Join us at Holy Family Hospital
Our two campuses in Methuen and Haverhill have a total of 320 beds, and we are a full-service, acute care hospital offering comprehensive inpatient medical/surgical units, outpatient care, and 24/7 emergency services. We have three behavioral health units: cardiac telemetry, and critical care service lines. Our Haverhill campus offers all private rooms, and our Methuen campus offers a new state-of-the-art catheterization suite and Joint Center of Excellence, named as a Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction+ Center for Knee and Hip Replacement.
Position Summary:
Summary:
Recognized leadership and education position. Plays a key role in the development and maintenance of education among the unit staff. Emphasis is on the provision and supervision of direct care. Responsible for meeting established standards of nursing practice. Manages and oversees the care and services provided by ancillary and other professional personnel. Actively participates in the evaluation of staff.
Responsibilities:
• Provides clinical consultation to nursing staff or directs them to other resources.
• Monitors and adjusts staffing based upon patient census and acuity.
• Manages the flow of patients to and from the department maintaining a focus on patient needs and efficiency.
• Supports and helps implement evidenced-based practice that remains current regarding standards of care established by the profession, regulatory & accreditation bodies and hospital policy and procedures.
• Facilitates multidisciplinary care to ensure the best possible outcome for patients.
• Delegates responsibilities to unit staff to ensure positive achievable patient outcomes.
• Assists with planning, implementation, and follow through of personnel corrective and education action as necessary.
• Provides peer review input for annual job performance evaluations.
• Fosters interdisciplinary, collaborative relationships within unit, department, and hospital wide. Acts a mentor for new staff.
• Assumes accountability for translating the hospital, departmental, and unit strategic plan to staff, ensuring support of the plan, and helps modify the plan in response to changing internal and external factors.
• Assists in the active development and maintenance of education of the unit staff from orientation through annual competencies. Maintains unit budget and financial requirements. Certification and demonstrated clinical competence in the specialty area of nursing practice. Demonstrated leadership capabilities including the ability to effectively communicate among all levels of organization and a genuine commitment to foster the growth and development of others. Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively in a team environment. Readily adapts to change and welcomes new approaches when circumstances demand it. Ability to make timely and appropriate decisions in the face of conflicting demands and interests.
Qualifications:
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred. Current nursing registration in Massachusetts BCLS Required 3 to 5 years Emergency department experience required as well as Triage and Charge capabilities.