Nursing Manager Job Opening

FLSA: Exempt, Full-Time
Reports to: Tim Dalavaris
Supervises: Nurses
POSITION SUMMARY
The Nursing Manager is a leader, an advocate for client care and plans and manages client care personnel. This position assists in managing, establishing, and fulfilling a vision and strategy for client care excellence and standards of practice in the nursing department. This position is also responsible for oversight of the Units for coverage needs related to acuity, absences, and leave time.
QUALIFICATIONS
RN in good standing with the State of Missouri and a current Missouri RN license. Ability to maintain pleasant working relationships; detail oriented; works effectively, independently and to deadlines; highly organized and able to multi-task and effectively prioritize; reliable and responsible; excellent written communication skills and professional telephone manner; and readily takes initiative. Must have a minimum of two (2) years management experience and three (3) years of clinical experience. Two (2) of these years must be in a healthcare setting.
PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
Staffing and Scheduling
1. Ensures Nurses are trained appropriately and demonstrate required competencies.
2. Makes monthly schedules for Nurses. Communicates effectively with all staff. Adjusts staffing to ensure appropriate staffing ratios.
3. Approves schedule changes and requests for Vacation / EID, etc.
4. Coordinates with the Director of Human Resources in reviewing staff time cards for payroll pre-process to ensure employees are working as scheduled and are clocking in and out according to policy and procedure. Follows up with staff as needed regarding violations of payroll policy and procedure as well any unapproved schedule changes.
Pharmacy
1. Check stock of over the counter (OTC) medications to ensure that the orders are requested are needed. Is mindful of cost containment.
2. Maintains working relationship with pharmacy regarding client medications and delivery schedule.
Medication
1. Makes staff aware of medication errors as indicated by Medication Error form and works towards performance improvement.
2. Assists in collection of data to develop QI reports and graphs.
3. Collects and organizes the Medication Administration Record (MAR) and the Destruction of Medication Log upon client discharge as submitted by Nurses.
Nursing Supervisor Job Description 2-2018 Aviary 2 of 3
Other
1. Ensures adequate inventory of supplies is maintained for the Units and completes purchase order requests as needed.
2. Assists Nurses with questions or situations as needed.
3. Collect QA/QI Data and report as needed.
4. Track and monitor housekeeping and nursing supplies for the nursing dept.
5. Assist with on call duties in collaboration with DON.
6. Train new nursing staff
7. Other duties as assigned by the Director of Nursing (DON).
Administrative
1. Collaboration with clinical director and medical director in policy formation, program goals and objectives, program planning, performance improvement, resource management and other issues related to clinical and operational effectiveness.
2. Establish oversight and control systems for operations to ensure legal compliance, agency and policy compliance, adherence to ethical and moral standards and performance of work to meet goals.
3. Oversee staff training and education to ensure all clients and staff are treated with dignity and respect.
4. Practice and encourage assertive communication delivered with honesty and a willingness to hear feedback. Create a safe environment where staff is encouraged to deliver creative ideas, client safety concerns, etc.
5. Articulate and promote organizational goals and visions and routinely communicate relevant information to staff.
6. Demonstrate, promote and role model leadership behaviors and organizational values.
7. Serve as a resource person, client advocate and role model for multidisciplinary staff.
8. Lead and participate in departmental and facility quality improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to improve care, safety, service and efficiency, making recommendations and implementing improvement opportunities as appropriate.
9. Responsible for Infection Control as Coordinator (evaluations and adherence of policies and procedures regarding same). Responsible for reporting discrepancies identified in Infection Control Monitoring to the Committee of the Whole. Responsible for following through with corrective actions in the areas of discrepancies of Infection Control Monitoring.
10. Follow procedure, function as a role model, and provide direction during emergency procedures (actual and simulated).
11. Comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to and including The Joint Commission, HIPAA, State and Federal regulations as appropriate to areas of responsibility.
12. Evaluate and document job performance of employees; take appropriate action.
13. Monitor unit safety and work with staff to produce a safe environment.
14. Perform other duties as assigned.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Adhere to facility, departmental, corporate, personnel and standard policies and procedures.
2. Attend all mandatory facility in-services and staff development activities as scheduled.
3. Adhere to facility standards concerning conduct, dress, attendance and punctuality.
4. Support facility wide quality improvement goals and objectives.
5. Maintain confidentiality of facility employees and clients.
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS
1. Direct and indirect client contact on a daily basis.
2. Work in office environment and be able to tolerate gradient levels of standing, walking, stooping and lifting up to 30 pounds.
3. Tolerate stressful situations and various conditions unpleasant to the sense of sight, touch, and smell.
4. Ability to adjust to increased workload.
ATTENDANCE/PUNCTUALITY EXPECTATIONS
1. Reliable in punctuality and attendance, adhering to facility and departmental policies.
2. Complies with company and departmental policies with respect to attendance, which includes providing required documentation and notification of at least two hours prior to starting time or as established by departmental policies.
3. Adheres to time allotted for breaks and meals, and returns to work at designated times.
4. Does not experience absences that adversely affect the ability of the department to satisfactorily perform essential job functions.
Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made in order to perform the essential functions. This job description describes a general category of jobs. In order to meet the needs of The Aviary Recovery Center employees may be assigned other duties, in addition to or in lieu of those described above, and any duties are subject to change

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• management: 2 years (Preferred)

Relocation Assistance Provided:

• No