Registered Nurse (RN) - Care Manager
RWJ Barnabas
New Brunswick, NJ

Nurse Manager (NBR) - Post Intensive Care Unit I

RWJBH is seeking a Nurse Manager commonly known as Head Nurse for 4 Tower - Post Intensive Care Unit I at our New Brunswick campus. This is a Full-time, Night position; 40 hours/week, 7p-730am, 3 shifts per week in staffing as Head Nurse with 8hr office day per pay period. The Nurse Manager is a registered professional nurse who under the direction of the Nursing Director coordinates available resources to efficiently and effectively provide professional nursing care of a quality consistent with the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Standards of Care to the patients assigned to his/her unit, The Nurse Manager demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to make decisions regarding the provision of age-appropriate care for the unit s patient population, Ensure that 4 Tower is in compliance with all applicable policies, laws and regulations, Education: * Licensed to practice Professional Nursing in New Jersey * Bachelor s degree or equivalent required * Exception may be made if candidate meets other requirements and is actively pursuing a bachelor's degree; the completion of the degree is expected within 5 years of acceptance of the position. * National certification in a clinical area preferred * Experience: 1-3 years relative clinical practice Job Functions: * Development/Management of Personnel * Facilitates the safe and effective functioning of the unit as demonstrated by: Interviewing and hiring unlicensed personnel * Interviewing and hiring licensed personnel in collaboration with Nursing Director * Facilitates the orientation process for new employees as demonstrated by: Making assignments that maintain preceptor-orientee relationship * Working the preceptor-orientee to solve any problems * Ensuring that orientees complete the unit-based orientation within an appropriate individualized time frame * Contributes to the professional growth and development of staff by: Continuously assessing patient care to evaluate staff knowledge and patterns of performance * Counseling staff on identified areas for improvement * Evaluating the staff performance as demonstrated by the completion of the performance evaluation in a timely manner * Counseling and implementing appropriate disciplinary action * Planning/coordinating unit based education programs as identified by unit needs * Considers staff participation in safety/quality initiatives when completing employee performance appraisals * Management of Patient Care Delivery Maintains clinical expertise as demonstrated by: Providing care that is safe, effective and consistent with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Standards of Patient Care. * Implementation of policies and procedures of the nursing department * Promoting effective resource utilization related to clinical practice * Using effective communication strategies with patients, families, physicians, staff members and professionals to achieve desirable or acceptable patient outcomes Unit Managment: * Plans staffing in accordance with established standards as demonstrated by: Completing and posting schedules according to policy and procedure * Completing schedules in a manner that balances personal requests and unit needs * Collaborating with staff coordinator to ensure safe staffing patterns * Ensuring accurate and timely completion of patient classification system * Monitoring and evaluating the standards of care for the unit * Participating in quality and cost initiatives as demonstrated by: Participating with Head Nurse group in working on identified areas for quality improvement * Assisting Nursing Directors with the management of the daily operational budget salary and non-salary, RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer