Responsibilities

• Provides shift to shift oversight for clinical practice, staffing, patient flow, safety, service, and utilization of resources for daily operations. Maintains the environment of care.
• Provides care to patients in a competent, capable, caring and efficient manner. Care provided is appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• Role models organizational values
• Provides real-time feedback to staff to improve performance
• Leads/Participates in department process improvement to improve projects outcomes
• Facilitates employee engagement activities including professional/shared governance participation

The 6 North unit is a 42 bed multi-specialty area committed to being the innovative leader in Neuroscience, Orthopedic and Trauma services. We transitioned to a new unit on April 29^th 2019, equipped with advanced monitoring devices and perfected with an environment conducive to healing. We continuously strive for excellence and to promote a culture of safety as we care for the Seizure, Joint and Spine, Trauma and neurosurgical patients. We take pride in being a Comprehensive Stroke Unit and a Level 4 Epilepsy unit, the highest levels that can be attained. To complement our units, we are staffed by highly skilled and certified staff that provides seamless care to our patients. We value our employees' opinions and help them lead through competence and team work as our goal is to create an environment whereby we can achieve an optimal workplace so we can better serve our patients.

Qualifications

• Education/Qualification
  • BSN required. 1 year charge nurse experience preferred
  • Professional experience that demonstrates ability to understand the clinical practice environment. 2 years clinical nursing experience preferred
  • Certification in specialty preferred
  • Successful completion of unit specific certifications (PALS, ACLS, TNCC, NRP, chemotherapy certification, etc.)
  • Member of professional practice organization pertinent to area of practice preferred
• • Skills

    • Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
    • Effective interpersonal skills
    • Ability to maintain confidentiality
    • Ability to adapt to multiple and changing priorities
    • Ability to conceptualize the patient flow process and its impact at the unit and hospital level
    • Ability to implement and sustain process changes to improve department and organizational outcomes

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

Earn the recognition and support you deserve as a key member of our healthcare team

• $1,000 annual certification bonus
• Certification reimbursement
• Monthly commuter subsidy
• Challenging and rewarding work environment with advanced technological systems, processes and practice
• Significant opportunities to grow and develop through job-related training, continuing education, and mobility up
• Competitive compensation and generous benefits, including 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plan
• Shared Governance Model
• Clinical Nurse Advancement Program with monetary reward
• Relocation assistance

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Our operating philosophy is as effective today as it was 40 years ago: Build or acquire high quality hospitals in rapidly growing markets, invest in the people and equipment needed to allow each facility to thrive, and become the leading healthcare provider in each community we serve.

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