Resource Nurse- Adult Step Down Unit- Full Time- Days and Nights

Solution for Health International; Manchester (NH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k/403b

Tuition reimbursement

Earned time off

Loan payoff program

Job summary

Elliot Health System in Manchester, NH is seeking a Resource Nurse for the Adult Step Down Unit. The role provides frontline clinical resource support, oversees shift operations, and guides staff to ensure safe patient care on a 12-bed unit with telemetry.

Requirements include BSN, current NH RN license, 3 years in progressive care, leadership experience such as Charge Nurse, BLS, and specialty certification within 6 months.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with active NH RN licensure.
• Minimum of three years of experience in progressive, intermediate, or critical care.
• Experience in a leadership role such as Charge Nurse or unit resource person.
• BLS or higher life-support certification required; specialty cert within six months.

Responsibilities

• Oversee shift operations, ensuring smooth patient flow and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Serve as the immediate clinical resource to staff on the unit and shift.
• Coordinate care delivery to maintain patient safety and quality outcomes.
• Mentor staff and support performance development under leadership guidance.

Skills

Leadership

Staff mentorship

Clinical communication

Education

BSN

NH RN License

Job description

## Resource Nurse- Adult Step Down Unit- Full Time- Days and NightsApplylocations: Manchester, NHtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR13035Come work at the best place to give and receive care!**Job Description:****Resource Nurse- Adult Step Down Unit****Who We Are:**Elliot Health System is excited to share the opening of a new Adult Stepdown Unit (ASDU). It is a 12-bed unit with private rooms incorporating aspects from our Intensive Care Unit that improve nursing satisfaction such as: ceiling lifts to assist with safe patient movement and supply carts in every room to streamline care. The unit will have substantial telemetry monitoring and a medication room to promote safe patient care.**About the Job:**The Resource Nurse directly oversees and serves as an immediate, first line clinical resource to staff on a designated unit and shift. The Resource Nurse demonstrates well developed clinical competencies appropriate to specialty area when providing direct patient care or guiding other staff. Functions as an integral member of the unit’s management team and works to ensure smooth real time operations of unit on assigned shift and adheres to values under the EHS Professional Practice Model which guide all dimensions of practice.**Schedule Details:*** **Shift:** + **Days**: 7a-7p + **Nights:** 7p-7a* **Meetings:** + Leadership Meetings: Every 2nd Friday of the month, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM + Resource Meetings: Every last Wednesday of the month, 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM* **Weekend Requirement:** Every 3rd weekend* **Holidays:** Required to work two designated holidays in the summer and two in the winter**Innovation & Inspiration**Models skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision-making, meaningfulrecognition, and authentic leadership, as described in Establishing and Sustaining HealthyWork Environments (AACN, 2005).Participates in professional enhancement activities. Examples include: membership inhospital-wide committees, health system initiatives, development of education materials,professional association activities.Provides leadership to the health care team in developing integrated approaches to care.**Collaboration & Continuity in Caring**Collaborates with and serves as a resource to medical staff for relevant clinical and otherissues.Consults with and/or communicates questions and concerns to the Clinical Nurse Managerand/or Administrative Supervisor as appropriate in a timely manner.Assists staff with the provision of care to assigned patients; assumes a partial patientassignment.**Accountability**Provides oversight and ensures smooth shift-based operations including but not limited tocompletion of unit specific tasks, patient flow, interdisciplinary collaboration, patientsatisfaction, issue resolution and occurrence reporting.Collaborates with the Clinical Nurse Manager to effectively control costs through innovativeand economical utilization of personnel, materials and equipment and assists in the mentor[1]ship of staff as stewards of resources.**Respect & Role Modeling**Applies well developed critical thinking skills in guiding and assisting staff to identify andaddress clinical concerns in order to promote optimal patient outcomes.Serves as a role model; coaches and mentors other staff, promotes teamwork, and assessesperformance, behavior and attendance of staff on assigned shift and communicatesinformation to Clinical Nurse Manager to facilitate effective and timely completion ofperformance reviews.Serves as the designated shift resource for assigned new graduate nurses during their firstyear of employment, beyond their precepted orientation period.**Ethics & Integrity**In the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager, collaborates with Administrative Supervisor toaddress/stabilize management and operational issues requiring immediate attention; i.e.,staffing and scheduling, disciplinary actions.Supports the department’s Shared Governance structure and is accountable for qualityimprovement outcomes.**Who You Are:*** Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. BSN required or must be actively enrolled in a program. Termination of a program without a degree completion, will remove eligibility for the role.* Minimum of three (3) years of current experience in a progressive, intermediate, or critical care setting. Must be at a clinical level that reflects proficiency and in-depth knowledge or nursing practice. In addition, must have experience in a leadership role, such as Charge Nurse.* License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of New Hampshire required or must hold a Compact Nursing License* Life support authorization (BLS) appropriate to patient population required* Specialty certification required within six (6) months of eligibility**Why You’ll Love Us:*** **New Nursing Pay Rates!!!*** Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits starting the 1st of the month following you start date* Accrued Earned Time* 403b with matching (fully vested) and discretionary annual core contributions* Tuition Reimbursement up to $4,000/year for full time coded employees over 30 hours/week* Nursing Student Loan Paydown Program up to $20,000**Work Shift:**Days- 7a-7p with every 3rd weekend requirement Nights- 7p-7a with every 3rd weekend requirement*SolutionHealth is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.*