One Brooklyn Health

Nonprofit health system with multiple hospitals.

Nurse Manager

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareUpdated on Nov 11

Full-timeBrooklyn, NY, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing or a related health-care field is required.
A minimum of five years of experience as a Registered Nurse is required.
Demonstrated competence as a Registered Nurse and supervisory experience are required.
Critical thinking, math, and computer skills are required.
The candidate must be licensed and currently registered as a Professional Nurse in New York State.
BCLS certification is required.
The role requires the ability to use BHMC's electronic record systems, equipment, and relevant healthcare and billing systems.
The position requires prolonged standing, reaching, and walking; the ability to stoop, bend, lift, and carry items up to 35 pounds; and the ability to lift up to 100 pounds when assisting with patient movement.
The role requires manual and finger dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and corrected vision and hearing within normal range.
The position may expose the employee to adverse indoor environmental conditions, blood-borne pathogens and body fluids, physical hazards such as needle pricks, communicable diseases, chemical hazards, radiation, and repetitive motions.

Responsibilities

The Nurse Manager is accountable for delivery of nursing care, directly or indirectly, to residents from admission to discharge, and maintains care quality through assessment, planning, implementation, and supervision of comprehensive services.
Participate in determining the conditions, resources, and policies needed to deliver comprehensive care.
Contribute to developing, implementing, and evaluating standards of nursing practice.
Supervise and assist with developing, implementing, and evaluating residents’ nursing regimens in collaboration with appropriate health-care team members.
Monitor nursing care delivery and outcomes of nursing interventions through daily rounds on assigned units.
Communicate with staff on all shifts through bi-weekly meetings and maintain continuity of resident care through daily communication with nursing care coordinators on other shifts.
Interact with residents, families, and significant others to promote resident well-being and resolve conflicts.
Recommend, participate in, and evaluate the effectiveness of the Nursing Department’s in-service education program.
Interpret and communicate organizational policies and procedures to staff, residents, and families or significant others.
Lead interdisciplinary care-planning meetings.
Teach patients, residents, and families to promote wellness; develop teaching guidelines specific to residents’ learning needs and participate in resident and family education.
Conduct formal and informal education programs for staff and collaborate with the Staff Educator in planning programs.
Act as a consultant and clinical resource to staff in developing, implementing, and evaluating care plans for patients, residents, and families.
Assist the Staff Educator with staff orientation and evaluate staff performance.
Maintain or improve residents’ quality of life and ensure staff adherence to the patient/resident Bill of Rights.
Make daily clinical rounds with staff and the Director or Associate Director of Nursing.
Participate in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement, monitor findings, and make recommendations to Performance Improvement Teams.
Develop, implement, and evaluate nursing rehabilitative and restorative programs for assigned residents in conjunction with the Rehabilitation Department.
Ensure accurate clinical-record documentation and submit patient/resident referrals to the appropriate health-care discipline.
Implement facility, departmental, and organizational policies and maintain effective interdepartmental communication.
Apply knowledge of New York State Department of Health standards.
Direct and plan staffing schedules in accordance with policy; monitor staff lateness and absenteeism and take disciplinary action when necessary.
Participate in interviewing, hiring, and evaluating staff and apply knowledge of labor-management issues.
Prepare and submit monthly reports and statistics to the Associate Director of Nursing on time; conduct unit staff meetings and submit meeting minutes to the Director of Nursing.
Participate in environmental rounds, maintain a safe and clean environment, and observe and report environmental hazards.
Participate in departmental and interdepartmental committees that influence or determine policies affecting nursing practice and resident care.
Perform other related duties assigned by the Director or Associate Director of Nursing and, in emergencies, other duties needed for resident welfare or efficient facility operations.

Desired Qualifications

A Master’s degree in Nursing is preferred.
ACLS certification is preferred.

Overview

The Nurse Manager is responsible and accountable on a 24-hour basis for the delivery of Nursing Care directly or indirectly for individual residents from admission to discharge. The Nurse Manager maintains the quality of resident care through an on-going process of assessment, planning, implementation and the supervision of comprehensive services. In addition, the Nurse Manager is responsible for Performance Improvement Activities, Infection Control, and Staff Education and for administrative decisions relating to the daily operation of his/her unit.

Responsibilities

Nurse Management:

Participates in determining the conditions, resources and policies essential to the delivery of comprehensive care.
Contributes to the development, implementation and evaluation of standards of nursing practice.
Supervises and assists with the development, implementation and evaluation of the nursing regiment for residents in collaboration with the appropriate members of the health care team.
Monitors the delivery of nursing care and the outcomes of nursing interventions through daily rounds on the assigned units.
Communicates with staff on all shifts through bi-weekly meetings.
Ensures continuity of resident care through daily communication with Administrative nursing Care Coordinators on the other shifts.
Interacts with resident, families and significant others to promote resident well-being and resolve conflicts.
Recommends, participates in, and evaluates the effectiveness of the in-service education program with the Nursing Department.
Interprets and communicates Schulman and Schachne policies and procedures to the staff, residents, families/significant other.
Assumes responsibility for leadership in Interdisciplinary Care Planning meeting.

