RN-Head Nurse: Redwolf

Baptist Memorial Health Care; Jonesboro (AR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation in Jonesboro, AR, seeks a Head Nurse to lead a nursing unit, coordinate patient care and manage staff in alignment with hospital goals.

The role emphasizes clinical leadership, staffing oversight, coaching, and continuous improvement to ensure safe, quality care and respect for patient autonomy.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years RN experience on unit or in like setting.
• RN licensed with BLS within 14 days of hire
• ACLS certification required

Responsibilities

• Interpret, review, and combine diagnostic data relevant to the patient’s current condition.
• Collaborates with nursing leadership and other disciplines to identify department improvements.
• Intervenes and guides during life threatening situations.
• Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and outcomes.
• Implements innovative work processes to improve patient outcomes.
• Participates in leadership activities such as coaching, hiring, evaluations, staffing, payroll, and productivity.
• Participates in activities designed to improve health care delivery.
• Communicates with others in providing patient care.
• Supports lifelong learning.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Skills

RN experience

Clinical leadership

Staff management

Job description

Overview

The Head Nurse is responsible for overseeing patient care, staff management and day to day operations of a specific department or nursing unit. Coordinates and provides care utilizing the critical thinking framework known as the nursing process. The nursing process forms the foundation of the nurse's decision making to help partner with patients/families to attain, maintain and restore health whenever possible. Blends caring, compassion, knowledge and integrity to provide safe quality care that preserves patient autonomy, dignity and rights. Assists manager by providing clinical leadership for nursing employees on an assigned unit to maintain continuity of nursing care in conjunction with the hospital/nursing mission, goals, policies and procedures. Works in collaboration with the Manager/Director/CNO to ensure goal attainment.

Job Responsibilities

• Interpret, review, and combine diagnostic data relevant to the patient’s current condition.
• Collaborates with nursing leadership and other disciplines to identify opportunities for department improvements and drive change.
• Intervenes and provides guidance and direction during life threatening situations.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions and expected outcomes.
• Implements innovative works processes that improve patient outcomes.
• Participates in clinical leadership activities such as coaching, counseling, mentoring, hiring, firing, yearly performance evaluations, staffing, payroll, and productivity.
• Participates in activities designed to improve health care delivery.
• Communicates/collaborates with others in providing patient care.
• Supports life-long learning.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Specifications

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years RN experience on current unit or in like setting/specialty area.

Licensure

• RN; BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIRE
• ACLS