Nursing Jobs in Greenbelt, MD
$102,606 - $196,996 / year
About this Job: Job Summary The Assistant Director of Nursing (RN) for Acute Medicine at Washington Hospital Center is a key member of the MedStar Health entity-based Division of Nursing and nursing leadership team. In collaboration with the Director of Nursing, the ADON provides leadership, oversight, and operational management for the assigned unit(s), directing and coordinating nursing and patient care delivery by professional and support staff. This role ensures the provision of holistic, culturally competent, person-centered, high-quality, safe, and cost-effective evidence-based nursing care for patients and families, while applying the nursing process within MedStar Health’s shared governance and collaborative decision-making framework. The ADON supports patient transitions across the continuum of care to promote optimal health outcomes and assumes administrative and leadership responsibility on a 24-hour, 7-day-per-week basis for the unit/department. The ADON fosters staff engagement and accountability for quality, safety, and cost-conscious outcomes, ensures compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards, and consistently demonstrates leadership behaviors aligned with MedStar Health’s mission, vision, goals, SPIRIT values, patient care philosophy, and ethical standards. Primary Duties and Responsibilities In collaboration with the Director of Nursing, develops department goals, objectives, policies, and procedures and ensures compliance with hospital policies and procedures, clinical practice guidelines, and regulatory and accreditation standards. Provides clinical and operational leadership for an acute-care Medicine/Surgical unit, ensuring nursing practice is consistent with standards for the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients and patients with complex medical conditions. Provides visible, shift-based nursing leadership and serves as a clinical resource to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, patient care technicians, charge nurses, and other members of the healthcare team. Demonstrates the ability to assess, prioritize, and respond to changes in patient condition, including escalation of clinical concerns, coordination with providers and rapid response resources, and appropriate use of the chain of command. Ensures appropriate staffing and patient assignments based on patient acuity, census, nurse competencies, clinical needs, and anticipated changes in patient volume or condition. Supports patient throughout and capacity management, including admissions, discharges, transfers, bed placement, and coordination of care across departments to facilitate timely movement of patients throughout the hospital. Develops and maintains effective relationships with physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing leadership, ancillary departments, case management, care management, environmental services, and other interdisciplinary partners to support efficient and high-quality patient care. Implements strategies to optimize patient outcomes and the interdisciplinary model of care. Rounds on patients and associates to evaluate care delivery, identify barriers, address concerns, and improve the patient and family experience. Supports and promotes quality and patient safety initiatives and high-reliability standards. Leads unit-based safety huddles and ensures timely escalation and follow-up of patient safety concerns, clinical events, and changes in patient condition. Monitors unit performance related to nursing-sensitive indicators, falls, pressure injuries, hospital-acquired conditions, medication safety, patient deterioration, readmissions, patient experience, and other identified quality metrics and participates in performance improvement initiatives. Coaches and develops nursing staff while maintaining accountability for professional practice, clinical performance, attendance, conduct, and adherence to established standards. Collaborates with the Director of Nursing in recruitment, selection, onboarding, evaluation, promotion, corrective action, and termination of unit personnel as appropriate. Works collaboratively with other nurse leaders to ensure staff maintain required competencies and possess the clinical knowledge and skills necessary to care for the unit's acute and medically complex patient population. Supports the development and implementation of unit-specific orientation, preceptor, charge nurse, and clinical competency programs. Assesses unit-specific educational needs and collaborates with Professional Development and other clinical leaders to implement education and competency initiatives. Maintains a professional patient-first environment that promotes clinical excellence, accountability, shared decision-making, interdisciplinary collaboration, and associate engagement. Minimal Qualifications Education Bachelor's degree in Nursing from a nationally accredited program required Master's degree in Nursing or a health related field from a nationally accredited program preferred Experience Minimum of 3 years of progressive nursing experience in an acute-care hospital setting, including at 2 years in an acute inpatient environment (preferably within Medical-Surgical, Medicine, or a comparable inpatient unit). Background in managing acute-care staffing, patient assignments, acuity tracking, and the complete admissions, discharges, transfers cycle to ensure smooth inpatient operations and patient flow. Strong ability to recognize shifts in patient condition and coordinate timely clinical escalation and interventions. Active experience collaborating with physicians, advanced practice providers, ancillary departments, and multidisciplinary teams within an acute care hospital setting. Hands-on experience with quality improvement, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and nursing-sensitive outcomes. Knowledge of evidence-based nursing practices and standards applicable to acute inpatient care. Licenses and Certifications RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in the District of Columbia required Specialty certification from a nationally recognized nursing organization in either a clinical specialty or Nursing Administration preferred CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (includes BLS and NRP) for healthcare providers from either the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within 90 Days required Additional unit/specialty certifications may vary by department or business unit. C-EFM - Electronic Fetal Monitoring from the National Certification Corporation (NCC) is required for Perinatal nurses (labor and delivery antepartum antenatal testing) within 12 months from date of hire. New graduate nurses or new to specialty nurses (labor and delivery antepartum antenatal testing) will have 15 months from date of hire to obtain the EFM certification. Knowledge Skills and Abilities Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to exercise independent judgment on complex situations. Verbal and written communication skills. Basic knowledge of various computer software applications and online learning applications especially Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel. This position has a hiring range of : USD $102,606.00 - USD $196,996.00 /Yr. 
