Manager Nursing - Duluth Surgical Suites

Company: SCA Health
Location: Duluth
Posted on: January 25, 2023

Job Description:

Overview

Today, SCA Health has grown to 11,000 teammates who care for 1 million patients each year and support physician specialists holistically in many aspects of patient care. Together, our teammates create value in specialty care by aligning physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal: delivering on the quadruple aim of high-quality outcomes and a better experience for patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care.

As part of Optum, we participate in an integrated care delivery system that enables us to support our partners as they navigate a complex healthcare environment, Only SCA Health has a dynamic group of physician-driven, specialty care businesses that allows us to customize solutions, no matter the need or challenge:

• We connect patients to physicians in new and differentiated ways as part of Optum and with our new Specialty Management Solutions business.
• We have pioneered a physician-led, multi-site model of practice solutions that restores physician agency by aligning incentives to support growth and transition to value-based care.
• We lead the industry in value-based payment solutions through our Global 1 bundled payment convener, that provides easy predictable billing to patients.
• We help physicians address everything beyond surgical procedures, including anesthesia and ancillary service lines.
  
  The new SCA Health represents who we are today and where we are going-and the growing career opportunities for YOU.
  
  Responsibilities
  
  The Nurse Manager is responsible for the overall functioning of the Nursing Department at our Duluth Surgical Suites location. As a Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and coordinating patient care from admission to discharge. The Registered Nurse is responsible for assisting with the achievement of patient outcomes through implementation of critical pathways and in accordance with the mission of the hospital.
  
  Primary position responsibilities:
  
  • Assesses, plans, evaluates, and ensures the implementation of the patient's pathway to achieve identified outcomes
  • Assumes a leadership role in the provision of quality nursing care for patients receiving services within the nursing department
  • Demonstrates continued competence in assessing, treating, and caring for individuals based upon age-specific needs utilizing a developmental perspective
  • Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and competence of designated skills identified for position
  • Supervises the smooth functioning of the unit on assigned shift
    Secondary position responsibilities:
    
    Communications:
    
    • Communicates patient information to assure confidentiality and continuity of care
    • Interacts with all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees in a mature, responsible manner to ensure a positive and professional hospital environment
    • Communicates shift/unit issues to appropriate personnel in a timely manner
      Attitude:
      
      
      • Maintains and evaluate own clinical expertise and unit clinical practice
        • Performs a yearly self-evaluation
        • Attends 75% of unit-based staff meetings and demonstrates review of minutes for all others
        • Provides a unit based inservice, annually
        • Demonstrates the importance of continuing education to the performance of facility responsibilities and growth in profession
          • Maintains and displays appropriate knowledge of professional developments through printed material or other sources.
          • Attends professional training seminars when appropriate for job development and shares information with other staff members.
          • Attends and participates in all applicable hospital training and development workshops scheduled by the facility
          • Maintains work area and equipment in a pristine manner
          • Has attended and put into practice the principles of Service Satisfaction
          • Maintains dress and appearance according to standards as observed by management
          • Demonstrates the safe operation of equipment and machinery and follows procedures for reporting and correcting an unsafe situation
          • Strives to be professional, courteous, helpful, and cooperative
          • Performs all other duties as assigned
            Qualifications
            
            Licenses or Certificates:
            
            • Current Licensure in the State
            • Successful completion of Basic Cardiac Life Support Course.
            • CNOR preferred.
              
              Total education, vocational training and experience (minimum requirements of candidate):
              
              • Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing and/or BSN, Master's degree in Nursing/Management preferred.

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