Full-Time Days- RN Shift Manager Acute Rehab

Job TitleProvides overall direction for the nursing unit in assessing, implementing, and evaluating patient care. Serves as a liaison to the clinical coordinator or assistant director and unit director.Position Supervisory ResponsibilitiesReports To: Assistant director, clinical coordinator, unit directors, and/or house administrative supervisor. Supervises: All employees assigned to the unit.Position RequirementsMinimum Education: None. Minimum Work Experience: None. Required Licenses/Certifications: Current RN licensure with the State of Texas. Appropriate CPR Certification. Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities: General knowledge of basic bedside nursing. Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on the physical, psychosocial, educational, safety and related criteria appropriate to age of the patients served in assigned area/department. The skills and knowledge to provide such care are gained through education, training, and/or experience. Preferred Qualification: Specialty Certification.Physical RequirementsMust work varied hours and schedules. Requires prolonged walking and standing, frequent bending and/or stooping. May involve lifting or positioning of patients. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range. May be exposed to communicable diseases and bodily fluids. Requires ability to sustain concentration in a noisy and fast paced environment. May be exposed to violent or disturbed individuals.Quality Behavioral ExpectationsUses critical thinking skills to determine evidence based solutions. Systematically gathers and reviews pertinent information to prevent errors (PDCA -- Plan, Do, Check, Act). Pursues individual or team learning and growth opportunities to continually build skills. Understands and abides by all safety regulations.Service Excellence Behavioral ExpectationsMaintains patient confidentiality. Rounds regularly with patients, direct reports and/or customers. Uses telephone and elevator etiquette. Acts as an employee ambassador. Committed to know hospital service lines and shows pride in our organization. Uses AIDET when dealing with internal or external customers.Fiscal Responsibility Behavioral ExpectationsTakes responsibility for solving problems. Treats company resources responsibly. Performs work functions timely and accurately. Respects our environment; keeps public areas neat and clean and returns supplies to the appropriate areas.People Behavioral ExpectationsSupports the team through good attendance. Maintains a professional appearance. Creates a positive team environment; flexible and supportive setting an example of cooperation. Uses meaningful communication; provides honest feedback that is valuable and not critical and discourages negative talk and gossip. Respect co-workers.Job Specific FunctionsReinforces HMHD's values, promotes HMHD's Compliance Plan and demonstrates proficiency in understanding of training materials and applicable laws and standards.Completes the required corporate integrity and compliance training and education programs and ensures department employees complete their required education (in a timely manner) according to HMHD policies.Assists the Compliance Officer and the Executive Compliance Committee in identifying "high risk" issues within his/her department.Complies with all HIPAA standards.General knowledge of basic bedside nursing. Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on the physical, psychosocial, education, safety and related criteria appropriate to age of the patients served in assigned area/department. The skills and knowledge to provide such care is gained through education, training, and/or experience.Resolves patient needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.Maintains nursing staff job performance by coaching, counseling, and disciplinging employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job performance.Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends and family to understand condition, medications and self-care skills; answering questions.Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice acts and other governing agency regulations.Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.Assists director with prospective new hire interview process.Conducts and report to unit director results of bi-weekly shift level meetings.Ensures that physician orders are followed. Ensures communication to the physician of the patient's progress, changes in condition, needs and preferences.Ensures that nursing personnel administer medication with safety awareness (5 rights) & infractions to peer review as indicated.Ensures documentation of the nursing process in the medical record; patient assessment, plan of care, nursing intervention, evaluation of patient response and revision of the plan of care as the needs of the patient change. These plans should be mutually set with patient and family.Completes and submits committee event form to unit director regarding medication errors.Cooperates in shifting personnel according to staffing and patient needs. Communicates staffing problems and concerns (both too little and too much) to appropriate personnel in a timely manner. Is supportive of management decisions regarding allocation of personnel and has adaptive mechanism in place to provide care with available staff.Consistently demonstrates an ability to assess situations, consider alternatives and choose the appropriate course of action. Identifies problems or areas of concern. Provides input for solutions.Ensures that nursing care plans are established for each patient.