Rush University Medical Center - Assistant Unit Director RN - Oak Park, Illinois Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0)
Shift: Shift 4
Work Schedule: 10 Hr (7:00:00 AM - 5:00:00 PM)
Summary: Under the guidance and direction of the unit director, the Assistant Unit Director RN (AUD) is the clinical liaison and assistant business manager of a specific patient care unit(s). In the absence of the unit director, the Assistant Unit Director RN is the RN Unit Director designee. The Assistant Unit Director Registered Nurse implements initiatives in support of the unit vision and manages human, operational, and organizational systems that support patient care. Exemplifies the ROPH mission, vision, and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.
Responsibilities:
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Utilizes quality monitoring data to assess the effectiveness of clinical processes
Facilitates unit quality initiatives, research, and/or evidence-based activities utilizing best current evidence
Champions the strategies for changing clinician and team behavior to encourage adoption of evidence-based practices
Provides leadership in the design, implementation, and evaluation of process improvement initiatives at the unit and department level
Relationships and Caring
Ensures that the unit personnel establish a caring, therapeutic relationship with patients and families through effective communication, acknowledgment of patient/family perceptions of health and illness, and mutual goal setting
Participates in developing constructive and strategic partnerships with peers, professional nurses, the University, other disciplines, and departments to achieve positive clinical and service outcomes
Resolves conflict to continuously improve team relationships at the unit and department level
Supports a climate that fosters open communication, values differing points of view, and promotes shared governance
Ensures accountability for honest and fair interactions with all constituents across disciplines
Advocates enhancing the climate that optimizes the patient and family experience through supportive interactions and staff education
Critical Thinking
Provides structured opportunities for reflection and review of complex patient situations to develop critical thinking skills of all unit personnel
Critically analyzes complex patient cases and effectively adapts the plan of care
Technical Expertise
Develops the clinical knowledge and skill of the staff related to strategies to maintain patient safety
Monitors and ensures compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act, State Board of Nursing Regulations, regulatory agency standards, and the policies of the organization
Uses information technology to streamline and improve processes
Monitors and ensures nursing staff compliance with safety strategies (fall precautions, infection control, and suicide risk patient identification) to minimize risk
Collaborate with the Education Quality Coordinator to identify staff learning needs and provides education to strengthen and develop professional nurses' critical thinking skills
Leadership
Implements and monitors strategies and tactics related to the unit goals while ensuring sustainability
Fosters the implementation of initiatives to promote a healthy work environment
Leads innovations using principles of change and continues to reinforce change until positive outcomes are achieved
Assumes a leadership role in analytical problem-solving of both clinical and nursing related issues
Functions as a mentor and coach to promote or enhance the development of unit staff
Influences behaviors through collaborative practice, conflict management, negotiation, and effective use of dialogue
Demonstrates accountability for own professional practice, including progress toward achievement of annual goals
Provides and invites ongoing performance feedback to peers to achieve positive clinical and service outcomes
Systems
Considers fiscal and budgetary implications in decision-making regarding practice and system modifications
Manages staff performance through recruitment, rewards, recognition, counseling, and disciplinary action
Assumes the accountability of administrative management of the unit as delegated by the unit director
Supports the execution of fiscal accountability
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