Nursing Jobs in Navy Yard, DC
Join our wonderful team as a Unit Manager today! Autumn Lake Healthcare at Arcola is an exceptional team-oriented company hiring for Unit Manager! We provide our staff with the resources, tools, and training needed to succeed and grow in their current and desired future positions. We pride ourselves on our caring and compassionate management team who are there to fully support our staff and residents. Benefits for Unit Manager: Referral Bonuses! Competitive Rates! Wonderful Environment! Great Benefit package! Qualifications & Experience Requirements for Unit Manager/Supervisor: Previous Experience as a Unit Manage preferred Registered Nurse License Or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) License HP 
$102,606 - $196,996 / year
About this Job: General Summary of Position The Assistant Director of Ambulatory Nursing is a member of MedStar Health entity-based Division of Nursing and leadership team. Supports and collaborates with the Director of Nursing in providing leadership and oversight for a specific unit(s)/office(s)/service line. Directs and coordinates the clinical and patient care delivery of the site/office-based professional and support personnel. Ensures the provision of holistic culturally competent and person-centered quality safe and cost-effective evidence-based nursing care for patients/families. Applies the nursing process within the context of the organization's shared/collaborative decision-making framework. Collaboratively manages the patient's transitions across the continuum of care to assist patients and populations in achieving or maintaining an optimal level of health and functioning.The Assistant Director of Ambulatory Nursing assumes administrative and leadership authority and responsibility for the assigned site/offices. Fosters associates' commitment to improving quality safety and cost-conscious patient care outcomes. Collaborates with the Director of Nursing 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 In collaboration with the Director of Nursing develops site/office goals objectives policies and procedures and ensures compliance with entity policies and procedures clinical practice guidelines and regulatory and accreditation standards. Develops and maintains effective relationships and partnerships across disciplines (e.g. medicine) and departments (e.g. environmental services) to ensure the delivery of efficient and quality patient care services. Contributes to the efforts to ensures site/office activities and patient throughput proceed smoothly. In collaboration with the Director of Nursing develops standards of performance for associates evaluates performance and conducts performance management planning. Initiates or makes recommendations for personnel actions. Sets clear expectations for performance and holds associates accountable. Maintains ongoing communication with associates to review programs discuss new developments and exchange information. Completes annual performance reviews of site/office-based associates in a timely manner. Ensures the reviews reflect the individual associate's ability to meet performance expectations and beneficial ongoing developmental goals. Provides associates with ongoing feedback and champions their continued professional growth and development. In the absence of the Director of Nursing/Senior Director of Nursing maintains communication with the VP and CNO MAS & MMG Medical Director providers other clinical leaders and personnel from other departments for the purpose of coordinating operations among the site/office clinical nursing division and entity. Contributes to the development implementation monitoring and management of the site/office-based budget and to support the organizational objectives patient care standards and quality of care. Demonstrates fiscal responsibility with day-to-day site(s)/office(s) productivity and operations. Ensures availability of necessary materials supplies and equipment for safe and optimal patient care delivery. Implements approaches and strategies that optimize patient care delivery and outcomes. Rounds on patients during the day for the purpose of engagement satisfaction and improvement in the care experience. Investigates and follows through on patient complaints and safety events. Supports and promotes quality and patient safety initiatives and high reliability standards. Leads site/office-based safety huddles. Escalates care delivery concerns to the Director of Nursing and other leaders as necessary and following the chain-of-command. Takes action to ensure optimal execution of the National Patient Safety Goals nursing sensitive indicators/measures regulatory requirements and other identified quality metrics. Identifies and participates in performance improvement opportunities as appropriate and based on findings. Collaborates with the Director of Nursing and Operations leader(s) in the hiring evaluation promotion and termination of personnel within the assigned site/office as needed. Initiates coaching and counseling of associates. Monitors and ensures appropriate staffing for site/office(s). Collaborates with other nurse leaders (Directors of Nursing Professional Development and others) to ensure associate competencies. Identifies individual staff development needs and provides appropriate resources to meet needs. Assists with developing orientation of newly hired associates and preceptor and resource clinical programs. Plans and coordinates the assessment of site/office-specific competencies for all clinical personnel within the site/office. Supports the implementation of new programs/practices and helps design educational programs that ensure the highest quality care delivery and customer satisfaction. Maintains continuing education files competency assessment documentation licensure and specialty certifications for self and the associates within the site/office. 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 clinical team by maintaining staff accountability. Evaluates the need for and contributes to improvement in the professional practice environment. Participates in entity committees task forces interdisciplinary forums and projects (e.g. serious safety event reviews and performance improvement teams) at the request of Director of Nursing or Operation leaders. Promotes a public image of professional nursing excellence and represents the entity 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. Assumes administrative responsibilities in absence of the Director of Nursing and provides coverage for other colleagues. Maintains clinical knowledge and skills and engages in the provision of direct care of patients as required. Minimal Qualifications Education Bachelor's degree in Nursing from a Nationally accredited program required and Master's degree in Nursing or a health related field from a Nationally accredited program preferred Experience 5-6 years progressive nursing care experience required and 1-2 years leadership and management experience required as a charge nurse or higher and Recent Pediatric clinic experience required Licenses and Certifications RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Valid in the State of Maryland AND District of Columbia - jurisdiction is dependent on the entity of employment. Upon Hire required and Specialty certification from a nationally recognized nursing organization in either a clinical specialty or Nursing Administration Upon Hire preferred and 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 and 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 $102,606.00 - USD $196,996.00 /Hr. 
