Clinical Assistant Nurse Manager - Batavia, United States - Department Of Homeland Security

Description

Summary

SPECIAL NOTE:

You MUST be a USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer (PHS Officer) or Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidate in order to apply for this position. Civilian employees DO NOT qualify for this position. Thank you.

Salary:
please note that the salary is dependent on the officer's rank, years in service, and location of duty station.

Duties

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES:


1.

Understanding theories, concepts, principles, and their relationships underlying the practices of professional nursing to improve the efficiency and quality of work performed or to protect the quality of life or healthcare services, as evidenced by the following:

a.

Knowledge of nursing care scope of practice, principles, and procedures in accordance with national, state, and local nursing laws and regulations.

b. Maintains clinical professional skills via continuing education opportunities and in clinical practice daily as needed.

Reviews utilization and documentation of translation services within the medical record, provides corrective actions necessary to ensure appropriate use of translation services per IHSC policy.

c. Demonstrates/leads culturally competent care in all clinical areas, ensuring needed interpretation and/or translations services are available.

d.

The correctional registered nurse practices ethically per the below:

i. Uses the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (ANA, 2001) to guide practice.

ii. Delivers care in a manner that preserves and protects patient autonomy, dignity, rights, values, and beliefs.

iii. Recognizes the centrality of the patient, and when possible, the family as core members of any health care team.

iv. Upholds patient confidentiality within legal and regulatory parameters.

v. Assists patients in self-determination and informed decision-making.

vi. Maintains a therapeutic and professional nurse-patient relationship within appropriate professional role boundaries.

vii. Contributes to resolving ethical issues involving the patient, nurse colleagues, health care providers, correctional personnel, and other stakeholders.

viii.

Takes appropriate action regarding instances of illegal, unethical, or inappropriate behavior that could endanger or jeopardize the best interests of the patient or situation.

ix. Speaks up when appropriate to question health care practice when necessary for safety and quality improvement.

x. Advocates for equitable patient care.


2.

Applying a range and depth of knowledge acquired specifically through an intensive learning regimen of the phenomena, theories, and concepts of a scientific body of nursing knowledge, as evidenced by the following:

a. Knowledge of IHSC Directives and guides and accreditation standards.

b.

Thorough knowledge of/ability to access/utilize/mentor staff regarding use of agency SharePoint to include directives, guides, training, tools and resources pertaining to the Nursing Services Unit.

c.

Providing front line supervision of federal nursing staff (serving as rating official) to include registered nurses (RNs), licensed vocational nurses (LVNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and certified nurse assistants on daily clinic processes; monitors nursing processes/provides guidance to meet the standards related to those processes.

Supervises between 11 to 40 federal and contract nurses).

d.

Assists nurse manager the (local technical monitor) with oversight of contract nursing staff to include registered nurses, licensed practical/vocational nurses, and certified nurse assistants on daily clinic processes; monitors nursing processes/provides guidance to meet the standards related to those processes.

e.

Ensuring the annual nursing competencies and peer reviews are completed following IHSC policy; review and monitors findings and implements appropriate actions to support the safe delivery of nursing care.

3.

Creating, exploring, evaluating, designing, and sharing solutions and the validity of their predicted performance to resolve problems, conditions, and issues, as evidenced by the following:

a.

Adult learner teaching skills including the ability to communicate with strong written and oral skill noted during the performance of these duties:

i. ability to conduct staff meetings effectively

ii. provide nursing education to all staff as required and when needed

iii. share/communicate nursing information with local nursing staff in timely manner

iv. conduct staff in-services on general/complex subjects and communicating expected outcomes related to improvement of nursing/medical care; documenting training appropriately per IHSC policy or accreditation standards

v. provide and document appropriate health teaching/counseling to provide reinforcement/ guidance to minimize protocol deviations

vi. assist in the orientation of new healthcare and nursing personnel to guidelines, requirements, and the specifics of the patient population at the local site

vii. participate as a primary or supportive professional nursing mentor in regular one- on-one or group mentoring activities.


See additional duties in the "Additional Information" box below.