NURSE MANAGER - POST PARTUM

A Post-Partum Nurse Manager is needed in this 210-bed full service hospital that combines convenience with state-of-the-art healthcare services. This hospital averages about 400 births per month.

 

1. Manages unit/units operations 
  - Ensures accuracy and completeness of event notification reports and forwards to appropriate

 department manager/director within 24 hours. 
  - Develops and participates in Performance Improvement reports on a monthly/quarterly basis.
  - Facilitates involvement of staff in Performance Improvement activities.
  - Provides input to the development of the unit budget. Monitors daily unit productivity and addresses

  daily variances with the director.
  - Collaborates with Charge Nurse to resolve unit operational issues.
  - Interprets hospital and personnel policies to physicians, nursing staff, patients, visitors, and other

health care providers.
  - Assigns additional duties to staff to promote optimal unit operations.
  - Observes condition of facilities and takes corrective action to solve existing or potential problems.
  - Assist in twenty-four hours, seven-day-a-week, coverage of unit, including staffing responsibilities. 
  - Works as needed in the unit

2. Manages unit/units personnel activities. 
  - Coordinates staff development and orientation of new employees. 
  - Ensures competency check lists are completed by the end of the initial employment period and the

  90-day evaluation is submitted on time.
  - The manager in collaboration with the director will interview and hire new employees.
  - Coordinates student/unit experience with the nursing school instructor.
  - Develops and finalizes unit schedules according to staffing guidelines. 
  - Plan for core staffing coverage of unit.
  - Coordinates with the clinical nurse educator, (if applicable), attendance of personnel at required

  educational offerings.
  - Completes personnel performance appraisals, including goals and objectives and submits to H.R. by

the deadline date.
  - Maintains compliance with regulatory/accrediting agencies.
  - Provides employee counseling and initiates the disciplinary process when the manager deems it

necessary.
  - Maintains clinical competencies in assigned unit.

3. Coordinates inter and intra departmental activities of the unit/units. 
  - Conducts monthly staff meetings on each shift to share and receive information.
  - Provides follow up with physician and patient/family issues.
  - Assist in maintaining compliance with nursing standards of care.
  - Monitors patient/physician/employee satisfaction and provides follow-up by developing action plan

  with the unit director.
  - Assist with the interdisciplinary collaboration in care of patients.

4. Develops a professional climate within the nursing unit/units. 
  - Acts as a change agent through role modeling.
  - Maintains current professional growth through independent study and continuing education programs.
  - Performs miscellaneous duties as assigned.