Position Summary
Position Summary: Responsible for the overall day-to-day operations of an inpatient 247 nursing unitdepartment. Evaluates the environment and makes recommendations to ensure delivery of quality service optimal patient flow and comfort safety and compliance with various standards of care regulatorygoverning bodies e.g. OSHA JCAHO infection control and risk management.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions: • Allocates resources and coordinates services to optimize patient care and services. • Provides leadership for quality and service activities in the unitdepartment to promote a culture of safety for patients families and staff. • Promotes a satisfied healthy work environment for the workforce by establishing a climate of growth challenge and development of all team members. • Analyzes develops and maintains an effective and efficient nursing delivery model that reflects patient and family needs ultimately achieving desired outcomes. • Works in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team to balance technology with values that emphasize quality of life consumer choice risk-benefit decisions and access. • Responsible for management of team members including recruitment retention supervision evaluation and productivity. • Assists in developing and monitoring the operating and capital budget resolves variances and implements strategies to improve efficiency and reduce costs. • Assures development implementation and evaluation of an evidence-based quality clinical nursing practice consistent with nursing research and organizational and national practice standards. • Leads and participates in departmental and hospital programs committees and special projects to achieve desired outcomes. • Fosters patient family and professional relationships that are reciprocal synergistic and characterized by mutual respect and professional growth. • Cultivates exemplary customer services throughout the unitdepartment. • Serves as a liaison between team members and nursing administration. • Demonstrates professional accountability by maintaining proficiency in assigned role and involvement in professional organizations. • Facilitates and supports team member involvement in professional and organizational activities. • Identifies issues arising from individual differences and develops awareness of those issues in nursing staff medical staff and other health care providers. • Serves as a mentor for professional practice. • Holdsself and others accountable to Orlando Healths mission vision and values. • Performs all other duties as assigned. • Manages various human resources functions including hiring work assignments coaching plans and performance counseling. • Maintains reasonably regular punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies the ADA FMLA and other federal state and local standards. • Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Other Related Functions: • Uses working knowledge of risk management concepts. • Participates in Process Improvement activities as assigned. • Role models teaches andor provides age-specific and developmentally appropriate patient care in accordance with established guidelines and scope of practice.
Qualifications
EducationTraining: • Graduate of an approved school of nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing BSN required. • Master of Science in Nursing MSN Doctor of Nursing Practice DNP or Bachelor of Science in Nursing BSN with Graduate degree in Business or health-related field preferred.
LicensureCertification: • Current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Florida or Nurse Licensure Compact NLC. • Current Basic Life Support BLS certification. • May require one or more of the following certifications based on the assigned patient population: • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS • Pediatric Advanced Life Support PALS • Neonatal Advanced Life Support NALS • Trauma Nurse Core Course TNCC
Experience: • Three 3 years as a registered nurse in a surgical setting with one 1 year leadership experience.