RN Assistant Nurse Mgr (Columbia County)

Assistant Nurse Manager

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence, and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry and in people's lives.

Job Description

• The assistant nurse manager is a registered professional nurse who provides support and works in conjunction with the nurse manager of specific unit(s) or service.
• Viewed as aspiring to be a nurse manager, the assistant nurse manager learns additional knowledge and skills through experience and mentoring by the nurse manager and the hospital/system.
• Must possess very good skills in communication and teamwork and serve as a mentor for others while learning the responsibilities of his/her role.
• Together with the nurse manager, the assistant nurse manager uses knowledge and skills to promote the creation of a center of excellence for staff recruitment and retention and clinical and business outcomes.
• Upholds the nurse manager's direction and actively leads staff in the performance of their daily activities and participates in their performance reviews, coaching, and counseling as appropriate.
• Holds staff accountable for the delivery of care and services through effective communication, observation, and management of specific interventions/practices and their associated outcomes.
• Plays a significant role in assisting the nurse manager in achieving clinical and financial goals along with management of human/material resources as delegated.
• Models the way to foster teamwork and collaboration with physicians, staff, patients, and other departments.
• Expected to uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implement the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• Engages staff in decision making via shared governance processes and partners with others to promote patient-centered care and service excellence.
• Supports the nurse manager as his/her designee and provides evolving leadership and management skills for a specific business/clinical unit(s).
• Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility as a member of one's professional organization.
• Serves to support the charge nurse and other nurse leaders on the unit to promote the effective running of the care delivery system.
• Assists with budget development and supports monitoring and meeting fiscal outcomes for the work unit.
• Works in collaboration with the nurse manager to hold all staff at point of care accountable for performance standards.
• Creates opportunities for self and staff to grow and implements a healthy, safe, desirable workplace that ensures retention and recruitment of qualified staff now and in the future.
• Promotes staff competency in clinical care delivery.
• Holds self and staff to the highest professional and ethical standards, ensuring corporate compliance standards are met.
• Seeks opportunities to advance knowledge and skills through formal and informal educational offerings.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Nursing or Master's Nursing.
• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact.
• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor.
• Minimum 3 years of clinical experience required.

Additional Skills

• Should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and relationship building.
• Desires to see progressive nursing management roles and enjoys/seeks opportunities to coach and mentor others.
• Must be a continuous learner who seeks to better understand healthcare financing, strategy, and operations for running a business unit(s).
• Demonstrates interest and aptitude to achieve knowledge of risk management and various accreditation/regulations/licensing requirements.

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