This position is responsible for:

A registered nurse with clinical and shift management responsibilities for hospital operations.

Position Responsibilities

• Shares clinical expertise with staff and provides direction for staff in exercising clinical skills.
• Demonstrates management skills effectively and universally when dealing with staff on a shift.
• Guides clinical practice by adhering to the Nurse Practice Act.
• Initiates cost-effective and appropriate quality care by:
  • Reviewing and adjusting unit assignment of staff in collaboration with Nurse Managers/Charge Nurses to insure adequate coverage of all patient care units in a cost effective manner.
  • Identifies problems on a shift and initiates actions to correct the problem.
  • Communicates problem areas to Chief Nurse Executive/designee.
• Enters all staffing changes in the automated staffing and scheduling system.
• Interprets and role models Hospital and Department philosophies, policies, and objectives.
• Provides Clinical management coverage for all patient care units.
• Informs and reports any unusual occurrences to the Chief Nurse Executive /designee and Administrator on-Call.
• Functions in the role of the Incident Commander during a Code Delta until relieved by the Administrator-on-Call.
• Manages and resolves all patient care issues in the absence of the Chief Nurse Executive/designee.
• Identifies problems, gathers sufficient data, analyzes data, and determines strategies to utilize for problem resolution. Contributes appropriately to quality improvement activities.
• Evaluates outcome of problem resolution to determine effectiveness.
• Supports development of staff by encouraging participation in educational programs.
• Identifies individual and unit educational needs for a specific shift on weekends and communicates to Nurse Managers/designee on Nursing Staff Development.
• Communicates staff deficiencies to the unit Nurse Manager.
• Provides periodic evaluation of staff to the unit Nurse Manager.
• Provides constructive guidance to staff for development of clinical expertise.
• Counsels employees in the absence of the Nurse Manager.
• Demonstrates ability to work collaboratively with ancillary departmental staff.
• Establishes a positive work environment to achieve optimal patient care.
• Demonstrates effective and professional written and oral communication skills.
• Conveys unit information regarding patients, unit activity, staffing, and personnel problems to the Nurse Manager/designee daily.
• Provides recommendation to improve nursing work flows and efficiency.
• Performs all other related tasks as indicated by the Chief Nurse Executive/designee.
• Responsible for participation in departmental and hospital programs for Quality Assessment and Improvement, identifying opportunities to improve services, making recommendations and implementing actions as appropriate and consistent with the goals of the Nemours Foundation.

Position Requirements

• BSN required
• American Heart Association BLS required
• Active Delaware (or compact state) Registered Nurse Licensure Required
• 3-5 years experience as a staff nurse.
• Management experience preferred.