Nursing Director of Telemetry
St. Bernard's Medical Center - Jonesboro, Arkansas

JOB TITLE: Nursing Director of Telemetry

DEPARTMENT: Patient Care Services Nursing Administration

DIVISION: Patient Care Services

REPORTS TO: Vice President, Patient Care Services

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education: Baccalaureate degree in nursing required. (Will consider AD with experience in Nursing Management in lieu of BSN.)

Experience: Five years experience in Nursing Management in hospital.

Physical: Normal hospital environment. Exposure to biological hazards. Close eye work. Hearing of normal and soft tones. Distinguish smells. Distinguish temperatures by touch and proximity. Carrying up to 40 lbs. Frequent sitting, standing, working, bending, stooping, and reaching.

JOB SUMMARY

This position will participate in long and short range planning, policy development and priority setting for assigned areas of responsibilities. This position will administer those departments assigned, providing policies to govern correct utilization of nursing resources in the provision of patient care. This position will reflect leadership, planning, and evaluation in both the business and service components of the areas of responsibilities. Routinely, assigns and responsibly directs staff. This position is required to utilize independent judgment.

NOTE: Orientation and training is age specific.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; an employee will also perform other reasonably related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.

This organization reserves the right to revise or change job duties as the need arises. Moreover, management reserves the right to change job descriptions, job duties, or working schedules based on their duty to accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

Patient Care

1. Collaborates to design, develop, implement and maintain an effective patient care environment based on an understanding of technological/ clinical advances in nursing practice.

2. Defines standards of nursing practice within assigned area.

3. Monitors performance of clinical systems.

4. Collaborate to determine models of professional practice for use within Patient Services Division.

5. Collaborates to develop strategies to assist practitioners with technical/clinical/ethical issues of nursing practice.

6. Assists with, provision of Patient Education and Discharge Planning strategies.

Administration

1. Participates in development, implementation and evaluation of Patient Services division goals and objectives.

2. Participates in development and evaluates those policies that affect nursing practice.

3. Participates in committees/ Task Force/ workgroups as designated. Contributes and/or reports factual data pertaining to the division of Patient Services.

4. Participates in community, regional, state and national activities whether professional, or nonprofessional, educational or non-educational.

5. Collaborates in development of Patient Services goals and objectives.

6. Collaborates to develop and maintain a system that meets all accrediting agency requirements.

7. To develop and maintain a system of governance.

8. Facilitate CQI/PI program in all assigned departments.

9. Collaborates to design, develop, implement, and maintain systems within the Patient Services Department that coordinates clinical and financial data to produce management information.

10. Monitors community labor pool, works with both community educational institutions and St. Bernards Medical Center's Human Resources Department to ensure availability of adequate numbers of trained employees.

Personnel Management

1. Provides for orientation and staff development programs that meet the identified needs of the new and/or experienced staff nurse and manager.

2. Responsible for provision of grievance procedures for nursing staff and the development of fair and objective evaluations and disciplinary methods.

Team Effort

1. Responsible for maintaining open communication that is vertical and horizontal, inter-departmental and intra-departmental and inter- disciplinary throughout the institution.

2. Promotes the professional image of nursing leadership at St. Bernards.

3. Promotes and maintains the team approach to care; supports the overall team efforts of the medical center.

General

1. In absence of Vice President of Patient Services, serves as nursing administration representative over entire Patient Services Division.

2. Assumes responsibility for professional development.

Addendum

1. Monitors hospital organ procurement activities and serves as liaison with Mid-America Transplant Association.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Any questions or inquiries, please send to:
Daniel Logan
dlogan@thepacegroup.com