Educator, Consultant and Clinical Resource:

Teaches patients, resident and / or families to promote optimum level of wellness.
Develop patient/resident teaching guideline specific to residents’ learning needs. Participates in resident and family education.
Conducts formal and informal educational program for staff.
Acts as a consultant and clinical resource to staff, to develop, implement and evaluate care plans for particular patient/residents and families.
Collaborates with the Staff Educator in planning educational programs for staff.
Assists the Staff Educator in orientation of professional and non-professional staff and evaluate staff performance;
Responsible for maintaining or augmenting the quality of life of the residents.
Ensures all staff adheres to the patient/residents Bill of Rights.
Makes daily clinical rounds with staff as well as with the Director of Nursing/Associate Director of Nursing.
Participates in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement. Monitor finding and makes recommendations to Performance Improvement Teams.
Develops implements and evaluates nursing rehabilitative/restorative programs on his his/her caseload of resident/patients in conjunction with the Department of Rehabilitation.
Ensures accurate documentation in clinical records.
Assures that all patient/resident referrals are submitted to appropriate health care discipline.

Administrative Roles:

Demonstrates commitment to the mission and vision of the organization.
Implements facility and departmental and organizational policies.
Establishes and maintains effective interdepartmental communication.
Demonstrates knowledge in implementing NYSDOH Standards.
Provides directions and planning of staffing schedules as per policy.
Monitors lateness and absenteeism of the staff and take appropriate disciplinary action when necessary.
Participates in interviewing, hiring and evaluation of the staff.
Demonstrates knowledge of labor management issues.
Prepares and submits monthly reports and statistics to Associate Director of Nursing in a timely manner.
Conducts unit staff meeting, submits minutes of meeting to Director of Nursing.
Participates in environmental rounds. Maintain a safe and clean environment for residents and employees. Observes and reports environmental hazards.
Participates in departmental and interdepartmental committees, which influences or determine policies affecting nursing practice and resident care.
Performs other related duties assigned by the Director/Associate Director of nursing. In an emergency, performs other duties necessary for the welfare of the residents or the efficient operations of the facility.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing or related Health Care field.
Master’s in Nursing preferred.

Experience:

Minimum five (5) years as Registered Nurse.

Knowledge and Skills:

Demonstrates competence as a Registered Nurse.
Demonstrates competence in leadership skills with supervisory experience.
Critical thinking, math, and computer skills.
Works as a team player.
Demonstrates respect and professionalism in all interactions
Excellent oral and communication skills
Decision making and problem solving
Ability to fully utilize BHMC's electronic record systems, equipment and healthcare and billing systems relevant to this position.

Licenses, Certifications:

Licensed and currently registered as a Professional Nurse in New York State required.
BCLS certification required.
ACLS certification preferred.

Physical Requirements:

Physically demanding, high-stress environment requiring prolonged periods of standing, reaching, walking throughout the working day.
Position will be required to stoop, bend, lift and carry items weighing up to 35 pounds for routine performance of essential functions.
An individual in this position may be exposed to: Adverse indoor environmental conditions, Blood borne pathogens, Blood and body fluids, Physical hazards (e.g., needle pricks, etc.), communicable diseases, chemical hazards, radiation, and repetitive motions.
Full range of body motion, able to lift up to 100 pounds, if necessary, to assist lifting and moving patients.
Manual and finger dexterity, as well as hand and eye coordination.
Corrected vision and hearing to within normal range.
Frequently sitting at desk working on computer.

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and can be modified in the future. When determining a team member’s base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., site, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of One Brooklyn Health (OBH).

OBH is an equal opportunity employer, it is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, military status, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability or handicap or other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

About the Company

One Brooklyn Health

Nonprofit health system with multiple hospitals.

One Brooklyn Health consolidates three Brooklyn hospitals into a nonprofit health system that provides inpatient acute care, community-based ambulatory care, and long-term care across East and Central Brooklyn. Its physician network includes over 600 providers across more than 50 specialties with offices throughout Brooklyn, and it sponsors training programs and fellowships in medicine, surgery, orthopedics, dentistry, psychiatry, pediatrics, emergency medicine, hematology/oncology, nephrology, and pulmonary medicine. The system coordinates hospital services, outpatient clinics, and specialty practices under a common administration to deliver integrated care and education in the local community. Its goal is to expand access to comprehensive, high-quality health services while training the next generation of clinicians in multiple specialties.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: New York City, United States
Founded: 2017

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