Head nurse job description

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. Performs other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities

+ Assesses the patient

+ Develops the plan of care.

+ Implements the plan of care.

+ Evaluates the plan of care.

+ Administers medications as prescribed.

+ Provides patient, family, and/or significant other health teaching/education.

+ Participates in activities designed to improve health care delivery.

+ Communicates/collaborates with others in providing patient care.

+ Provides clinical leadership

+ Supports life long learning

+ Completes assigned goals

Requirements, Preferences and Experience

Experience

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

Licensure, Registration, Certification

Minimum: RN

Special Skills

Minimum: Computer literacy

About Baptist Memorial Health Care

At Baptist, we owe our success to our colleagues, who have both technical expertise and a compassionate attitude. Every day they carry out Christ's three-fold ministry-healing, preaching and teaching. And, we reward their efforts with compensation and benefits packages that are highly competitive in the Mid-South health care community. For two consecutive years, Baptist has won a Best in Benefits award for offering the best benefit plans compared with their peer groups. Winners are chosen based on plan designs, premiums and the results of a Benefits Benchmarking Survey.

At Baptist, We Offer:

+ Competitive salaries

+ Paid vacation/time off

+ Continuing education opportunities

+ Generous retirement plan

+ Health insurance, including dental and vision

+ Sick leave

+ Service awards

+ Free parking

+ Short-term disability

+ Life insurance

+ Health care and dependent care spending accounts

+ Education assistance/continuing education

+ Employee referral program

Job Summary:

Position: 12006 - RN-Head Nurse

Facility: BMH-Crittenden Hospital

Department: CR Emergency Room BMH Crittenden

Category: Nurse RN

Type: Clinical Nurse

Work Type: Full Time

Work Schedule: Nights

Location: US:AR:West Memphis

Located in the Memphis metro area REQNUMBER: 2042

About the Company:
Our client, a non-profit, is New York’s largest independent drug treatment agency, and has treated more than a half million New Yorkers since it was founded in 1969:
“We believe there is a right way to treat people and that’s with compassion, respect, and combined care. Whether our patients and adolescents are being given a second, third, or 15th chance in life doesn’t matter––we are here to help make that change a success. We treat the whole person, not just the addiction or the mental illness, and we are committed to advocating on behalf of those we serve.”
Our client provides its self-referred patients with holistic, evidence-based healthcare that supports the start and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle. Our eight clinics include seven opioid treatment programs in the communities of Brooklyn and Manhattan. In addition to offering primary medical care and comprehensive HIV/AIDS (and HEP C treatment) services, we also provide mental health counseling to adolescents.

Description:
The
Head Nurse,
Under the general supervision of the Director of Nursing and the Chief Medical Unit/Physician, supervises the administration of nursing services of the medical department in the clinic, including the dispensary and medical unit.

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Manages the nursing team’s time and attendance and schedules lunch breaks accordingly to ensure nursing coverage during all times of clinic operations.
• Conducts introductory and annual evaluations of all nursing staff under supervision.
• Provides for the orientation and on-the-job training of all newly hired nurses.
• Evaluate with the approval of the clinic physician, all requests from nurses for time off, vacations, etc., and forward copy to the Director of Nursing.
• Assure the adequacy of medication and supplies in the dispensary and medical unit by performing biweekly inventory assessments.
• Provides for the daily listing of patients to whom medication was provided, the weekly intro clinic reconciliation, and the monthly reconciliation report of medication dispensed.
• Provides Research and Information Technology with the daily visit logbook sheets every week and serves on one of the Committees of the Division.
• Responsible for the regular maintenance and inspection of dispensary and medical unit equipment and the emergency medical kit.
• Reports any deviation from dispensing and medication accountability procedures immediately to the physician (or physician assistant) and Director of Nursing.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by supervisory staff.

Nursing Responsibilities:

• Assures the adequacy of nursing deployment for the dispensary, medical unit, and interdisciplinary team meetings (IDT). This includes the provision to the physician of the monthly schedule by day, hour and assignment area of all nurses in the medical department at least ten working days in advance.
• Assists and supervises the provision of certified medical technicians to the physician and physician assistant in the delivery of medical care and services, including new admissions, annual physical examinations, medical follow-up, and methadone-related medical activities.
• Supervises the maintenance of patient scheduling, where applicable, the timely entry of medical evaluation data, and the maintenance of the daily logbook of medical unit visits.
• Perform any tasks necessary to improve the quality of care, improve the productivity of medical staff, and improve patient satisfaction with the medical/nursing care they receive.
• Perform any tasks necessary to enhance reimbursement and reduce denials for services rendered.

