Nurse Manager / Team Leader - Emergency Dept.
Location: St. Louis Missouri
Description: St. Mary's Health Center is in need of Nurse Manager / Team Leader - Emergency Dept. right now, this occupation will be placed in Missouri. For complete informations about this occupation opportunity kindly read the description below. NURSE MANAGER / TEAM LEADER OF EMERGENCY SERVICES - SSM ST. MARY'S HEALTH CENTER
LOCATION: St. Louis, MO
ENJOY A CULTURE DEDICATED TO TEAMWORK & QUALITY:
- 2010, 2011 & 2012 winner "Best Places to Work" by the St. Louis Business Journal
- First health-care recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
- 2010 & 2011 Missouri Quality Award by the Excellence in Missouri Foundation
- Experienced Nurse Leader with successful experience in building and leading a team where employee engagement is prioritized.
- A pro-active change agent with a strong understanding and successful track record of improving overall satisfaction and operational results.
- A talented problem solver skilled in driving long lasting quality improvement through clear communication and follow-through.
- A positive force that leads by example, shared decision making and collaboration.
- Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) required
- Registered Nurse with the State of Missouri (or able to obtain Missouri License in a timely fashion)
- 3 - 5 years of experience as an RN in a hospital setting required
- 1 - 3 years of experience as a supervisor or manager required (internal CSN candidates will be considered)
- Experience as an Emergency Room Nurse strongly preferred
- ACLS & PALS preferred
The Team Leader has the primary responsibility of achieving high employee engagement to create a distinctive patient experience and assure the provision of quality and safe services through team members within the assigned department. The Team Leader assures that employees are performing their work consistent with organizational expectations and policies and procedures.
WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW!
Under the leadership of a new Director of Emergency Services there is a renewed passion & energy in the SSM St. Mary's Health Center Emergency Department! We have created a Unit Council and stressed engagement and participation in teams both within our unit and in the hospital at large. With this voice the team now feels an increased sense of ownership and accountability. In turn, our already very strong core measures and metrics are starting to move towards exceptional! We are seeking a very strong leader who will bring additional energy and focus to this group to help us continue on the journey towards excellence.
You will use your passion for process improvement to help us raise the bar of efficiency and effectiveness. Your love of team building, coaching and mentoring will be a great asset to this group. Your attention to detail, ability to set clear expectations and focus on providing your team with the tools and information to be successful will be welcomed and appreciated!
Enjoy working in a busy department with approximately 48 ambulances and 149 patients a day, of which about 30% are admitted. Our length of stay is currently averaging 3 hours but we are working together on a quality improvement project to get us down to 150 minutes and seeing results! Our primary patient complaints are chest pain, abdominal and respiratory issues. We also have a significant amount of behavioral health patients. We have the luxury of twelve full time physicians that are truly our partners in quality patient care. You will work primarily day hours but you will need to have the flexibility of starting your day as early as 6AM or as late as 12PM. The key here is to make sure that you are spreading your time to be there and work with every shift. You will enjoy partnering with and learning from the Director of Emergency Services as well as other outstanding Leaders throughout SSM St. Mary's Health Center and the entire SSM Health Care - St. Louis network!
MORE ABOUT SSM ST. MARY'S HEALTH CENTER:
SSM St. Mary's Health Center has received numerous awards honoring its overall leadership in clinical excellence. However, SSM St. Mary's also maintains top-tier clinical results in several specialty areas, such as completing all emergent heart catherizations for heart attacks in under 90 minutesâ€"the gold standard of careâ€" for more than 18 months and maintaining zero infections for all knee and hip replacements done in 2009.
These amazing clinical results earned SSM St. Mary's the honor of becoming a two-time Premier Quality Award winner in 2010 and 2008 and a three-time, consecutive winner of the HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence.
In 2007, SSM St. Mary's received the prestigious Premier | CareScience National Quality Leader Award, that identified SSM St. Mary's as being in the top 1 percent of the nation in quality and efficiency.
SSM St. Mary's is a member of SSM Health Care-St. Louis which includes SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, SSM St. Clare Health Center, SSM DePaul Health Center, SSM St. Joseph Health Center, SSM St. Joseph Hospital West and SSM St. Joseph Hospital-Wentzville. SSM Health Care is sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Mary.
2011 St. Mary's Health Center Information:
Beds: 525 Employees: 2,172 Admissions: 20,083 Births: 3,061 Emergency Visits: 47,721 Outpatient Visits: 130,315 Inpatient Surgeries: 3,100 Outpatient Surgeries: 4,508
As a member of SSM Health Care - St. Louis, we invest in our people, providing competitive pay and benefits packages that include tuition reimbursement and flex spending accounts.
THROUGH OUR EXCEPTIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES, WE REVEAL THE HEALING PRESENCE OF GOD
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This occupation starts available on: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:52:58 GMT