Clinical Operations/F.A.S.T. (Float Pool) Nurse Manager
Company: Middlesex Hospital
Location: Middletown
Posted on: May 24, 2023
Job Description:
Clinical Operations/F.A.S.T. (Float Pool) Nurse Manager
Comprehensive Benefits Offered:
- Highly competitive salary and benefits
- Bonus opportunity
- Award-winning, 275- bed community hospital
- Work-life balance
- Student Loan relief
- Quick commute access from I-84, I-95, Route 9 and surrounding
areas The Smarter Choice for your Career!
Come join one of Connecticut's Top Workplaces for a fifth year in a
row, and a 5 time Magnet designated organization! At Middlesex
Health, we have a unique combination of award-winning talent,
world-class technology, and patient-first care that's making health
care better. Through our affiliation with the Mayo Clinic Care
Network, Middlesex Health has access to the most advanced medical
knowledge and research available.
Summary:
The primary responsibility for the Clinical Operations/F.A.S.T team
(float pool) Manager is to coordinate, expedite and advance the
clinical operations and throughput of the inpatient units as well
as managerial oversight of the F.A.S.T team, central staffing
office, Clinical Resource Nurses and transport. This individual
will oversee a diverse group of multidisciplinary specialties to
ensure an efficient and exceptional patient experience. The
Clinical Operations/FAST teamManager responds to the immediate
operational needs of clinical practice, supervising and directing
members of the team to further the coordination, clinical care and
advancement of care of patients.
Responsibilities:
- Directs, delegates and monitors quality of care delivered by
the health care team.
- Functions within and across interdisciplinary teams in a manner
that promotes coordination, mutual respect and timely response to
the patient's health care needs.
- Recognizes the impact of systems on health care delivery.
Facilitates development of workflows and pathways that ensure the
coordination of care across all settings with particular attention
to transitional needs.
- Utilizes a critical thinking approach to problem solve and make
decisions.
- Identifies and evaluates operational clinical needs and
resolves concerns in a timely manner.
- Models and facilitates change within the health care team to
respond to emerging practice and organizational needs.
- Fosters and implements innovative thinking to create
alternative solutions
- Models and promotes health care team building and leadership
skills. Applies leadership skills to facilitate effective team
functioning and operations of the department.
- Develops strong collaborative relationships across roles and
departments with a focus to ensure timely accesses of emerging
needs of patients are addressed.
- Interview and select candidates who have appropriate clinical
skills and professional characteristics to match patient
needs.
- Communicate on an ongoing basis with employees regarding
specific performance expectations. Plan and conduct formal
performance reviews that are timely, ongoing, and objective, and
submit necessary documentation.
- Responsible for the promotion and termination of employees
based on standards of practice, standards of care, and Middlesex
Health policies and procedures.
- Ensure a culture of safety, quality, service excellence,
professionalism, personnel development, and team collaboration that
supports the Middlesex Mission and the Department of Nursing
vision, philosophy and strategic plan.
- Adheres to all Core Values (Compassion, Pursue Excellence,
Cooperation and Collaboration, Upholds Honesty, and Supports
Innovation).
- Adheres to all Absolutes (Privacy and Confidentiality,
Professional Appearance, and Responsibility and Commitment).
- Other job related duties as assigned. Minimum Qualifications:
- A Registered Nurse who is a graduate of an accredited school of
nursing and is currently licensed to practice nursing in the state
of Connecticut
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Nursing
- Master's Degree (initiated within 1 year, completed within 3
years)
- 2 years of experience in healthcare leadership role(s)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters in Nursing
- Professional certification in clinical area of specialty (eg.
Med-Surg) (within 1 year hire)
- Professional certification: ANCC Nurse Executive or AONL Nurse
Leader (within 2 years hire)
Keywords: Middlesex Hospital, Middletown , Clinical Operations/F.A.S.T. (Float Pool) Nurse Manager, Healthcare , Middletown, Connecticut
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