Qualifications:

• Current New York State Licensure
• Bachelor's or Masters's Degree is preferred for a certified nursing program.
• Five (5) years of experience is required.
• Proven capacity to supervise and manage team objectives.
• Must be competent in the use of computerized word-processing databases, spreadsheets, and presentation programs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Being bilingual in any language is a plus.

Benefits

• Vacation, personal, and sick leave
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Pension & retirement plan
• Short & long-term disability
• Life insurance
• AFLAC
• Pet Insurance
• Student Loan Forgiveness Programs
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness

About 11th Hour Service:

11th Hour Service was founded in 2006 by two Veterans, and alumni of Big 4 and large multinational consulting firms. Originally established as an executive head hunting and staffing firm – 11th Hour Search – our team developed a unique, proactive, and swift proprietary talent identification process rooted in excellence, but always grounded in quality, which is now known as the TMC (Talent Management Center).Our Talent Management Center (TMC) is a fully equipped headhunting, search, and recruitment service that serves external industry clients as well as the Federal Advisory practice of 11th Hour Service. 11th Hour Service’s Federal Advisory practice is a culture-driven firm specialized in bringing cradle-to-grave financial management, technology & data analytics solutions, and enterprise risk services to both DoD and Civilian customers. Our solutions focus on the key connections between finance and accounting, operations, technology, and risk. Our responsiveness, flexible style, and rapid access to proven professionals make us an invaluable business partner and advisor.The expertise of the TMC delivers permanent and contract placement of full-time professionals from junior resources to C-Suite executives in the following industries: Clinical Healthcare – Healthcare & Clinical RecruitmentHospitals, Clinics, Outpatient, and In-Home Care: •Clinical Leadership •Physicians•Advanced Practitioners•Nursing •Medical Imaging & Radiology•Medical Assistants•Behavioral Health Finance & Accounting – Audit, Operations & CFO (Assurance, Advisory, M&A, Tax) Salesforce, ServiceNow, Cloud Platform integrations (AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle, SAP) Federal Government Contracting – Defense, Civilian, and Intelligence Enterprise Resource Planning Integration– Functional and Technical Software Development, IT, & Cyber Security Logistics & Supply Chain Management Sales & Marketing Executives

Boehringer Ingelheim is an equal opportunity global employer who takes pride in maintaining a diverse and inclusive culture. We embrace diversity of perspectives and strive for an inclusive environment which benefits our employees, patients and communities.
**Description**

Ensures effective and optimal management of a specialty franchise or brand(s) having sufficient scope and complexity. Oversee the development and implementation of marketing, selling, managed markets and lifecycle management strategies and initiatives. Manages and provides leadership and direction for a specialty brand or franchise's multiple disciplines through managers. Shapes and integrates functional strategies.

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

**Duties & Responsibilities**

+ Ensure effective and optimal management of the Franchise/Brand P&L (DP and expenditures) in order to achieve or exceed market share targets and building leading brands. Provide overall strategic direction to extended brand team, guiding the development of core brand objectives, strategies and tactical plans to ensure attainment of brand goals. Deploy department resources to ensure that financial and operational objectives are met, while ensuring that corporate standards of excellence, company policies, compliance and ethical business practices are upheld by members of the Department. Oversee and direct annual business planning development (objectives and budgets).

+ Prepares the market and the company for entering new therapeutic area (CNS). Responsible for successful launch of all assets within TA. Develops and implements patient journey excellence activities such as market development, product differentiation and customer experience. Delivers on all pre-lauch objectives as defined by metrics.

+ Ensure alignment through effective collaboration with Corporate Marketing on strategic initiatives, including positioning, brand personality and message platform, any product life cycle decisions to achieve alignment and maximize global promotional effectiveness. Guide and leverage Corporate to assist in strategic needs of the US market.

+ Oversee and direct the creation and implementation of the managed markets strategy in conjunction with Market Access. Ensure cross-functional collaboration, integration and alignment with Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Patient Advocacy and Relations, Analytics and Insights, Production, Regulatory, Legal and Medical Affairs in the development and implementation of strategies.

+ Oversee and collaborate with Medical Affairs and Market Access on the development/evaluation of US Phase IV and Life cycle management strategies to optimize the value of the franchise/brand. Ensure plans are vetted with key customers to ensure relevance and impact. Collaborate with Pipeline Marketing to participate in and contribute to strategic planning and provide input to Corporate on behalf of the US team interests and market/customer needs.

+ Lead regular cross-functional Brand Team reviews to provide direction, facilitate strategical/alignment and accountability for results.

+ Liaise with patient access services to develop appropriate strategies and related tactics for patient access inclusive of, leveraging HUB services, Specialty Pharmacy Network and Specialty Distribution (co-pay, sampling, bridge, etc.)

+ Internally communicate brand strategy and tactics with key internal stakeholders (e.g., HPLT, Corporate Leadership, etc.) at key business meetings (e.g., Annual Discussion) in conjunction with internal partners (Analytics and Insights, Finance, Medical, etc.)

+ Communicate brand strategy and tactics inclusive of key messages to field based teams to ensure alignment and implementation of brand pillars.

+ Create a performance based culture with clear accountability and a sense of urgency for achieving results. Lead the creation and/or management of (recruit, hire, coach, develop, motivate, manage and monitor performance) a staff of management and/or professionals in department specific knowledge, process and skills including understanding the market, development of brand positioning, messaging, etc. This includes setting job expectations, providing regular feedback, conducting timely MAG Plan reviews, identifying performance challenges, creating action plans and monitoring the effectiveness of those action plans. Complete Career Planning and competency assessment to ensure professional development of department members.

**Requirements**

+ Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution required; MBA preferred.

+ Ten-plus (10+) years of experience in the US pharmaceutical industry, including five (5) years US pharmaceutical CNS marketing experience required or other CNS relevant experience.

+ At least five (5) years previous supervisory experience required.

+ Proven successful leadership experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Proven track record of success in Rx brand marketing experience with in-depth knowledge of the US marketplace.

+ Experience working directly with digital partners to develop and execute initiatives strongly preferred (e.g. Google, third party media providers, social media community platforms, etc.)

+ Experience in guiding and integrating digital analytics and driving metrics based optimization strongly preferred

+ A sound understanding of Market Access (Payers, Channels, Discounts) environment in the US. Comprehensive and in-depth functional and business expertise

+ Demonstrated understanding of the importance of and the ability to lead/work in cross functional team settings (clinical, sales, managed markets, regulatory, legal, production, R&D, project management).

+ Demonstrated ability to create financial and operational objectives across business departments.

+ Leads the entire brand team by setting the goals and expectations and enabling the team to achieve them.

+ Requires a creative and innovative approach.

+ Strategic leadership of teams and ability to effectively influence various internal and external stakeholders.

+ Must build strong relationships and networks inclusive of corporate partners.

+ History of successful performance.

+ Proficiency in MSOffice, Outlook and database applications.

+ Ability to travel domestically and internationally (will include overnight travel), 20% or more.

+ Displays AAI behaviors: Agility, Accountability, and Intrapreneurship

**Eligibility Requirements**

+ Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.

+ Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)

+ Must be 18 years of age or older

+ This position will require individuals to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved medical or religious accommodation. Click here for more information on the vaccine mandate and COVID-19.

**Who We Are**

At Boehringer Ingelheim we create value through innovation with one clear goal: to improve the lives of patients. We develop breakthrough therapies and innovative healthcare solutions in areas of unmet medical need for both humans and animals. As a family owned company we focus on long term performance. We are powered by 50.000 employees globally who nurture a diverse, collaborative and inclusive culture. Learning and development for all employees is key because your growth is our growth.

Want to learn more? Visit boehringer-ingelheim.com and join us in our effort to make more health.

Boehringer Ingelheim is an equal opportunity global employer who takes pride in maintaining a diverse and inclusive culture. We embrace diversity of perspectives and strive for an inclusive environment, which benefits our employees, patients and communities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person's actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.

**Organization:** _US-BI Pharma/BI USA_

**Title:** _Head of CNS - US_

**Location:** _Americas-US-CT-Ridgefield_