RN Manager Ambulatory
Company: Baylor Scott & White Health
Location: Temple
Posted on: May 14, 2022
Job Description:
JOB SUMMARYThe Manager Nursing Registered Nurse Ambulatory 1
(RN) is responsible for creating and sustaining a healthy work
environment for assigned nursing and unit-based personnel which
fosters excellent professional nursing practice, shared
decision-making, inter-professional teamwork and collaboration, and
a safe and caring environment for patients, family and staff. The
manager plans, develops, implements, evaluates and monitors
policies and procedures, budgets and the allocation of resources,
continuous quality and performance improvement initiatives,
educational programs and shared governance councils to achieve
departmental and organizational goals and objectives. Provides
nursing care as needed. The Mgr Nursing RN Ambulatory 1 has less
than 60 paid budgeted FTEs for FY.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE
ROLE
- Clinical Judgment: Creates, fosters and sustains a healthy work
environment which supports evidence-based practice and research.
Coordinates patient care through collaboration with
inter-professional team members in planning, implementing and
evaluating patients plans of care. Identifies potential problems
and/or resources for patients and families. Supervises personnel in
providing safe, cost-effective, efficient care based on individual
patient needs. Ensures staff members maintain competency based on
standards of practice for patient population. Provides nursing care
as needed.
- Clinical Inquiry: Systematically evaluates the quality and
effectiveness of nursing practice, including, but not limited to,
nursing sensitive indicators. Facilitates practice changes among
nursing staff through quality and performance improvement
initiatives and use of best, evidence-based practices and research
findings. Identifies, proposes and conducts clinical research.
- Caring Practices: Creates and sustains a compassionate,
supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families
and staff. Assists in the coordination of patient care conferences
and inter-professional rounds to address patient/family needs,
discharge planning and best caring practices and outcomes
- Response to Diversity: Identifies issues arising from
individual differences and develops awareness of these issues in
nursing staff, medical staff and other health care providers. Role
models, teaches and provides age-specific and developmentally-
appropriate patient care in accordance with established guidelines
and scope of duty or practice for patients served in department.
Identifies and resolves conflicts between others that affect
performance and/or the work environment.
- Advocacy and Moral Agency: Advocates on behalf of the nursing
staff to represent the concerns of patients, families and staff.
Fosters an ethical practice environment for professional practice
and patient care based on optimum communication, teamwork and
coordination of care. Addresses ethical issues through a systematic
process using institutional ethics committee as needed. Promotes
health care at local, state and national levels.
- Facilitation of Learning: Monitors the learning needs of staff
and patients/families and assists in the design, implementation and
evaluation of educational activities to enhance their knowledge and
skills. Fosters an environment that is supportive of staff's
professional and personal growth. Facilitates the development of
clinical and leadership expertise in staff through role modeling,
teaching and coaching/mentoring. Identifies staff professional
growth opportunities and assists in the development of the
department's succession plan. Provides and evaluates a
comprehensive onboarding/orientation program for newly- hired
staff. Functions as a resource within the clinical specialty
program.
- Collaboration: Role models, teaches and mentors professional
leadership and accountability for nursing's role within the
inter-professional health care team. Collaborates with medical,
allied health and administrative staff to ensure the provision of
safe, quality, compassionate care. Participates in departmental and
organizational programs, committees and special projects to achieve
desired outcomes.
- Systems Thinking: Recognizes, responds and provides follow-up
to issues, concerns and suggestions on behalf of patient population
and staff. Provides timely follow-up to critical incidents and
sentinel events and provides input into system redesign to promote
a culture of safety for patients, families and staff and decrease
risk. Allocates resources (e.g., staffing, supplies and equipment)
and coordinates services to optimize patient care, throughput and
services that maximize efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Assists
in educating nursing staff in planning and evaluating staffing
based on nursing-sensitive indicators. Assists nursing manager in
human resource management of personnel: hiring, coaching for
improved performance and professional development and terminating
employees. Assists in developing/monitoring the operating and
capital budgets, resolving variances and implementing strategies to
improve efficiency and reduce costs. Assists in the development of
department goals and objectives. Interprets and guides nursing and
unit-based personnel on BSWH policies and procedures. Assumes
accountability, responsibility and authority for daily operations
at department/shift level. Performs in the capacity of Nursing
Manager in his/her absence. Completes special projects and other
duties as assigned.
- Professionalism: Improves nursing practice and the work
environment through promotion and facilitation of shared governance
and decision-making processes. Identifies personal/professional
development goals and commits to life-long learning for self and
staff to maintain current knowledge in nursing and
leadership/management practices through learning activities such
as, continuing education, networking with professional colleagues,
membership and involvement in professional nursing organizations,
self-study, professional reading, certification and seeking
advanced degrees. Contributes to the professional development of
peers, colleagues and others. Plans, develops, implements,
evaluates and revises the department's recognition program to
ensure meaningful recognition of the contributions of others.
Demonstrates commitment to community service. Achieves national
board certification in specialty within two years of
promotion/appointment as Nursing Supervisor.KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
- Knowledge and understanding of nursing and patient care
standards and procedures.
- Knowledge of laws, rules and regulations; standards and
guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies; hospital and
department/unit standards, protocols, policies and procedures
governing the provision of nursing care applicable to the area of
assignment.
- Knowledge of medical terminology; principles and practices of
health promotion, risk reduction, illness and disease prevention
and management; medications and drugs, common dosages, their
physical and physiological effects, and possible adverse
reactions.
- Knowledge of medical and professional nursing ethics and
patient privacy rights.
- Must be able to communicate thoughts clearly; both verbally and
in writing.
- Ability to provide age-specific, quality, patient-centered care
to all patients through the nursing process and standards of
nursing practice with sensitivity and respect for the diversity of
human experience and to develop, evaluate, implement and, as
necessary, modify a patient care plan to meet the needs of
individual patients.
- Ability to make operational decisions around how work gets done
- quality and productivity standards, measurable goals for
employees and project teams, etc.
- Ability to use broader objectives to determine how best to use
resources to meet schedules and goals.
- Ability to make or approve effective hiring and termination
decisions.
- Ability to evaluate and recommend changes to policies, and
establish procedures that affect the managed organization.
- General computer skills, including but not limited to:
Microsoft Office, information security, scheduling and payroll
systems, electronic medical documentation, and email.BENEFITSOur
competitive benefits package includes the following
- Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
- 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
- Tuition Reimbursement
- PTO accrual beginning Day 1Note: Benefits may vary based upon
position type and/or level -QUALIFICATIONS
- EDUCATION - Bachelor's
- EXPERIENCE - 3 Years of Experience-
CERTIFICATION/LICENSE/REGISTRATION -
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Basic Life Support (BLS): BLS or BLS within 30 days of hire or
transfer.
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