on assigned unit. Duties and Responsibilities: Essential Functions: - 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 an...