Job Description
Salary: 101,965.50-152,938.50 USD
Facility: Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Shift: Shift 1
Status: Full Time FTE: 1.000000
Bargaining Unit: ACE Associates
Exempt from Overtime: Exempt: Yes
Work Schedule: Days and Evenings
Hours: 8:00am to 4:00pm/Varied hours based on the needs of the department. Weekend/Evening/Night shift needs based on the needs of the department.
Summary:
Shares as a team member under the leadership and in collaboration with the Director, the accountability for the 24 hour management of clinical nursing practice and patient care delivery, the management of human, fiscal and other resources, the development of personnel, compliance and regulatory and professional standards, strategic planning and the fostering of interdisciplinary collaborative relationships within selected unit(s) of responsibility and the health care institution as a whole.
Responsibilities:
EDUCATION
- Graduate of an accredited professional nursing program
- Baccalaureate in Nursing required
- Current RN licensure in the State of New York
- Current BLS certification
- Current ACLS certification or completion of course within six (6) months of assignment
EXPERIENCE
- Minimum three (3) years clinical nursing/charge nurse experience
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
- Interpersonal skills necessary to work productively with all levels of unit personnel, as well as physicians, families, visitors and to manage the activities of a diverse group of professional, nonprofessional and clerical employees
- Possesses active listening skills
- Planning skills to develop goals and objectives in concert with those of the hospital and implements action plans to meet those goals
- Analytical ability to identify opportunities for improvements as well as positive problem resolution
- Teaching abilities to promote optimum orientation and continuing education of staff
- Budgeting skills to control fiscal operations of selected unit(s) and /or area(s) of responsibility and to identify and explain variances
- Has current knowledge of health care trends and issues and relates same to hospital and work area environment
- Occasional prolonged standing, walking, sitting
- Computer literate
