Nurse Manager - Long Term Care - Waterloo
Only QUALIFIED Healthcare Professionals accepted) Skilled Nursing - NURSE MANAGER - Long Term Care
Direct HireCompetitive Salary, based on experience.
Excellent Benefits Package.
Full Time.
Days.
Location: Waterloo, NYPOSITION SUMMARY:
The Nurse Manager has major responsibility for implementation of strategies and activities designed to achieve and support uncompromising quality, exceptional patient safety and an outstanding patient | resident | family experience. The Nurse Manager intentionally creates an environment that fosters staff development, staff empowerment, collegial relationships and best practice in the delivery of nursing care.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Ensures that the nursing care delivered is grounded in the principles of relationship-based care and reflects a patient | family centered focus. Creates the expectation through role modeling that professional nursing practice means working in partnership with colleagues within nursing, other disciplines, and the patient | resident | family to achieve the best possible outcome.
Demonstrates broad based knowledge of nursing in general as well as knowledge specific to the chosen area of practice. Applies nursing practice knowledge in daily interaction with patients|resident| families and other members of the healthcare team and holds staff accountable for the same.
Establishes clinical indicators and measures the quality and effectiveness of nursing care delivered in the area of responsibility. Acts to improve results and achieve nursing clinical excellence. Anticipates quality or safety issues and takes action to mitigate.Assures the reporting of adverse and near miss events and investigates circumstances contributing to the event. Develops and maintains systems for survey readiness.
Utilizes nursing research, nursing literature and evidenced based information to find innovative solutions to achieve the best patient|resident outcomes and enhance the patient | resident | family experience. Fosters staff nurse engagement and creativity by providing feedback, encouragement and recognition for innovation.
Analyzes workflow | work processes to ensure effective efficient high quality nursing care delivery. Assures that staffing and scheduling decisions consider appropriate ratios, acuity and intensity of patient|resident care and the skill level of the nurse assigned.QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION:
Minimum: Graduate from an accredited Registered Professional Nurse Program
Preferred: Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing or related field or master's in nursing or related field
LICENSE:
Minimum: Current NYS License to practice as a Professional Registered Nurse.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Minimum: 2 Years of Nursing Experience or 2 Years of LTC experience
Preferred: Previous management | leadership experience
SKILLS:
Minimum:
Interpersonal skills which ensure effective communication with staff, patients, families, physicians, and other members of the healthcare team.
Knowledgeable in the area of management systems and processes.
Demonstrated ability to establish effective work relationships in an effort to lead others in the direction of meeting organizational objectives.
Analytical skills to assess departmental needs, develop, and implement planned interventions, and evaluate the effectiveness of applied interventions.
Basic management competencies for the position assigned.
Ability to facilitate project management, work effectively under pressure, meet deadlines, manage multiple priorities and enhance the spirit of teamwork through effective role modeling.
Familiarity with DOH requirements.
Computer literacy required with word processing, spreadsheets, power pointPreferred: Experience with Microsoft Office products including word, excel and power point & Meditech.