Off Shift RN Manager, Bed Control, 36 Hours (Evening/Nights, Every 3rd Weekend, Rotating Holidays)

Boston Medical Center (BMC) is more than a hospital. Its a network of support and care that touches the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in need each year, providing care to some of Boston's most acute, complex and vulnerable patients. It is the largest and busiest Level I trauma center in New England. The medical center is the primary teaching affiliate of the nationally ranked Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), a founding partner of Boston HealthNet, and has achieved Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Emphasizing community-based care, BMC is committed to providing consistently excellent and accessible health services to all-and is the largest safety-net hospital in New England. We recognizes the importance of improving the overall health and wellbeing of our nurses, patients and the community we serve, and we embrace a diverse workforce to achieve these outcomes. Join BMC today and help us achieve our Vision 2030 which is a long-term goal to make Boston the healthiest urban population in the world.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Off-Shift Nurse Manager (OSNM) is a member of the nursing leadership team who functions in both an administrative role and as a clinical partner on the off shift to support and lead the bedside nurses. On the off shift the OSNM ensures the clinical team is delivering patient- focused care consistent with the hospital mission, departmental goals, while following established policy & procedures, and working within regulatory requirements.

Position: Off Shift RN Manager

Department: Bed Control

Schedule: 36 Hours (Evenings/Nights / Every 3rd Weekend, Rotating Holidays)

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:

• coordination of and direct supervision of bedside nurses and ancillary staff members, as well as management of house wide staffing plans with a strong emphasis of meeting nursing division productivity goals
• coordinates with ancillary leaders to ensure both human resources and non-human resources are readily available to ensure safe and efficient patient care
• oversight of patient flow and throughput initiatives including coordination of patient placement from the emergency department, ORs and procedural areas, serving as the first line contact for providers while coordinating incoming transfers from primary and secondary care facilities
• Leads/participates in daily bed huddles and hospital wide safety huddles to communicate bed status, and escalate safety concerns that occur on the off shift

JOB REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION:

• Requires graduation from an accredited baccalaureate nursing program; MSN preferred

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

• Requires license to practice professional nursing as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• BLS, PALS, ACLS preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

• All applicants must have at least 5 years of bedside, acute care nursing experience
• Candidates with a strong desire to advance their career and education in nursing leadership strongly preferred

Internal Candidates:

• 2-4 years of progressively responsible leadership experience, OR participation in nursing department councils and OR participation in quality improvement project work strongly preferred

External Candidates:

• 2-4 years of nursing leadership in an acute care setting strongly preferred
• 2-4 years of patient flow and patient placement experience strongly preferred

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

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  Decision Making:demonstrates ability to make sound and timely decisions that are guided by precedents, policy & procedure and overall goals and objectives, is able to choose the best course of action based on analysis of available information, and can develop alternative courses of action
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  Problem Solving:demonstrates ability to address a wide variety of clinical, operational and social issues that arise by analyzing the situation and applying critical thinking skills to implement a solution
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  Communication Skills: demonstrates the ability to articulate thoughts and present complex clinical and operational information using oral, written, and non-verbal communication skills, able to employ active listening skills to gain clarity, having the ability to gather and deliver information in person, in writing, and electronically/digitally
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  Computer/technology skills: demonstrates ability to access and enter data from EPIC EHR, excel, power point, Microsoft word, Microsoft outlook, web based shared drives
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  Team Work: demonstrates the ability to work with others toward a shared goal, share responsibility and rewards with team members, having the ability to recognize combined actions of the group leads to overall success of the team
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  Aspire to BMC's core values: built on respect, powered by empathy; move mountains; and many faces create our greatness

eve/nights, every 3rd weekend, a mix of 8 and 12 hour shifts to meet scheduling needs of the department

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans