Job Overview:
Our private birthing rooms, equipped with birthing beds, are designed to blend home-like, comfortable surroundings with the most up-to-date technology and equipment. The Labor & Delivery Suite consists of 18 private birthing rooms, 4 traditional delivery rooms and a large recovery room. All of our birthing rooms are private and have birthing beds.
At Cooperman Barnabas, our goal is to provide families with an exceptional hospital experience in a nurturing, comfortable environment. Please watch our YouTube video to explore the maternity units and what a laboring mother is to expect when visiting the facility: https://youtu.be/hmmUkzLLW1I
Qualifications:
Required:
Preferred:
Certifications and Licenses Required:
Scheduling Requirements:
Essential Functions:
Planning & Designing Services
Maintains knowledge of the institutional strategic plan and future vision, and communicates that information to staff.
Reviews/revises the scope of service and participates in joint planning and program development with all healthcare team members to meet changing patient care needs.
Acts as a role model in customer relations and assesses and responds to information regarding patient and family satisfaction.
Anticipates unit-based activities for the upcoming year based on the strategic plan and develops an operational budget for the coming year s expenditures, both salary and non-salary cost, based on prior year usage, trends in patient days and acuity, and ongoing expenses for new programs and technologies.
Directing Services
Coordinates and integrates services within his/her department and with other departments.
Develops and implements policies and procedures that guide and support those services.
In conjunction with Senior Nursing Management, develop staffing standards to provide appropriate levels of patient care.
Determines the qualifications and competence of department personnel who provide patient care services.
Continually assess and improve their department s performance by participating in the institution s and unit s continuous performance improvement program.
Integrating and Coordinating Services
Participates in institutional interdisciplinary committees that focus on patient care issues.
Supports and maintains collaborative relationships with all disciplines which impact patient care in the unit.
Develops relationships that extend beyond hospital boundaries to facilitate program development.
Improving Performance
Maintains knowledge of the institutional performance improvement plan and communicates the plan to staff.
Facilitates participation in performance improvement, including training in the basic approaches and providing adequate time to complete the process.
Ensures the inclusion of patient safety and quality in department activities/initiatives (e.g., policies, procedures, performance improvement).
Communicates and documents RWJUH safety and quality initiatives and information to front-line staff (at least during staff meetings as a regular agenda item).
Provides open lines of communication for reporting medical errors and near misses using organizational tools and resources.
Professional Growth
Attends formal educational seminars/classes to enhance knowledge base on both administrative and clinical issues.
Acts as a mentor to new Managers/Directors.
Presents seminars to colleagues and maintains membership in professional organization(s).
Environment of Care Standard:
Demonstrates awareness of safety, security, life safety, emergency preparedness and utility and equipment management policies competencies.
Adheres to Standard Precautions
Adheres to Safety and Infection Control policies
Attends mandatory in services
Helps maintain a safe and clean patient/work environment
Follows incident reporting procedures
Ensures that appropriate standards of practice follow corporate compliance guidelines, and that the results of accreditation surveys and licensure reviews by NJSDOH and TJC are satisfactory.
Acts in an ethical and legal manner, and assures that all actions are in the best interest of both patients and the hospital.
Demonstrate an awareness of patient safety initiatives at RWJUH, including but not limited to:
The current National Patient Safety Goals
Federal, state and voluntary regulatory standards (TJC, CMS, NJDHSS)
Unit or departmental-specific safety initiatives
Participate in the Infection Prevention and at least one other patient safety initiative while exhibiting an understanding of and compliance with RWJUH protocols, policies and procedures
Demonstrates proper handwashing techniques and participation in unit or department-specific infection prevention projects
Handwritten information is readable when assessed
Adheres to the current RWJUH Prohibited Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbol listing
Reports errors, high-risk events (including medication-related events) and near-misses to his/her immediate supervisor for proper follow-up
Demonstrates understanding of information communicated through newsletters, bulletin boards, memos and huddle board
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Benefits and Perks:
At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees physical, emotional, social, and financial health.
Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!
RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.
RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.
Equal Opportunity Employer
RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer
