Registered Nurse Nursing Officer of The Day - San Diego, United States - US Veterans Health Administration
Description
Duties:
Duties and responsibilities are:
- Works closely with the Admission Clerk/Administrative Officer of the Day (AOD)/Utilization Management group to assure that admission criteria are met, and appropriate bed placement occurs.
- Responsible for the placement of all medical and surgical admissions throughout the hospital. Coordinates assignments directs hospital activities and deploys staff appropriately taking into consideration the competency of the staff.
- Responsible and oversight of Centralized Nurse Staffing Office staff (registry/contracted) and VA Float pool.
- Receives all reservations for admission from OR, Cardiology, and other procedural areas. Assists specialty care clinic physicians in bed utilization pre
- Handles all transfers from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to the wards and vice versa.
- Works closely with the Transfer Coordinator Nurse to find placement for our veterans returning to VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) from Non-VA Care community facilities.
- Chairs the daily bed huddle which is attended by nurse managers/charge nurses from inpatient units, procedural area representatives (OR, Cardiology, etc.), transfer coordinator nurses, social work, environmental services, and utilization management to discuss bed availability versus bed need.
- Bed Control Coordinator carries a cell phone for continual access to up-to-date bed information. Utilizes the Bed Management System (BMS) to update status during rounds.
- Circulates throughout the hospital, constantly evaluating all needs for patient placement.
- Maintains and communicates global pictures of hospital's capacity at all times. Responsible for safe and adequate staffing throughout the hospital during non-business hours (off tours) and in collaboration with the inpatient/perioperative managers, Associate Nurse Executives (ANE) and Deputy Associate Director of Patient Care Services (D-ADCPCS) for 24/7 operations of inpatient and outpatient areas3.
- Manages and resolves bed control issues. Communicates with executive leadership, chief residents and AOD about high census and potential diversion status.
- Participates in projects data collection and other activities designed to enhance bed operations.
- Interfaces regularly with support departments to facilitate timely/appropriate care, e.g., prioritizing bed cleaning, after-hours prosthetic procurement, accessing/moving hospital and personnel resources where needed for patient care.
- Communicates with Nurse Managers, the Associate Nurse Executives (ANE) the Deputy Associate Director Patient Care Services (D-ADCPCS) and Associate Director Patient Care Services (ADPCS) to trouble shoot and/or to assess operational issues that may potentially lead to large-scale events and/or unusual events that would potentially portrait the VA negatively in the public domain.
- Assigns patient care responsibilities based upon patient needs, competencies of staff and whenever possible in collaboration with off-tour charge RNs.
- Organizes and completes own assignments in a safe and timely manner, assisting team members as necessary.
- Actively develops and manages collaborative partnerships with physicians and other clinicians.
- Provides fair input for the evaluation process for the managers regarding off-tour nursing staff. Identifies developmental and training needs of subordinates & provides or makes provision for such development and training as well as providing input for evaluation of off-tour staff.
- Responsible for performance improvement, customer service/patient satisfaction, patient, and employee safety, interviewing applicants, employee relations, standards of care and practice, the work environment, and adherence to accreditation and regulatory standards.
- Directly reports to the Nurse Manager of CNSO & UM and/or designee.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Pay:
Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement:
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Work Schedule:
, 24/7 Coverage including off-tours, weekends, and holidays. Work Schedule will be discussed during interview. Priority need is night shift with flexibility to rotate tours; inclusive of 8/10/12 hour tours.
Telework:
Not Available
Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required
Requirements:
**Conditions of Employm
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