$89,710 - $131,352 / year
About this Job: Please note: This is a night shift opportunity. The schedule is 10pm-8:30am with rotating weekends. General Summary of Position The Clinical Administrator is a member of MedStar Health entity-based Division of Nursing and leadership team. The role is accountable for directing and supervising clinical and administrative resources to ensure the provision of holistic culturally competent quality safe and cost-effective evidence-based nursing care for patients and families. This is accomplished by direct action delegation coaching and support of the Division of Nursing's associates and shared/collaborative governance activities. The Clinical Administrator is recognized as a professional role model and clinical expert who promotes a professional practice and care environment that supports continuous learning.The Clinical Administrator assumes leadership authority and responsibility during a specific shift (e.g. day evening night and/or weekend) either for a designated number of patient care units/departments or the hospital at large. Collaborates with the members of the Nursing Leadership team and other administrators/leaders within the hospital in maintaining adherence to regulatory and accreditation standards and MedStar Health's policies and procedures. Demonstrates leadership and behaviors which are consistent with MedStar's mission vision goals SPIRIT Values patient care philosophy and sound moral and ethical judgement. Primary Duties and Responsibilities Assumes clinical and administrative supervision of nursing and patient care services for multiple units/departments or hospital/entity. Consults advises or informs nursing providers and other leaders concerning issues that arise and their resolution as appropriate unit needs and/or problems during the shift worked. Escalates concerns applying the chain of command. Consults and communicates with nursing and hospital administration as well as senior medical staff and other Nurse Leaders concerning any operational issues or matters pertaining to staffing and the management of assigned areas. Functions as liaison between patient care administration and medical staff. Creates a professional atmosphere and an environment of coaching and development that supports shared/collaborative governance. Ensures effective utilization of the interdisciplinary model of care (IMOC) and associated standards of excellence. Rounds on patients during the shift for the purpose of engagement satisfaction and improvement in the care experience. Investigates and follows through on patient complaints and safety events. Assists Nurse Leaders in selecting training and orienting department personnel. Contributes to the development of standards of performance evaluating performance and conducting performance management planning for associates as appropriate. Initiates or makes recommendations for associate counseling and corrective action. Maintains ongoing communication with leaders to review programs provide feedback discuss new developments and exchange information. Manages materials equipment and supply activities assuring adequate availability and utilization. Communicates material and supply needs to departmental leaders. Participates in product selection and evaluation as appropriate. Coordinates with the Capacity Management and/or Admissions Departments to strategize for the daily flow of patients into and out of beds. Rounds routinely on each nursing unit and other departments to identify empty beds actual/potential discharges and transfers. Communicates this information back to the Admissions Department. Evaluates the effectiveness of bed turnover and communicates with Environmental Services as necessary. Monitors high risk patients and complicated conditions and institutes appropriate actions. Ensures compliance with unit divisional and hospital policies procedures as well as regulatory and accreditation standards. Prepares written documentation as required. Maintains required reports records statistics and notes. Receives and reviews preceding shift reports and notes patients' conditions when rounding on units. Coordinates department wide staffing patterns to meet safe and efficient staffing levels for each unit. Adjusts staffing to meet patient care needs and to provide adequate and fiscally responsible coverage of all units. Assists Nurse Leaders with unit/departmental staffing through coordination of float pool agency and per diem personnel. Supervises coordinates and evaluates patient care services interventions during assigned shift. Intervenes where necessary to assure optimal patient care outcomes by utilizing approaches and strategies that support and optimize outcomes. Takes action to support the National Patient Safety Goals nursing sensitive indicators regulatory requirements and other identified quality metrics. Maintains and demonstrates a professional patient-first atmosphere and an environment of coaching and development that supports shared decision making interdisciplinary collaboration and a high level of patient and associate satisfaction as evidenced by outcomes data. Provides shift-based clinical leadership through role modeling professional practice behaviors proper delegation of activities and management of the nursing team by maintaining staff accountability. Evaluates the need for and contributes to improvement in the professional practice environment. Participates in hospital/entity committees task forces interdisciplinary forums and projects (e.g. serious safety event reviews and performance improvement teams) at the request of Nurse Leaders. Attends departmental meetings and contributes to the achievement of Magnet Recognition or Pathways to Excellence program. Promotes a public image of professional nursing excellence and represents the hospital in community outreach efforts as appropriate. Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the fields of nursing and health care through a variety of professional activities including but not limited to reading the appropriate literature attending related seminars and conferences and maintaining membership in professional nursing associations. Demonstrates accountability for own professional development and advancement. Maintains clinical knowledge and skills and engages in the provision of direct care for a caseload of patients as required. Minimal Qualifications Education Bachelor's degree in Nursing required Master's degree in Nursing or health related field preferred Must be from a nationally accredited program Experience 3-4 years of progressive critical care or emergency nursing care experience required 1-2 years recent leadership/ charge nurse management experience required Licenses and Certifications RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in Maryland required CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (includes BLS and NRP) for healthcare providers from either the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within 90 Days required Additional unit/specialty certifications may vary by department or business unit. Knowledge Skills and Abilities Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to exercise independent judgment on complex situations. Verbal and written communication skills. Basic knowledge of various computer software applications and online learning applications especially Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel. This position has a hiring range of : USD $89,710.00 - USD $131,352.00 /Yr. 
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