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Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Work Shift:
Days (United States of America)
SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provides leadership, management, and support in assigned area(s) to ensure achievement of Mercy Health’s strategic and operational plans by effectively managing human, financial and capital resources within the spirit of its mission and values. Assumes responsibility for coordinating all available resources to assure a high degree of safe, appropriate care and treatment for all patients on their unit. Works collaboratively to plan, implement and evaluate health care standards within the unit. Works collaboratively with the Director to facilitate problem resolution.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Licensed by State of Ohio as an R.N.
EDUCATION:
- BSN required.
- Magnet recognized certification required or must obtain within 1 year.
- Certification in specialty area of expertise preferred.
- Certified in ACLS - specialty units.
EXPERIENCE:
- Five years of experience as a professional nurse within a hospital setting.
- Experience as a nurse manager preferred.
Computer literacy.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- Has knowledge of a management in psychiatric nursing, or a broad working knowledge of psychiatric nursing.
- Ability to analyze and interpret complicated information.
- Ability to determine a course of action based on general guidelines.
- Ability to modify existing forms, procedures, or methods.
- Ability to use highly sophisticated equipment requiring extensive training.
Problem Solving/Decision Making:
- Makes decisions based on policy and/or consultation with CNS/Program Director.
- Requires judgment in selection of alternative courses of action.
- May adapt standard management principles to new or changed conditions.
- Solutions generally based on past precedent with some risk-taking involved in developing new managerial approach.
Scope of Impact/Accountability:
- Impacts operation of work area.
- Accountable for developing a strategic plan for area of influence and achieving end results.
- May contribute to Mercy Health decision making process an information resource.
· Interpersonal Communication:
- Frequently advises others on difficult and sensitive issues.
- Requires staff management and delegation skills.
- Exercises significant interpretation to identify recommended courses of action.
- Requires consistent tact, some persuasion, and listening skills to achieve results.
PRINCIPAL JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Provides leadership and strategic oversight in assigned areas to ensure the achievement of the Mercy Health mission and living of its values.
- Inspires, motivates and models supportive behaviors.
- Fosters the spirit of servant-leadership by promoting empowerment, collaboration, Performance Improvement processes, inter-disciplinary work teams, and partnership relationships with customers.
- Demonstrates self-governance and promotes the same in others.
- Creates an environment in which fosters professional/personal growth and development. Provides orientation, in service training and continuing education of staff.
- Communicates effectively with all levels of the organization and other publics.
- Allows decisions to be made at the lowest possible level.
- Promotes stewardship of resources while maintaining or improving quality of care.
- Exhibits and encourages ownership for the success of the organization. Regularly communicates goals, plans and actions encouraging employee input and ownership.
- Effectively engages staff in two-way dialogue and problem solving
Provides planning, direction, assessment and evaluation to ensure market competitiveness, effective 24-hour operations and adherence with the organization’s mission, values, policies, procedures, goals and objectives.
- Assists in the planning and review of all programs and services in view of MERCY HEALTH’s mission and values.
- Coordinates and integrates services within the department and with other departments.
- Develops and establishes operating policies consistent with overall policies and objectives and ensures their adequate execution. Appraises and evaluates the results of overall operations regularly and systematically and periodically reports these results to their respective Director/Vice President.
- Prepares and presents or assists in preparation and presentation of financial overview as requested by Senior Leadership Team. Plans and implements service changes to increase revenue (where appropriate).
- Develops effective business plans for areas of responsibility.
- Selects, trains/orients and assigns staff. Develops standards of performance, evaluates performance, and initiates or makes recommendations on personnel actions.
- Collaborates in the development and preparation of short-term and long-range plans and budgets based upon broad area goals in which support the organization’s mission and strategic plan.
- Participates in gathering, investigating, researching, and analyzing of data and/or initiating studies and/or activities to assess their effect on an organization/system-wide basis or intra/interdepartmental operations.
- Assesses and improves departmental performance.
- Maintains quality improvement/patient safety programs and participates in the organization’s overall quality improvement patient safety program.
- Ensures compliance with specified regulatory agencies governing health care delivery and the rules of accrediting bodies.
- Implements new processes to improve patient care at the unit level.
Manages resources for their assigned areas in a manner consistent with the organizational plan.
- Demonstrates the ability to utilize cost per unit of service in the annual departmental budget process by anticipating trends, future needs and reflecting these in budgetary requests.
- Prepares requests for utilization of resources (i.e., capital/staff/outside resources) in a clear concise manner consistent with Mercy Health policies.
- Establishes and achieves realistic recruitment and retention goals.
- Manages department resources in a manner consistent with departmental budgets and departmental activity.
- Addresses departmental account and unit cost variances from budget on a monthly and year-to-date basis, consistent with policies.
- Improves cost per unit of service.
The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.
Mercy Health is an equal opportunity employer.
Many of our opportunities reward* your hard work with:
- Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans
- Prescription drug coverage
- Flexible spending accounts
- Life insurance w/AD&D
- Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible
- Paid time off
- Educational Assistance
- And much more
*Benefits offerings vary according to employment status.
Department:
Med/Surg Unit - St. Elizabeth Boardman - Med/Surg 5S
It is our policy to abide by all Federal and State laws, as well as, the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). Accordingly, all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you’d like to view a copy of the affirmative action plan or policy statement for Mercy Health– Youngstown, Ohio or Bon Secours – Franklin, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia; and Emporia, Virginia, which are Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, please email recruitment@mercy.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact The Talent Acquisition Team at recruitment@mercy.com.
