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Exemption Status:

Exempt

Schedule Details:

Weekends - Every Weekend

Scheduled Hours:

7a-7p

Shift:

1 - Day Shift, 12 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

24

Cost Center:

10010 - 0704 Maternity Center

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

I. Major Responsibilities:  

1. Facilitates implementation of the nursing process by providing support and direction and by acting as the clinical and administrative resource person.  In emergency situations assumes operational administrative authority. 

2. Oversees and coordinates the work of nursing personnel in the absence of the responsible nurse manager or clinical director/associate director of nursing.  Assumes responsibility for incoming sick calls and notification of units as required.  Assigns/reassigns nursing personnel including critical care and acute care float personnel according to patient acuity/staffing changes.  Anticipates patient care needs on the following shifts and takes appropriate action to meet those needs.  Directs nursing staff to appropriate resource personnel for management of patient care problems. 

3. Assigns one-on-one Observation Assistants and maintains an up-to-date list of patients requiring one-on-one observation (University Campus). 

4. Utilizes non-nursing, on call, personnel as appropriate (Memorial Campus). 

5. Responsible for bed management/admission process in the absence of the admission controller and in conjunction with UMMHC, physicians, Life flight, outlying/affiliated health care systems and the admissions department.  

6. Identifies intra/interdepartmental problems and works with appropriate managers to resolve them. 

7. Identifies educational needs of personnel and channels them appropriately. 

8. Upon request from the Department of Nursing Education, serves as a preceptor for individual professional nursing students. 

9. May provide input to performance evaluations of shift nursing personnel. 

10. Offers guidance and support to nursing staff for nursing practice. 

11. Assesses clinical nursing practice and makes appropriate recommendations and communicates pertinent issues and need for follow up to managers and directors. 

12. Supports team building concept within the Department of Nursing.  Supports and facilitates the concept of Professional Nursing. 

13. Functions as resource support person to individuals/families in crisis with collaboration of social, spiritual, legal and security staff, if necessary. 

14. Provides support, guidance, and coordination of urgent treatment for hospital personnel related to health risk incidents in the absence of employee health.<