Facility: Baptist Health Shelby

Location: Alabaster, AL 

Fulltime 

Baptist Health Shelby Hospital is a 252-bed medical and surgical facility located in Alabaster, Alabama. The hospital offers a complete complement of services, including behavioral health, cardiovascular care, diagnostic imaging, orthopedics and a full spectrum of surgical services. The hospital has earned Primary Stroke Center certification from The Joint Commission; high performing ratings from U.S. News and World Report for heart attack, heart failure and stroke care; and Accredited Cardiac Cath Lab accreditation and Certified Transcatheter Valve designations from the American College of Cardiology.

Baptist Health Shelby is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs,
specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida’s east to
west coasts, Central Alabama and Puerto Rico. Collectively, our team members honor our over 100-year legacy by
providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve.
Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with education programs
and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day
one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions

Baptist Health Hospitals offer great NEW Competitive Pay and great fulltime & part-time benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan 
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Paid Time Off (Up to 5 weeks to start)
• Life Insurance 
• Extended Leave Plan (ELP) 
• Family Care (child care, elder care, pet care)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pet Insurance 
• Car Insurance 
• Educational benefits including tuition reimbursement & monthly payments to help pay down any graduated school debt

ALL benefits start day one

Position Summary  

Provides leadership & operational oversight for an inpatient direct care unit or units. Accountable for achievement of department and hospital goals in concert with other hospital and medical staff leadership.

Essential Functions  

• Evaluates the environment and makes recommendations to ensure delivery of quality service, optimal patient flow and comfort, safety, and compliance with various standards of care, regulatory/governing bodies (e.g., OSHA, JCAHO), infection control, and risk management.  

• Plans, leads, organizes, directs, & evaluates the delivery of patient care to achieve sustained outcomes.  

• Facilitates a healthy environment that promotes patient and team member safety, high reliability of processes and quality  

• outcomes.  

• Embraces workplace diversity and participates in nursing organizational policy formulation and decision-making.  

• Ensures that a continual improvement approach is implemented to measure actual performance against established standards for nursing and patient care.  

• Serves as an agent of change, assisting leaders and team members in understanding the importance, necessity, impact, and process of change.  

• Analyzes, develops, and maintains an effective and efficient nursing delivery model that reflects patient and family needs, ultimately achieving desired outcomes.  

• Participates in the planning and implementation of new technologies, procedures, and services to support day-to-day operations.  

• Identifies, recruits, develops, and retains top talent.  

• Responsible for management of team members including recruitment, development, mentorship, retention, supervision, evaluation, and productivity.  

• Develops and manages unit/department budget and responds in a cost-effective manner to changing patient and team member requirements.  

• Knows and practices sound business and operational excellence.  

• Achieves financial and operational benchmarks by developing capital & operating budgets and monitoring all operational expenses.  

• Assures development, implementation, and evaluation of an evidence-based, quality clinical nursing practice consistent with nursing research, and organizational and national practice standards.  

• Demonstrates initiative and situational leadership skills.  

• Ensures the customer experience is exceptional.  

• Serves as a liaison between team members and nursing administration.  

• Demonstrates professional accountability by maintaining proficiency in assigned role and involvement in professional organizations.  

• Facilitates and supports team member involvement in professional and organizational activities.  

• Holds self and others accountable to Baptist Health and Orlando Health’s mission, vision, and values.  

• Demonstrates The Orlando Health Way: Assure, Engage, Unite.  

• Performs all other duties as assigned.  

• Manages various human resources functions including hiring, work assignments, coaching plans, and performance counseling.  

• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Baptist Health and Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.  

• Maintains compliance with all Baptist Health and Orlando Health policies and procedures.  

• Uses working knowledge of risk management concepts.  

• Participates in Process Improvement activities as assigned.  

• Interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their age-specific needs and to provide nursing care needed as described in the unit/department’s policies and procedures.  

Education/Training  

Graduate of an approved school of nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.  

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with Graduate degree in Business or health-related field preferred.  

Licensure/Certification  

• Current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Alabama or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).  

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.  

• May require one or more of the following certifications based on the assigned patient population:  

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) 

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)  

• Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS)  

• Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC)  

• National leadership board certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) within 2 years.  

Experience Two (2) years as a registered nurse in an acute care setting and one (1) year leadership experience