Nurse Manager - Emergency Department
Description
Nashville General Hospital is hiring a Nurse Manager for the Emergency Department for full-time Day!
The Nurse Manager is a professional nurse manager who is primarily responsible for providing continual clinical and administrative direction for the Emergency Department on a 24-hour basis. The Nurse Manager is also responsible for the recommendation, development and implementation of policies and procedures for the patient care unit, as well as the evaluation of the delivery of care.
As a Nurse Manager, you will:
- Effectively interacts with the medical staff to coordinate medical and nursing management of patient care
- Supervision of patient care - maintains/evaluates the effectiveness of the patient care delivery system on any given shift
- Working with the medical staff, triages patients awaiting beds to assure most critical needs are met first
- Effectively responds to crisis/emergency situations, to include responding to all 'codes' in a timely manner, and directs staff to prevent patient deterioration by early intervention
- Thoroughly investigates complaints from patients, visitors, physicians, ancillary departments and makes the appropriate interaction, acting as liaison between administration, doctors, nurses and visitors. Documents according to policy.
- Monitors observation patients and follows-up with case manager to secure appropriate status at intervals defined by the Director and as needed.
- Identifies, trends and reports barriers on patient throughput; recommends process improvements
- Communicates with payers to assure financial certification requirements are met
- Oversees incoming referrals and referral conversion rates, driving improvement to client access to treatment and ease of registration process
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Associates degree in Nursing required, Bachelors degree in Nursing preferred
- Active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Tennessee
- Minimum of 2 years of Clinical experience within the Emergency Department required
- At least 1 year of management experience required, within the Emergency Department setting preferred
- BLS, PALS, ACLS, TNCC certifications required before hire
About Nashville General Hospital
Nashville General Hospital (NGH) is Nashville’s original community-based hospital. Joint Commission accredited, NGH readily accommodates a wide range of needs from emergency services and acute care to ancillary and ambulatory services. NGH continues to maintain its strong commitment to the healthcare needs of Nashville and Davidson County underserved, while also providing care to all segments of the community
Our benefits include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance within first 31 days of employment
- Programs to reduce share of deductible and total out-of-pocket expenses
- Metro Health Incentive Program - Access to high quality healthcare without incurring out-of-pocket expenses
- Short and Long-Term Disability - up to 60% of eligible weekly pay
- Life Insurance - Metro provides you with basic life and AD&D coverage equal to $50,000 ($32,500 if you are age 65 or older), at no cost to you.
- Retirement Plan - eligible up to IRS max limits and includes company contribution
- Shift and Weekend Differential Pay Offered on Nights and Weekends
- Tuition Reimbursement for employee and dependents
- 12 paid holidays - any holiday worked is another holiday banked
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Free Parking for all employees
Nashville General Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
We are an E-Verify employer.
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