Role Purpose
Coordinates patient care and leads unit operations by managing personnel, overseeing equipment and supplies, and maintaining required statistical documentation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage nursing staff activities, including hiring, training, work assignments, performance management, and professional development planning to support department goals.
- Contribute to departmental staffing and budget processes; monitor operational performance and respond to business changes that affect budget targets.
- Oversee patient care plans and ensure interventions are delivered according to patient age/developmental needs; ensure documentation complies with policy.
- Create and ensure implementation of a collaborative plan of care based on assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Support staffing/time management by reviewing worked vs. scheduled hours, approving daily payroll updates, reconciling time cards, tracking bonuses, and approving coding.
- Coordinate staff communications, prepare agendas, lead huddles/meetings, determine staffing needs, make nursing assignments, and recommend overtime and annual increases.
- Participate in interviewing, conduct assigned performance reviews, draft/coach corrective actions, and follow up to ensure compliance.
- Maintain overall departmental operational goals and recommend improvements based on performance.
Qualifications
- RN with a Nursing Diploma/Associate’s.
- Clinical experience required.
- Preferred: Bachelor’s in Nursing; leadership/charge/ANM experience; supervisory experience.