Registered Nurse Shift Manager (RN) - Pre Op - Part-Time

1w1 week ago

Tenet Healthcare

Turlock, US · Part-time · $110,000 – $150,000

About this role

Reporting to the Nursing Department Director, the Registered Nurse Shift Manager utilizes the nursing process and organizational/leadership skills to coordinate services of staff to patients during the designated shift. Assures patient care is appropriate to the age and developmental level of patients served. Assesses staff need for the unit and collaborates with the staffing coordinator, Nurse Director, and Administrative Nursing Supervisor.

Determines staffing requirements considering patient acuity, age-specific needs, staff skill mix, and individual plans of care. Demonstrates flexibility in response to unexpected changes in volume, emergencies, or schedule changes. Assists the Nurse Director with employee evaluations using observation, chart review, and patient interviews.

Monitors the safety of the work environment and maintains the unit in a state of readiness with regulatory agency compliance. Supports Nursing Department Director on administrative duties including schedules, timekeeping, quality improvement projects, reports, and files. Ensures patient safety through assessments and proactive measures like fall, seizure, and aspiration precautions.

Provides appropriate nursing interventions, competent in routine and unit-specific skills, and manages patient care emergencies. Delegates tasks to ancillary personnel based on competency and evaluates effectiveness. Seeks responsibility for committee participation, special projects, and teaching presentations to support ongoing development.

Requirements

Utilizes the nursing process and demonstrates organizational/leadership skills for shift coordination
Assesses staff needs and collaborates with staffing coordinator, Nurse Director, and Administrative Supervisor
Demonstrates flexibility in response to changes in volume, emergencies, staffing, or schedules
Competent in all routine nursing skills and identified unit-specific skills for pre-op patients
Performs physical and psychosocial assessments considering age-specific, cultural, and developmental differences
Knowledge of pain management practices, restraint use per policy, and advance directives
Ability to communicate via chain of command and access facility information systems for patient care

Responsibilities

Determines staffing requirements to assure safe and competent patient care considering patient acuity, age-specific needs, and staff skill mix
Assists the Nurse Director with employee evaluations and performance management using observation, chart review, and patient interviews
Monitors the safety of the work environment and maintains the unit in a state of readiness with regulatory agency compliance
Assists Director with schedules, time and attendance, quality improvement projects, reports, documents, and files
Supports nursing director with timekeeping and verifies accurate records
Ensures patient safety by assessing and proactively implementing measures like fall, seizure, aspiration precautions, and isolation protocols
Provides appropriate nursing interventions, competent in routine and unit-specific skills, and manages emergencies
Delegates patient care tasks to ancillary personnel based on competency and evaluates effectiveness