Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates competence in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care needs.
• Liaises with the Nurse Manager/Nurse Supervisor to ensure the patient care load is addressed with the appropriate staffing and skill mix in an environment that is safe for the patient and nurse.
• Ensures the nursing staff works within their capacity, experience, training and scope of practice.
• Monitors staff performance, providing regular constructive feedback, coaching, guidance and support to team members on the shift.
• Monitors and coordinates effective and efficient utilization of human resources, consumables and equipment.
• Responsible for monitoring direct and indirect patient care to achieve an optimum patient outcome.
• Collaborates with Pharmacy services to ensure the provision of medication needs of the unit.
• Assists with all levels of emergencies according to the organization’s policies and procedures.
• Provides guidance and advice to the patient care team on clinical and administrative matters.
• Facilitates effective communication between the patient, family and the interdisciplinary health care team as required.
• Liaises with other health care providers as necessary to ensure appropriate and timely interventions for patients and for discharge planning.
• Attends multidisciplinary care rounds and family meetings.
• Monitors and evaluates unit operation and services in order to identify problems and takes a lead role in improving systems and safe patient care.
• Participates in interdisciplinary teams and performance improvement projects.
• Ensures provision of a clean and safe working environment that minimizes risks to patients, visitors, and staff.
• Delegates to the nursing team in response to an emergency.
• Identifies learning needs of staff on the unit in conjunction with the Clinical Resource Nurse and Manager and assists with the implementation of educational activities.
• Mentor and train new staff while providing support and guidance to all staff members.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the unit manager.
• Develops clinically effective practice through the effective utilization and integration of evidence- based practice.
• Manages the practice setting, ensuring effective use of resources and workforce planning by monitoring workload and, through efficient rostering.
• Maintains appropriate staffing levels taking account of the role and competence of staff when delegating work.
• Manages the nursing team by ensuring compliance of staff with professional standards, legislation, national and organizational policies.
• Participates in recruitment and selection of right skilled staff.
• Ensures co-ordination of the patient’s journey by planning and coordinating the episode of care including the smooth transition to other settings, promoting effective discharge and communication with interdisciplinary teams as required.
• Develops a culture of integrated person-centered care by promoting a caring environment where diversity issues are respected and patients are enabled to be partners in their care.
• Acts as a role model, creating a supportive ethos to empower staff to contribute to the delivery of high quality person-centered care.
• Ensures and support the learning and development of all staff, creating a learning environment that ensures effective learning opportunities for all staff, including appropriate orientation and induction programs, a range of clinical support strategies (mentoring, coaching, clinical supervision).
• Supports the career pathway of individual team members by ensuring all staff have a Knowledge and Skills Framework, Individual Performance Review and Personal Development Plans and that they maintain an up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues and legalities.
• Responsible for minimizing exposure to incidents of infection/cross-infection of patients, staff, visitors and the public. Ensures staff adheres to the infection control policies and procedures of the organization.
• Undertakes patient and environmental risk assessments and documents corrective action to improve patient outcomes as required.

Accountabilities

• Maintains patient and environmental risk assessments and documents corrective actions to improve patient outcomes as required.
• Facilitates reporting of incidents occurring within the organization by proper coordination and facilitating corrective action are taken.
• Ensures that quality standards of nursing documentation are maintained according to organizational policy.
• Initiates action and reports to the appropriate manager, when staff behavior and/or performance does not meet professional standards.
• Sets and monitors standards and quality of clinical practice and ongoing management of the nursing team.
• Accountable for decisions relating to the management of physical, human and financial resources in own area including recruitment and workforce planning.
• Responds to all levels of emergencies according to the organizations policies and procedures.
• Monitors clinical care to ensure clinical standards are met. Identifies variances and initiates corrective measures as required.
• Promotes and audits compliance with the organization’s Infection Control policies.
• Monitors and audits compliance with organization documentation standards.
• Identifies, investigates, reports, and implements corrective action for incidents or complaints as appropriate. Completes appropriate documentation according to organization policy.
• Demonstrates evidence of mandatory and unit-specific competencies completion, accredited and non-accredited Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) Units DOH and organization requirements and ongoing professional development in leadership and management.
• Maintains own Professional Portfolio as per DOH policy.
  

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience :-

Required:

• NLT 8 years clinical experience in an appropriate & relevant healthcare settings post qualification
• NLT 2 year in Senior Charge Nurse (S. C.N.) position, OR NLT 3 years in a Charge Nurse Position

Desired:

• N.A.

Educational Qualification: Required:

• Bachelor degree in nursing OR
• Degree in Nursing (minimum 2 years course duration) AND Registration as a Registered Nurse from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia
• AND valid/current national license.
• AND BLS

Desired:

• ACLS, PALS relevant to area of specialty.