in County, AZ
Job Description
Patient Care
* Addresses patient and family concerns, communicates issues and solutions through appropriate channels.
* Documents incidents, events, interventions, and patient/staff/physician responses.
* Serves as patient advocate.
* Prioritize and problems solves to meet changes in patient status/condition.
* Works with other departments to ensure smooth patient throughput processes including discharge planning and patient education as appropriate.
* Collaborates with physicians and other health care professionals to ensure staffing patterns meet appropriate skill mix necessary for quality patient care.
* Serves as a liaison with patients, physicians, Administrative Coordinator, Staffing Office, Transfer Center, Care Coordination department, unit staff, ancillary staff and departments.
* Serves as a resource, assists staff in caring for patients; able to assist physician with order entry.
Administrative
* Staffing for current and next shift, determining appropriate staff levels and mix to provide quality care and maintain unit productivity.
* Assign patient care teams, delegate patient care activities to unit and ancillary staff.
* Addresses work flow issues, ensures incidents are appropriately documented and corrective steps are taken.
* Makes bed or patient assignment based on patient needs and staff resources.
* Identifies appropriate referral and educational resources for patients and staff.
* Advocates for both patients and staff as needs arise.
* Demonstrated knowledge of NAH and department policies and procedures. Works to ensure compliance of best practice amongst each staff member.
Coaching and Development
* Ensures staff accountability, monitors staff performance, and provides real time constructive feedback whenever possible.
* Identifies performance opportunities for improvement and provides resources and education as needed.
* Regularly recognizes employees for strong performance and improvements.
* Collaborates with clinical manager on employees performance evaluations.
* Collaborates and communicates with the clinical manager regarding staff performance.
* Provides coaching to nursing staff.
* Provides input to nursing leadership regarding employment actions including performance evaluation, promotion, corrective action and termination on a regular basis.
To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account