RN Assistant Nurse Manager- Neonatal Intensive Care

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

• Full-time position with various shifts.
• The assistant nurse manager is a registered professional nurse who provides support and works in conjunction with the nurse manager of specific units or services.
• Viewed as aspiring to be a nurse manager, learning 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 the role.
• Together with the 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, participates in performance reviews, coaching, and counseling as appropriate.
• In collaboration with the nurse manager, 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.

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 specific business/clinical units.
• 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.
• Self-directed in learning how to apply lean and other quality skills to reduce waste and improve performance of operations and clinical systems of care.

Professional Development

• Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility as a member of one's professional organization.
• Seeks opportunities to advance knowledge and skills through formal and informal educational offerings to enhance understanding of how healthcare is financed and how to manage a diverse nursing workforce.

Evidence-Based Practice and Research

• Promotes evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing.
• Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products.
• Effectively identifies areas of performance improvement of staff and clinical systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Nursing.
• RN - Registered Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact.
• BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor.
• National certification in nursing administration preferred upon hire.
• Minimum 3 years of clinical experience required.

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and relationship building.
• Desire to see progressive nursing management roles and enjoys/seeks opportunities to coach and mentor others.
• Continuous learner who seeks to better understand healthcare financing, strategy, and operations for running business units.
• Demonstrates interest and aptitude to achieve knowledge of risk management and various accreditation/regulations/licensing requirements.

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