Nurse Manager - Fulltime

Provides a professional working environment for employees.

Ensures the nursing department staff performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.

Ensures appropriate documentation, including documentation of medical necessity, by staff in medical records; monitors completion and revisions to the Interdisciplinary Care Plan.

Ensures compliance with nursing scope of practice and HIPAA.

Enforces compliance of the nursing department with education/in-service requirements/orientation and competencies.

Promotes rehabilitation nursing philosophy and practice; encourages staff development, including acquisition of CRRN for qualified registered nurses.

Assists to review and evaluate risk and quality indicators, patient satisfaction results, and outcomes in order to continually improve performance and outcomes; communicates this information to the nursing department.

May coordinate new admissions including room and staffing assignments.

Ensures nursing attendance and participation in team conferences.

Ensures staff completes charting timely.

Ensures staff takes lunches when working 6 or more hours and breaks as required by law.

Ensures staff assignments are divided among staff taking into account acuity and other factors.

Manages staffing plans, nursing hours per patient day, and quality of work of nursing staff.

Ensures limited agency usage and overtime hours by managing and monitoring the schedule.

May have patient care assignment in addition to daily responsibilities.

Coordinates and directs appropriate rehab care needs related to patient/family educational needs, barriers or continuum of care requirements.

Serves as a clinical rehab resources for patients/families during their rehab stay.

Coordinates, and assist as needed, with rehab specific patient/family education.

Coordinates rehab patient care needs with front-line nursing staff, as well as, acts as a liaison between other members of the rehab team.

Assists with rounding on patients/families.

Assists with day to day coordination/follow-up of patient care and problem resolution.

Assists with ensuring QI accuracy.

Other duties as assigned.