Nurse Manager of Cardiac Stepdown - Direct Placement at TalentBurst, Inc.
Plano, TX
About the Job
Position Name: Nurse Manager of Cardiac Stepdown
Location: Plano, TX 75075
Shift: Days
Job Summary and Qualifications:
The Nurse Manager has 24/7 accountability and responsibility for a defined patient care area to provide a climate optimal for the provision of individualized goal directed nursing care that supports the mission, vision and values of the client and the philosophy of the Department of Nursing.
What qualifications you will need:
Licensure/certification/registration:
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Location: Plano, TX 75075
Shift: Days
Job Summary and Qualifications:
The Nurse Manager has 24/7 accountability and responsibility for a defined patient care area to provide a climate optimal for the provision of individualized goal directed nursing care that supports the mission, vision and values of the client and the philosophy of the Department of Nursing.
- Performs position in line with Employee Satisfaction, Patient Satisfaction, Physician Satisfaction, Continuous Performance Improvement, and/or Community Involvement.
- Develops and implements a plan for assuring delivery of individual goal directed nursing care through the use of the nursing process.
- Provides care/treatment/services within the Synergy Model and Evidenced Based Practices.
- Delegates tasks appropriate to meet the needs of the individual patient and to the skills of the employee supervised.
- Develops and implements a plan for care delivery with patient safety as the primary goal.
- Demonstrates expertise in selecting and managing unit-based staff.
- Reviews budget and assume responsibility for maintaining operating expenses at target levels.
- Promotes involvement of self and staff in health promotion/educational community activities; community involvement, lifelong learning and nursing research.
- Follows established guidelines for compliance with Infection Prevention and TJC Patient Safety Goals and Practices.
- Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care or the services delivered.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the occurrence reporting system and reports trends in occurrences to staff, quarterly. Uses this information to improve patient safety.
- Ensures staff is educated on established guidelines for reporting significant medical errors or unanticipated outcomes in the patient's care which results in patient harm.
What qualifications you will need:
- 2 years of Recent Acute Care Critical Care leadership experience Required.
- Would like to see candidates with progressive leadership experience.
- BSN required; MSN or Master's Degree in related field preferred.
Licensure/certification/registration:
- Texas State RN license or compact license is accepted.
- National Specialty Certification or plan to achieve within 1 year of hire.
- BLS/ACLS as required.
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