Description

Overview

Are you a results-driven leader ready to make a meaningful impact to patients, caregivers, and your community? At Good Samaritan Medical Center hospital, were seeking an innovative and experienced healthcare leader to drive excellence and inspire our team towards exceptional patient outcomes and operational success.

At Good Samaritan Medical Center, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That's why we offer more than a job - we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status

Job Summary
Per Diem, Days

Position Summary

The Registered Nurse who oversees the patient care on each shift, weekends and holidays. Responsible for patient throughput and bed placement. Assists with Guest Relations Coordination. Helps facilitate staffing effectiveness, EBM, and Professional and Technical Staff restraint compliance.
Responsibilities

• Provides administrative support to staff in the absence of the Manager and/or Director or designee, collaborates with all disciplines in coordination of quality patient care, facilitates patient placement and timely patient throughput to the appropriate care setting, responds immediately to emergency situations (i.e. rapid responses and all code situations), and works collaboratively with Unit Shift Managers providing guidance and direction in daily operations.
• Adheres to and supports hospital and department policies, and acts as a resource for staff, identifies and intervenes with Human Resource issues. Communicates these issues to appropriate Director/AOC, participates in disciplinary action of staff, as warranted, assists at month's end to assure all renewals of licensures/certifications are completed, and keeps current with all communications from CNO/Risk etc. sharing information amongst supervisor group.
• Staffing standards maintained as outlined by individual department staffing plans/matrix, collaborates with staff to assure schedules meet unit needs and to minimize the use of agency personnel, competent in the utilization of Optilink for scheduling and Patient Activity System, reviews appropriateness of the use of specialty beds for prevention of falls, pressure ulcers, and reminds staff to be compliant with evidence based practice criteria, i.e. core measures, POA and Falls prevention.
• Immediately responds to any patient/visitor complaint as they are received, appropriately involved Department Directors to help mitigate guest relations issues, whenever possible re-visits patients providing follow up, notifies CNO/Risk Manager if situation escalates beyond scope of responsibility, and rounds in patient rooms assuring completion of white boards as a means to engage patients and improve inpatient satisfaction.
• Achieve annual specific departmental goals as applicable, functions as clinical resource to the staffing coordinator ensuring activity of unit matches staffing levels, works with medical and case management staff to ensure appropriate placement of patients, and improve relationships among supervised colleagues/Nursing Directors.

Qualifications
Minimum Education / Licensure / Certifications

• Registered Nurse
• BSN preferred
• BLS
• ACLS competent
• CPI- Due within 90 days of hire.

Minimum Experience

• 3 years with at least one year in a middle management experience

#LI-NM1

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
Tenet participates in the E-Verify program. Follow the link below for additional information.
E-Verify: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify
The employment practices of Tenet Healthcare and its companies comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
2603004196
Requisition #: 2603004196

bx2d9wfr1