SUMMARY:

Provide leadership and coordination of all Hospital departments during evening and night hours in order to facilitate the functioning of the Hospital as a synergistic, harmonious, and integrated environment in which the mission, vision and values of Newport Hospital will be fulfilled. In the absence of Hospital Department Managers and Administrators, oversee the operation of all Hospital departments and interpret and enforce Hospital policies. Assist the Nursing Staff through clinical consultation, coordination of the particular nursing resources available and assists in the provision of nursing care to patients of all ages, including neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults and geriatric patients as needed. Case management when needed.
Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence, as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.
In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

Instill Trust and Value Differences
Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

In addition, our leaders will demonstrate an aptitude for:

Ensure Accountability and Build Effective Teams
Drive Vision and Purpose and Optimize Work Processes

By applying core and leadership competencies, leaders help Brown University Health achieve its strategic goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Maintains current BLS and ACLS certification. Coordination of Patient Care: Ensures the utilization of the nursing process by all staff members. Demonstrates an understanding of Nursing’s Mission, Vision, and Values. Demonstrates an understanding of Nursing Professional Practice Model and the role of the Registered Nurse in providing Relationship Based Care. Makes rounds to review work activity on nursing units and serves as a resource to staff. Assists in the provision of nursing care to patients of all ages, including neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults and geriatric patients as needed. Foresees potential problems and intervenes to offset adverse impact. Consults with Admitting regarding placement of patients. Functions in the absence of case management when needed. Provides for services not available during night hours, e.g., Medical Records, Pharmacy, and SSPD. Notifies unit/department leadership of all critical events. Leadership:Collaborates with nursing management to ensure that the department’s scope of services strives to meet the needs and expectations of internal and external customers.

Creates a shared vision by developing and continuously communicating the Nursing Division’s goals in alignment with the hospital’s mission. Demonstrates flexibility and innovation to facilitate the changes required to improve operations or to enhance revenue, effectiveness, productivity, responsiveness, and other quality factors. Demonstrates ability to respond to and provide direction on changing workload during crises and emergency situations. Demonstrates a confident and positive attitude with functional competency and technical credibility. Exhibits effective decision-making skills. Develops strategic alliances that are mutually beneficial both inside and outside the organization. Networks toward new partnerships within the community. Serves as a role model in relation to customer service. Assists nursing management to ensure that department functions are in compliance with applicable regulatory, licensure and accreditation standards. Practices and promotes a philosophy of acquiring and imparting knowledge on a continuous basis. Enhances professional knowledge and skills by such activities as participation in professional organizations or in local, regional, or national programs. Serves as an advocate of the hospital. Human Resource Management & Development: Demonstrates knowledge of employee relations policies and procedures, and implements policies in a fair, equitable, and consistent manner.

Assesses manpower needs, including number of staff, skill mix, and authorizes reassignment and replacement of staff and overtime to meet needs. Assists nursing management to assess the competence of employees upon hire, transfer, and on an annual basis.- Assessment considers age-specific needs of patients. Communicates clear performance expectations. KEY FUNCTIONS: Provides input to department directors for ongoing performance assessment.- Provides recognition of staff’s achievements- Counsels employees in a proactive fashion to sustain or improve job performance.- Provides or recommends disciplinary action that is fair, objective, timely, and developmental. Promotes opportunities for teamwork among all staff. Promotes employees’ participation in problem-solving and decision-making in matters affecting them. Collaborates with department directors to assess and analyze competency patterns and learning/educational needs of staff, based on supporting data. Facilitates the orientation and education of nursing staff on the evening/night shifts and orients new employees to divisional policies and procedures. Develops and participates in Inservice education programs for the Nursing Division. Serves as instructor (as qualified) and provides training to clinical staff for certification classes such as BLS and ACLS. Develops an ongoing department education and training plan which encompasses safety issues, competency, and continual improvement processes which can be linked to department goals.

Financial Management: Monitors staffing to ensure the optimal use of scheduled time and overtime for maximum productivity. Assists with cost containment by encouraging use of benefit time during periods of low census and/or low workload. Information Management: Ensures the security and confidential treatment of sensitive and private information. Demonstrates ability to utilize computer technology for data generation, retrieval, analysis, and documentation. Management of Physical/Tangible Assets: Maintains assigned physical/tangible assets safely, efficiently, and in such a manner that they effectively perform their intended function. Prevents the loss or abuse of assigned assets. Manages supplies effectively. Safety Management: Demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of department-specific safety issues. Demonstrates leadership concerning safety issues within the organization and the department. Continuously identifies, develops and enforces department-specific safety policies and procedures in accordance with the organization’s overall safety policies. Continual Improvement: Assists nursing management to develop, plan and manage processes to measure, assess, and improve the quality of services in alignment with the hospital’s key functions. Participates in functional and cross-functional continual improvement activities. Utilizes continual improvement tools and identifies indicators to assess and improve systems and processes over time. Assists nursing managers to monitor and evaluate results of continual improvement activities for effectiveness. Assists nursing management to in corporatentegrate improvements into processes and systems. Communication: Readily accepts and receives feedback from colleagues and staff, creating safe environment for disagreement. Demonstrates effective presentation skills for meetings and formal presentations. Demonstrates effective writing skills for correspondence, reports and other documents. Demonstrates active listening skills. Facilitates constructive dialogue to resolve conflicts. Collaborates with other leaders and relevant personnel to resolve problems and make decisions. Controls timely and appropriate flow of information throughout the department and the organization; keeps people informed. Plans and organizes constructive and effective meetings. Attends management and patient care leadership meetings.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required. Three to five years’ Clinical Nursing experience in an acute healthcare setting with demonstrated leadership skills and clinical knowledge. Graduate from a school of nursing and licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island . Current BLS and ACLS Certification. Physical Requirements: Must be able to sit, stand, walk, bend, twist and squat 1-3 hours per day, walk 3-7 hours per day, and lift 25-50 lbs. with good body mechanics. Must be able to use both hands/wrists and perform work with moderate deviation and fine motor skills. Far and near vision must be accurate at 20/20, accurate depth perception, discriminate among colors and hear whispers at 20 feet.

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EEO Statement:

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

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