Job Description
Schedules, assigns daily duties, and assesses the general performance of the nursing staff in the practice. Performs a variety of functions and technical procedures necessary for the admission of patients, utilizing the Nursing processes of assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation. Performs all duties of a Registered Professional Nurse as necessary.
Job Responsibility
- Supervises, hires, educates, disciplines and evaluates the performance of nursing staff.
- Develops long-term practice staffing schedules and ensures adequate daily coverage in accordance with established staffing needs.
- Develops measures and monitors practice clinical operational performance metrics inclusive of agency and overtime costs.
- Ensures performance appraisals are completed in a timely manner; Interviews nursing candidates and orients new employees.
- Educates staff in new and existing department procedures and systems (e.g. information systems, fiscal responsibility, etc.).
- Identifies quality improvement issues and develops practice based quality improvement programs, as well as standards of care and practice.
- Oversees the education and orientation of nursing staff and keeps abreast of current trends, quality issues and departmental affairs.
- Maintains a current level of knowledge inclusive of Evidenced Based Practice relative to professional practice.
- Conducts monthly meetings with the staff to address equipment, scheduling, goals and objectives, performance metrics and improvement activities, and any staff concerns.
- Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
Job Qualification
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) required.
- Current License to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
- 4-6 years of relevant experience and 0-2 years of leadership / management experience, required.
- Previous experience as a Registered Nurse in Wound care preferred.
- Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team members base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).