Nurse Manager, Postpartum

Plans, develops, and implements provisions of quality nursing care for efficient operation of 24-hour, 7-days-a-week unit. Serves as manager, practitioner, educator, mentor, and consultant. Guides nursing leadership toward excellence in practice. Serves as role model. Supervises assigned staff.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Responds to patient/family complaints. Fulfills role of advocate for patients and families.
• Monitors and coordinates patient care provided by nursing on 24-hour basis.
• Provides nursing consultation to unit staff, peers, other hospital personnel, adjunct staff and nursing students and instructors.
• Responds to unit emergencies. Directs staff in crisis situation.
• Fulfills role of nursing staff advocate. Listens to staff concerns. Responds in clear, calm, consistent and timely manner.
• Ensures staff development. Coordinates unit in-services to meet identified core and unit focused competencies....