Job Description

Reports to: Nursing Director

FLSA Classification: Full-time, Exempt, Salary $100,00.00 - $107,120.00

Pioneers Medical Center will lead the effort to improve the health and wellbeing of our community. The working environment is a hospital setting with exposure to patients, residents, and families; sharps, infectious diseases, biological and chemical hazards; machinery and equipment; and potentially extreme temperatures and noise levels. Employees are required to follow all safety practices and protocols at all times.

Essential Functions

- Promote and restore patients’ health by developing day-to-day management and long-term planning of patient care areas.

- Recommend staff for hire. Onboard, direct, mentor, develop, and schedule staff, including communicating job expectations and providing performance reviews.

- Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary professional staff to implement patient care.

- Provide physical and psychological support for patients and their friends and family.

- Meet nursing operational standards by contributing information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer service standards; resolving problems; and identifying system improvements.

- Provide input on annual budget. Monitor expenditures, perform research on possible investments in equipment or additional staffing, and identify variance in departmental costs. - Identify patient service requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand service requirements.

- Maintain nursing guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.

- Assure quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care, enforcing adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements, and to other governing agency regulations, measuring health outcomes against standards, and making or recommending adjustments.

- Complete patient care requirements by scheduling and assigning nursing and staff and following up on work results.

- Promote patients’ independence by establishing and patient care goals, teaching and counseling patients, friends, and family to reinforce their understanding of disease, medications and self care skills.

- Provide information to patients and health care team by answering questions and requests. - Resolve patient needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.

- Maintain safe and clean working environment by designing and implementing procedures, rules, and regulations, and by calling for assistance from other health care professionals. - Protect patients and employees by developing and interpreting infection control policies and protocols, and by enforcing medication administration, storage procedures, and controlled substances.

- Maintains patient confidence and protect operations by monitoring confidential information processing.

- Maintain documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records.

- Ensure operation of medical and administrative equipment by verifying emergency equipment availability, completing preventative maintenance requirements, following manufacturer’s instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, requesting repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.

- Maintain nursing supplies inventory by studying usage reports, identifying trends, anticipating needed supplies, and approving requisitions and cost allocations. - Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, and participating in professional societies.

- Maintain a cooperative relationship among healthcare teams by communicating information, responding to requests, and participating in team problem solving methods.

- Understand and adhere to quality metrics; ensure department staff understand and participate in quality improvement efforts, measurements, and implementation.

- Assure the department’s compliance with all regulatory statues, standards, issues, agencies, and accrediting bodies.

- Maintain accurate department records and statistics.

- Actively participate in committees and meetings as requested.

- Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

- Current, unencumbered Colorado RN license required.

- BLS and ACLS required within three (3) months of transfer or hire.

- Skills and Expectations - Kind and professional demeanor.

- Professional and well-groomed appearance at all times.

- Communicate positively and effectively, both written and verbally, with patients, family, and staff.

- Demonstrate effective organizational skills in an evolving environment.

- Work with honesty, compassion and integrity at all times.

- Understand and adhere to the scope of service for the department and this position. - Understand and adhere to all of PMC’s policies and procedures.

- Understand and adhere to PMC’s Code of Conduct. -

Adhere to the strictest confidentiality and HIPAA regulations. - Demonstrate a commitment to building and sustaining a diverse, inclusive, and equitable working environment. - Ability to remain calm and efficient in emergency situations. - Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills. - Demonstrate strong emotional intelligence. Physical Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing this job, the employee: - Must be able to remain in a stationary positon 50% of the time. - Must be able to move and traverse about the facility 50% of the time. - Frequently transport objects weighing up to 50lbs - Occasionally position objects weighing up to 100lbs. - Must be able to communicate and exchange information in a way others will understand. - Must be able to recognize details such as color and depth within a few feet of the observer. - Frequently operates computers, machinery, and other healthcare equipment. - Constantly positions self to complete essential functions. - May be required to wear N95s or PAPRs throughout the shift. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Pioneers Medical Center is committed to diversity inclusion, equal treatment, and opportunity in all aspects of recruitment, selection, and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other category protected under the law. As an equal opportunity employer, Pioneers Medical Center will not limit or segregate employees in any way which would tend to deprive them of employment opportunities/promotions, or affect the status of their employment because of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, age, disability, ancestry, or veteran status.