Periop Nurse Supervisor - Atlantic Health System
Summit, NJ
About the Job
Responsible for ensuring that the department is staffed appropriately to ensure the effective delivery of nursing care/specialty needs of services are met. Maintains compliance with established quality standards. Manages unit staff productively and assists in budget development and maintenance. Assumes a leadership role in development of professional practice.
Principal Accountabilities:
1. Coordinates daily staffing schedule.
2. Consults in a variety of patient care situations requiring advanced competency and knowledge.
3. Serve as a clinical resource for problem solving and assist staff with patient related issues and emergency situations.
4. Acts as liaison to other departments and multiple patient care services.
5. Serves as a role model to develop staff competence.
6. Assists in cost management, including product evaluation, prevention of waste and damage, room utilization, control of overtime, and appropriate staffing mix.
7. Facilitates unit-based QE program/projects.
8. Investigates and follows up on incident reports and patient complaints.
9. Evaluates and updates the quality and appropriate use of department and unit tools.
10. Acts as a manager in absence of the manager.
11. Assists with interviews, hiring, coaching, counseling, and corrective action, including documentation of same.
12. Assists with annual performance appraisals.
13. Assists with budget process.
14. Assists staff in implementing clinical pathways and outcomes management.
15. Assists in unit problem solving.
16. Schedules staff meetings as needed.
17. Promotes positive group dynamics as leader and member.
18. Maintains communication with patients, families, staff, physicians, and other departments.
19. Other relevant duties as assigned
ABOUT US At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:
We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners. We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:
Our Atlantic Neuroscience Institute is the region’s leader in neuroscience care. A hub for the New Jersey Stroke Network, we offer a broad range of advanced neurological, neurosurgical and neurodiagnostic services. We are also certified as a Level IV Epilepsy Center and home to the Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center, where more brain tumor surgeries are performed than anywhere else in New Jersey. Our CyberKnife® program is the largest and most experienced in the state. We also have a satellite emergency department in Union, NJ, which treats about 40,000 emergency cases each year. Committed to providing exceptional care, Overlook Medical Center has achieved the prestigious Magnet® recognition. This designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is the highest national honor for nursing excellence. What’s more, Overlook Medical Center has advanced certification from The Joint Commission for perinatal care and is designated an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. Additional Joint Commission-certified services include behavioral health care, spine surgery, wound care, and primary care medical home (PCMH). EEO STATEMENT Atlantic Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status. |