Assistant Nurse Manager - Medical Unit provides additional supervision of daily operations and work activities of professional nursing and ancillary services staff on assigned unit, oversees the successful delivery of quality patient care, service excellence and customer satisfaction.
Requirements
- Works with charge nurse to ensure adequate staffing levels and skill mix are maintained for all shifts
- Directs and delegates patient care assignments to staff based on acuteness of patient care needs, staff availability and patient safety
- Prioritizes and organizes work, actively takes part in the performance appraisal process
- Collaborates with Nurse Manager and Charge Nurse on areas of need on the unit
- Monitors all high risk and complicated cases and institutes appropriate actions
- Identifies and addresses operational problems and other barriers impeding care or service on-the-spot
- Anticipates and resolves patient/family concerns in a timely manner
- Protects patient confidentiality by promoting professional staff communications
- Serves as a resource and role model/mentor to charge nurses and staff
- Assists in selecting staff, trains/orients personnel, evaluates performance, prepares work schedules and makes recommendations for personnel actions
- Assists in developing budgets
- Prepares and maintains written documentation as required by the profession and the department
- Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population
- Assesses and interprets patient age specific data and provides appropriate, age specific treatment
- Maintains a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients/families in accordance with hospital standards
- Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards
- Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, inservice meetings, and workshops
- Attends meetings as required, chairs and/or serves on appropriate committees as requested
Benefits
- Full-time position
- 80 hours bi-weekly
- Evening into early night shift
- 4 10-hour shifts
- No weekends
- No holidays