$89,065 - $162,801 / year
About this Job: General Summary of Position Functions within the roles of educator change agent consultant evidence-based practitioner and leader. Responsible for assessment planning development implementation and evaluation of learning and development programs that enhance associates' performance promote professional development or otherwise support the mission vision and SPIRIT Values of MedStar Health. Demonstrates clinical expertise leadership communication skills and knowledge of education theory and principles necessary to develop learning programs and achieve optimal educational outcomes. MedStar Ambulatory Services is committed to providing world-class compassionate care to every patient every time at every touch point. All associates are accountable for their role in meeting patient experience standards. Primary Duties and Responsibilities Collaborates with other departments experts and leaders both internal and external to MedStar Health to obtain information needed to purse development of relevant learning programs and serves as a liaison with academic partners and clinical student placements. Coordinates and plans educational offerings for associates with consideration of but not limited to mandatory regulatory requirements quality and safety performance improvement strategic initiatives and clinical advancement. Conducts educational activities that inform teach and facilitate adoption of new procedures technologies equipment and patient care trends with continuing education credits where appropriate. Designs implements and evaluates designated learning and educational programs and consultative services. Assesses learning needs through formal and informal approaches to data collection to determine specific education needs of associates. Develops and contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies procedures quality standards and safety standards. Ensures compliance with MedStar Ambulatory Service (MAS) policies and procedures and governmental/accreditation regulations. Develops education plans applying principles of adult learning theory coordinates appropriate resources evaluates and documents responses to teaching and follows up with associates transitioning to different clinical areas or roles. Develops evaluation plans and applies evidence-based evaluation systems to determine the effectiveness of educational activities and learning programs. Involves learners in the evaluation process. Differentiates between practice gaps and performance or system issues and addresses them accordingly. Disseminates the evaluation results of the learning activities and revises learning programs based on objective evaluation data. Evaluates own practice in relation to nursing professional development and practice standards guidelines and relevant statues rules and regulations. Pursues ongoing learning and educational opportunities to enhance own practice knowledge skills and competencies. Identifies and assesses learning needs and knowledge or skill gaps that require remediation and collaborates with site leaders to promote critical thinking and competent patient care delivery. Provides continuing education activities to expand current knowledge and where appropriate acquire and maintain certification using provider unit and other resources. Incorporates evidence into learning programs and clinical education activities especially in content development and use of evidence-based learning models and evaluation systems. Maintains knowledge of evidence and current trends and innovations in clinical practice clinical instruction clinical education staff development and use of simulation and learning technologies. Participates in and disseminates information from committees involving the community health system entity and unit or department related to learning programs projects and collaborative governance council activities. Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams as appropriate. Participates in meetings serves on committees and represents the department and hospital/facility in community outreach efforts as appropriate. Performs On-Boarding and Orientation of New Associates by planning and conducting orientation of new personnel to facilitate a new associate's transition to the practice environment and meeting competency assessment requirements in conformance with departmental objectives regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. As well as participates in on-Boarding and orientation of new associate by conducting general clinical orientation programs and coordinating the specialty-based orientation of associates new to MAS. Performs other duties as assigned. Provides documentation of participation and level of success during competency and educational programs. Provides expertise for competency development and competence assessment across the department of nursing. Plans and regularly conducts competency validation programs for clinical associates by applying principles of adult learning to assess staff learning and competency needs. Offers competency-building activities to enhance associates' educational and experiential learning. Reviews performance data on clinical quality and safety of care delivery and contributes to plans which address patient population-specific needs and enhance outcomes. Supports and participates in the transition to practice of newly certified medical assistants. Coaches other clinical associates and provides feedback to enhance professional clinical practice. Minimal Qualifications Education Bachelor's degree of Science in Nursing required and Master's degree in Nursing or Nursing Education preferred Experience 3-4 years Progressive clinical nursing practice required and Experience in teaching or professional development preferred Licenses and Certifications Valid RN license in the District of Columbia Maryland or Virginia required or any combination as required based on work location(s). required and Certification by professional leadership or ambulatory organization preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities Knowledgeable and effective in service line operations. Effective planning analysis synthesis and data interpretation skills. Problem solving and decision-making ability. Proficiency in principles/application of process improvement. Ability to develop and foster positive relations with physicians/hospital and community. Basic computer skills preferred. This position has a hiring range of : USD $89,065.00 - USD $162,801.00 /Yr. 
